01How it is defined in LeadCounty
Latest transfer 10 or more years ago.
02How many are on the list today
Owned 10+ years is on file in 95 of 99 counties this week. The most are in Harris County (Houston), TX (740,055), Cook County (Chicago), IL (532,950), Miami-Dade County, FL (371,812); the typical county has 99,974.
| County | On the list |
|---|---|
| Harris County (Houston), TX | 740,055 |
| Cook County (Chicago), IL | 532,950 |
| Miami-Dade County, FL | 371,812 |
| Dallas County, TX | 308,152 |
| Tarrant County (Fort Worth), TX | 303,976 |
| Clark County (Las Vegas), NV | 302,383 |
| Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ | 275,214 |
| Middlesex County (Cambridge), MA | 261,711 |
| Philadelphia County, PA | 249,620 |
| Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), OH | 233,836 |
| Palm Beach County, FL | 221,989 |
| Orange County (Orlando), FL | 207,234 |
03Why it matters
Long-time owners usually have equity and are often at a life change: kids leaving, retirement, downsizing.
04Where it shows up in public records
The date of the last recorded transfer.
05How to find owned 10+ years in 3 steps
- Step 1, find the record: the date of the last recorded transfer.
- Step 2, match it to the property: join the record to the parcel by its parcel number and the owner's name and address, so you know which house it belongs to.
- Step 3, add a second reason: stack owned 10+ years with another list to see which owners have more than one reason to sell. LeadCounty does steps 1 and 2 for every property each week.
06How we count it
LeadCounty counts owned 10+ years from each county's own records and shows the number for every county in the table above, refreshed weekly. A county that does not publish the record shows no count rather than a guess.
07How to use it
- A good base list for agents farming an area.
08Best stacks with owned 10+ years
One list gives you a reason; two or three lists together give you owners with several reasons at once. The stacks that work best with owned 10+ years:
- Owned 10+ years + high equity: the owner still has equity to protect, so a fair sale works for both sides.
- Owned 10+ years + absentee owner: the owner gets the tax bill somewhere else, so the house is less personal to them.
