01How it is defined in LeadCounty
Latest sale above $0 in the period.
02How many are on the list today
Sold is on file in 86 of 99 counties this week. The most are in Cook County (Chicago), IL (1,004,899), Miami-Dade County, FL (812,243), Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ (780,646); the typical county has 164,420. In the latest full week Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ recorded the most (958).
| County | On the list | Latest week | 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County (Chicago), IL | 1,004,899 | – | 34,096 |
| Miami-Dade County, FL | 812,243 | 25 | 53,182 |
| Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ | 780,646 | 958 | 65,182 |
| Clark County (Las Vegas), NV | 634,399 | 774 | 30,903 |
| Palm Beach County, FL | 596,047 | – | 46,249 |
| Lee County (Fort Myers), FL | 498,630 | 644 | 37,130 |
| Philadelphia County, PA | 498,141 | – | 21,428 |
| Broward County (Fort Lauderdale), FL | 485,180 | – | 32,171 |
| Hillsborough County (Tampa), FL | 484,577 | – | 35,346 |
| Middlesex County (Cambridge), MA | 449,538 | – | 7,544 |
| Orange County (Orlando), FL | 425,766 | 569 | 29,520 |
| Pinellas County (St. Petersburg), FL | 401,448 | 444 | 32,871 |
03Why it matters
Recent sales show what houses are really worth and who is buying, which is how you find cash buyers and comps.
04Where it shows up in public records
Recorded deeds and the county's sales file.
05How to find sold in 3 steps
- Step 1, find the record: recorded deeds and the county's sales file.
- 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 sold 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 sold 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
- Use it to build a cash-buyers list for your wholesale deals.
08Best stacks with sold
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 sold:
- Sold + LLC owner: a company owner decides by the numbers.
- Sold + owns in several counties: an investor with properties in several counties.
