Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL investor activity — metro area market report

In the 12 months ending 2026-06-03, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metropolitan area recorded 4,901 investor purchases of single-family homes out of 45,551 sales (11% of sales) across 1,000,336 single-family homes in 4 county-equivalents — 0.5 investor purchases per 100 homes, up 9% year over year (4,483 prior). Ranked #215 of 591 qualifying US markets. Counts are aggregates of public property records, compiled 2026-07-05. The hottest county is Pinellas County at 0.7 per 100 homes. HottestZip, powered by GoForClose.

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FLmetro area · Florida

🔥 #215 of 591 ranked US markets

Public-record counts · 12 months ending 2026-06-03 · compiled 2026-07-05

Investor purchases (12 mo)

4,901

purchases by LLCs & corporations

Per 100 homes

0.5

median ranked market: 0.4

Change vs prior 12 mo

+9%

4,483 → 4,901 investor purchases

Share of sales to investors

11%

4,901 of 45,551 recorded sales

Turnover

4.6%

share of all homes that sold

Single-family homes

1,000,336

Where inside Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater? County by county

Same counting rules at every level. Open a county to see its hottest ZIPs — that's the level you'd actually market at.

Pinellas County1,931 investor purchases · 0.7 per 100 homes · 14% of sales · 279,069 homes10 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
15	33785	Pinellas County	38	2.1	38%	5.6%
16	33706	Pinellas County	100	2.1	31%	6.9%
22	33703	Pinellas County	181	2.0	27%	7.2%
41	33708	Pinellas County	77	1.6	27%	5.9%
64	33767	Pinellas County	21	1.3	26%	5.1%
71	33711	Pinellas County	74	1.3	26%	5.0%
94	33704	Pinellas County	63	1.1	16%	6.5%
96	33712	Pinellas County	76	1.0	23%	4.6%
100	33705	Pinellas County	86	1.0	22%	4.7%
113	33701	Pinellas County	23	0.9	14%	6.8%

Hillsborough County1,962 investor purchases · 0.5 per 100 homes · 11% of sales · 421,755 homes10 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
50	33602	Hillsborough County	28	1.5	23%	6.4%
67	33607	Hillsborough County	79	1.3	30%	4.3%
78	33629	Hillsborough County	102	1.2	23%	5.4%
81	33606	Hillsborough County	45	1.2	21%	5.4%
90	33584	Hillsborough County	103	1.1	26%	4.3%
93	33603	Hillsborough County	70	1.1	21%	5.1%
107	33605	Hillsborough County	47	1.0	25%	3.9%
108	33610	Hillsborough County	108	1.0	23%	4.3%
109	33611	Hillsborough County	95	1.0	18%	5.5%
116	33604	Hillsborough County	111	0.9	20%	4.7%

Pasco County774 investor purchases · 0.4 per 100 homes · 8% of sales · 218,098 homes10 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
163	34652	Pasco County	76	0.8	14%	5.2%
208	34668	Pasco County	115	0.7	12%	5.3%
217	34690	Pasco County	40	0.6	13%	4.8%
225	34691	Pasco County	64	0.6	11%	5.4%
250	34653	Pasco County	60	0.6	12%	4.8%
280	34667	Pasco County	74	0.5	9%	5.5%
296	33542	Pasco County	44	0.5	10%	5.1%
402	34654	Pasco County	36	0.4	9%	4.2%
449	33523	Pasco County	20	0.3	10%	3.3%
467	34610	Pasco County	20	0.3	8%	4.0%

Hernando County234 investor purchases · 0.3 per 100 homes · 6% of sales · 81,414 homes6 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
187	34607	Hernando County	30	0.7	12%	5.9%
311	34601	Hernando County	37	0.5	10%	4.6%
472	34606	Hernando County	41	0.3	7%	4.8%
503	34608	Hernando County	38	0.3	6%	4.6%
572	34609	Hernando County	43	0.2	5%	4.4%
590	34613	Hernando County	23	0.2	4%	5.1%

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