From Montgomery County Auditor data for 2025.
Companies bought 26.6% of the houses and condos sold in the City of Dayton in 2025, according to Montgomery County Auditor records, and 36.8% in West Dayton. Countywide the share was 12.7%; outside the city it was 7.9%.
In 2020, companies bought 11.9% of the homes sold in Dayton. In 2024 the share was 27.0%.
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Out-of-state owners: for 13.7% of Dayton’s 2025 purchases, the owner’s tax bill goes to an address outside Ohio, and 7.1% were companies with out-of-state addresses. Most companies buying in Dayton have Ohio mailing addresses, though some based elsewhere have their bills sent to local managers.
Across all 47,151 houses and condos on the City of Dayton tax roll, companies own 18.8% and owners with out-of-state mailing addresses hold 7.9%. For 52.1%, the tax bill goes to the house itself, a common sign the owner lives there. Countywide those figures are 10.8%, 4.6% and 64.0%.
The companies with the most homes on the county roll: VB ELEVEN LLC (640), NREA VB V LLC (629), DOVETREE TIC 1 LLC (285), VB ONE LLC (268), OCTAGON HOLDINGS LLC (223).
Out-of-state owners’ tax bills most often go to CA (1,864 homes), TX (1,127 homes), FL (801 homes), MI (346 homes).
Buyers are read from the current tax roll, so purchases later resold are left out. These records run through June 2026.
Source: Montgomery County Auditor, tax parcel and sales records (public GIS layers). How the figures are built: methodology.
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