Chase (NE) Investor Pulse Report (2025-Q4)

Landlords in Chase County, NE control a significant 64.5% of the total 1,634 SFR properties, making them dominant players in the local housing market.

Individual investors overwhelmingly lead the market, owning 958 properties, which represents 90.9% of all landlord-held SFR units. In contrast, company-owned properties total only 113, or 10.7% of the investor portfolio.

The investor landscape is heavily skewed towards individual landlords, who account for 1,291 (94.2%) of the 1,371 distinct landlord entities, while companies represent a mere 80 (5.8%) entities.

A striking finding is that all 1,054 investor-owned properties are cash acquisitions (100.0% cash, 0.0% financed), indicating a highly unleveraged investor base.

Furthermore, 1,044 of the 1,054 investor-owned properties are rented, equating to a 99.1% rental rate. This demonstrates a clear focus on long-term rental income rather than speculative flipping or owner-occupancy among investors in Chase County, NE.

The data for Chase County, NE reveals a complete absence of SFR acquisition activity in Q4 2025, with zero purchases recorded for landlords, all purchasers, or traditional homeowners. This marks a significant market freeze.

This lack of recent activity extends to the full Year 2024 and the entire 2020-2023 period, as zero properties were acquired by landlords during these timeframes, preventing any analysis of price changes or trends.

Consequently, it is impossible to compare landlord acquisition prices to traditional homeowner prices in Q4 2025 due to the absence of any transactions for either group.

Similarly, evaluating the landlord-homeowner price gap quarter-over-quarter is not feasible, as there are no transactions to establish pricing differences.

The current data provides no insights into whether individual or company landlords pay different prices, nor can it identify any price appreciation trends from the pandemic era to Q4 2025, given the widespread zero acquisition counts.

In Q4 2025, Chase County, NE experienced a complete halt in the SFR purchase market, with zero total SFR purchases recorded by any buyer type, including landlords.

This means landlords represented 0.0% of Q4 SFR purchases, a significant decline from any prior activity and indicates a completely inactive market during this period.

Mom-and-pop landlords (Tiers 01-04), who typically dominate this market, also recorded zero purchases in Q4 2025, showing no new acquisitions from the backbone of the local investor base.

Similarly, institutional investors (Tier 09) registered zero purchases, confirming their continued absence from acquisition activity in Chase County, NE.

With zero entities active in purchasing across all tiers during Q4 2025, there is no discernible pattern of activity concentration or average properties per entity for this period.

Mom-and-pop landlords (Tiers 01-04) collectively own 100.0% of the 1,054 investor-owned SFR properties in Chase County, NE, demonstrating a complete market dominance by small-scale investors.

The distribution of ownership is heavily concentrated in the smallest tiers: single-property landlords (Tier 01) own 816 properties (74.5%), followed by two-property landlords (Tier 02) with 165 properties (15.1%).

Mid-size landlords (Tiers 05-08) and institutional investors (Tier 09) have no recorded presence in Chase County, NE, with 0 properties owned in these categories, highlighting a distinct local market structure.

Given the complete lack of acquisition data for Q4 2025 and prior periods, it is not possible to analyze how acquisition prices vary by tier or how tier distribution has evolved over time.

The high percentage of single-property landlords underscores that the vast majority of investment activity in this county is driven by individuals with very small portfolios, rather than large-scale entities.

Individual ownership strongly dominates across all existing landlord tiers in Chase County, NE, without a single crossover point where companies hold the majority.

For single-property landlords (Tier 01), individual investors account for 775 properties (94.2%), demonstrating a clear preference for individual rather than corporate ownership at the entry level.

This individual dominance persists even in larger mom-and-pop portfolios; for instance, in the 6-10 property tier, individuals own 14 properties (66.7%) compared to companies owning 7 properties (33.3%).

The data for Chase County, NE explicitly shows no tier where companies become the majority owners, reinforcing the overwhelming individual investor presence across all scales of landlord activity in the county.

Due to the absence of acquisition pricing data by tier and owner type, it is not possible to determine if individual or company landlords pay different prices within each tier, or to compare their growth patterns over time.

Chase County, NE exhibits significant geographic concentration of investor-owned properties within its zip codes, with NE-Chase-69033 leading in count with 645 properties and a 68.1% investor ownership rate.

NE-Chase-69045 follows closely, demonstrating the highest investor ownership rate at 68.3%, with 250 investor-owned properties, highlighting its appeal to landlords.

The top two zip codes, NE-Chase-69033 and NE-Chase-69045, together account for 895 investor-owned properties, signaling a strong geographic focus for landlord portfolios in the county.

Lower investor ownership rates are found in areas like NE-Chase-69023, where only 47.4% of properties are investor-owned, showing less landlord penetration compared to the leading zip codes.

The concentration of both high property counts and high ownership percentages in the same zip codes (e.g., NE-Chase-69033 and NE-Chase-69045) indicates that a significant portion of the total SFR inventory in these areas has been absorbed by landlords, rather than a high percentage of properties scattered widely.

All landlords in Chase County, NE were robust net buyers in 2024, acquiring 27 SFR properties while selling only 6, resulting in an impressive buy/sell ratio of 4.5x.

This strong net buying position suggests a period of expansion for the overall landlord segment in the county during 2024, adding 21 properties to their portfolios.

There is a complete absence of historical transaction data for institutional investors (Tier 09, 1000+ properties), indicating no recorded buying or selling activity from this segment in Chase County, NE.

Due to the limited data, specifically the lack of buy and sell prices for the specified timeframes, it is not possible to analyze the average buy vs. sell prices or infer implied profit margins for landlords.

Similarly, without transaction data across multiple timeframes (beyond just Year 2024), it is not possible to discern how the buy/sell ratio has changed or trended over time in Chase County, NE.

Chase County, NE experienced a complete standstill in the SFR transaction market during Q4 2025, with zero total transactions recorded for landlords or any other party.

This translates to a 0.0% share of Q4 transactions for landlords, indicating no buying or selling activity from investor entities in the county during this period.

The absence of any transactions across all tiers, including mom-and-pop (Tiers 01-04) and institutional (Tier 09), confirms the widespread market dormancy for Q4 2025.

With no transactions, it is impossible to determine average purchase prices by tier, identify inter-landlord trading activity, or analyze price spreads between different investor segments for this quarter.

The total lack of Q4 transaction activity contrasts with previous periods of landlord net buying (e.g., 2024), highlighting a significant and sudden market slowdown in Chase County, NE.