Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA investor activity — metro area market report

In the 12 months ending 2026-06-03, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metropolitan area recorded 349 investor purchases of single-family homes out of 2,518 sales (14% of sales) across 56,919 single-family homes in 3 county-equivalents — 0.6 investor purchases per 100 homes, up 11% year over year (315 prior). Ranked #139 of 591 qualifying US markets. Counts are aggregates of public property records, compiled 2026-07-05. The hottest county is Black Hawk County at 0.7 per 100 homes. HottestZip, powered by GoForClose.

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IAmetro area · Iowa

🔥 #139 of 591 ranked US markets

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

Investor purchases (12 mo)

349

purchases by LLCs & corporations

Per 100 homes

0.6

median ranked market: 0.4

Change vs prior 12 mo

+11%

315 → 349 investor purchases

Share of sales to investors

14%

349 of 2,518 recorded sales

Turnover

4.4%

share of all homes that sold

Single-family homes

56,919

Where inside Waterloo-Cedar Falls? 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.

Black Hawk County297 investor purchases · 0.7 per 100 homes · 15% of sales · 43,513 homes5 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
4	50703	Black Hawk County	109	1.6	41%	4.0%
27	50702	Black Hawk County	45	0.7	14%	4.8%
29	50707	Black Hawk County	20	0.7	17%	3.9%
31	50701	Black Hawk County	60	0.6	12%	5.2%
60	50613	Black Hawk County	52	0.4	9%	4.6%

Bremer County37 investor purchases · 0.4 per 100 homes · 10% of sales · 9,194 homes1 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
50	50677	Bremer County	19	0.5	10%	4.8%

Grundy County15 investor purchases · 0.4 per 100 homes · 8% of sales · 4,212 homesno ranked ZIPs

No ZIP in Grundy County clears the ZIP ranking bars (500 homes, 30 sales, 15 investor purchases) — the county totals above are still real; the activity is just spread thin.

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