Alaska Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

DLRadar grades property distress across all of Alaska from verifiable records alone. Most Alaska counties sit in a peak phase, with home prices up 0.6% year over year. Statewide, 245 ZIPs in 30 counties are scored (avg 16/100).

Among the hardest-hit are Aleutians East County, Hoonah-Angoon County, Kusilvak County, Lake And Peninsula County, Yakutat County.

By ZIP, Alaska distress peaks in 99727 (29/100), 99736 (29/100), 99749 (29/100), 99750 (29/100), 99751 (29/100).

A county-level read across Alaska follows.

Aleutians East County — peak, little price movement, a 100/100 lender reading. In Aleutians West County, peak: prices flat, headwind 54/100. In Anchorage County, peak: homes +3.5% YoY, bank stress 30/100. Bethel County — peak, little price movement, lender pressure 38/100. Bristol Bay County — peak, values about even, bank stress 50/100. Chugach County sits in peak, values about even, bank stress 38/100. Copper River County is in its peak phase, values about even, headwind 38/100.

Denali County — peak, values about even, lender pressure 25/100. DLRadar reads Dillingham County as peak — little price movement, headwind 50/100. Fairbanks North Star County is in its peak phase, values rising 3.0%, down 3.2% from its high, headwind 30/100. Haines County is peak (values about even, lender pressure 25/100). Hoonah-Angoon County reads peak — values about even, a 100/100 lender reading. Juneau County is peak (appreciation near 2.3%, headwind 42/100). Kenai Peninsula County sits in peak, values about even, a 34/100 lender reading.

Ketchikan Gateway County: peak, appreciation near 2.3%, lender pressure 56/100. Kodiak Island County: peak, values about even, lender pressure 35/100. Kusilvak County reads peak — little price movement, lender pressure 100/100. Lake And Peninsula County is in its peak phase, prices flat, a 100/100 lender reading. Matanuska-Susitna County is in its peak phase, appreciation near 3.5%, headwind 36/100. In Nome County, peak: prices flat, headwind 30/100. North Slope County is peak (prices flat, lender pressure 50/100).

Northwest Arctic County: peak, values about even, bank stress 50/100. DLRadar reads Petersburg County as peak — values about even, lender pressure 62/100. Prince Of Wales-Hyder County is peak (values about even, headwind 62/100). Sitka County: peak, little price movement, bank stress 40/100. Skagway County reads peak — little price movement, bank stress 50/100. In Southeast Fairbanks County, peak: values about even, bank stress 32/100. DLRadar reads Wrangell County as peak — values about even, bank stress 62/100.

Yakutat County reads peak — prices flat, lender pressure 100/100. Yukon-Koyukuk County reads peak — prices flat, headwind 100/100.

Alaska opportunity phases: 12 weak, 7 early_signal, 6 watchlist, 3 peak_opportunity, 2 overheated; Alaska average index 28.9. Best-ranked Alaska counties: Kodiak Island #274 (35.0), construction; Wrangell #315 (34.6), construction; Southeast Fairbanks #431 (33.8), vacancy in Alaska; Juneau #541 (33.2), construction; Kenai Peninsula #560 (33.1), vacancy; Haines #696 (32.4), vacancy.

Alaska mortgages ninety-plus days late: 0.8%; Alaska thirty-to-eighty-nine days late 1.7% (December 2025); 2 Alaska counties sit in the CFPB sample; highest Alaska county readings: Matanuska-Susitna 1.0%, Anchorage 0.8%.

Alaska county unemployment averages 4.6% across 30 counties; Alaska permitted 814 housing units in twelve months (273 multifamily); 57,958 of 328,491 Alaska housing units are vacant; 89,496 Alaska renter households, 27.6% spending 30%+ of income on rent.

Alaska ZIP price-cycle phases: 139 peak.