Houston County, AL: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

For Houston County, Alabama, DLRadar turns county and parcel public records into a single distress score per ZIP. The county spans 14 scored ZIP codes, averaging 26/100 composite distress. On bank and credit headwind, Houston County scores 48/100. ZIP-level distress ranges from 29/100 at the top down to 19/100.

In its contraction phase, Houston County home prices fell 1.2% across the last year, sitting 2.0% below its cycle peak, a 61/100-confidence read. As the cycle turns down, days-on-market stretch out which surfaces more motivated sellers.

Houston County's -1.2% YoY slide (61/100 confidence) means entry price is everything as motivated sellers multiply. A mid-cycle 48/100 lender reading means a blend the ZIP scores sort out.

The most-distressed ZIP codes in Houston County are 36301 (29/100), 36312 (29/100), 36320 (29/100), 36321 (29/100), 36343 (29/100), 36370 (29/100), each with its own full DLRadar report. Other tracked Houston County ZIPs include 36376, 36303, 36305, 36319, 36352, 36345, 36375, 36350.

On the housing-and-income side, Houston County's tracked footprint report median home values around $161,486 (below the national figure), vacancy near 14.8%, an owner-occupied share of 74%, residents with a median age around 42.1, a median household income near $57,982 (below the US norm), a 15.8% poverty rate. These fundamentals shape the kind of distress to expect and the buyer pool on exit.

At 26/100 composite over 14 ZIPs, Houston County is a screen-by-ZIP market where the ZIP scores point. Unlock Houston County to see every parcel's owner and contact detail, APN, per-parcel scoring with lender exposure and resale velocity.

The distress read for Houston County, Alabama is refreshed as new public records post and uses the same methodology coast to coast, so Houston County stays directly comparable to any other market you track.

Treat Houston County, Alabama as a ranked list, not a single market: the spread between its strongest and weakest ZIPs is where the acquisition margin actually sits. Nothing in the Houston County read is modelled: recorder and court filings drive foreclosure and lien signals, FHFA sets the price cycle, FDIC the lender stress, and a thin source stays blank.

The ZIP breakdown for Houston County leads with 36301 (29/100), 36312 (29/100), 36320 (29/100), 36321 (29/100), 36343 (29/100), 36370 (29/100). DLRadar also scores 36376, 36303, 36305, 36319, 36352, 36345, 36375, 36350 across the county. Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.

Under Houston County's headline composite sit distinct layers — recorded foreclosures, tax and lien delinquency, mortgage stress and bank headwind — each scored separately before they roll up, so the same total can describe very different markets.