Arkansas Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

DLRadar reads Arkansas from the parcel up: foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender records rolled into one score per ZIP. 75 counties and 615 ZIPs are tracked statewide, averaging 24/100. Counties break down as 70 peak, 3 contraction, 2 neutral by phase. Statewide, counties skew peak, prices up 2.9% on average.

Drew County, Cleveland County, Calhoun County, Bradley County, Lawrence County top Arkansas for distress; drill into any for the ZIP detail.

Top ZIP-level distress statewide: 71901 (38/100), 71909 (38/100), 71949 (38/100), 71956 (38/100), 71968 (38/100).

Distress and market phase, county by county in Arkansas:

Arkansas County — peak, homes +3.3% YoY, a 56/100 lender reading. In Ashley County, peak: homes +3.3% YoY, lender pressure 27/100. Baxter County sits in peak, homes +2.6% YoY, headwind 32/100. In Benton County, peak: homes +3.0% YoY, a 50/100 lender reading. Boone County reads peak — prices up 2.6%, a 46/100 lender reading. Bradley County reads peak — homes +3.3% YoY, a 76/100 lender reading. Calhoun County sits in peak, appreciation near 2.6%, headwind 85/100.

Carroll County sits in peak, values rising 3.3%, a 27/100 lender reading. Chicot County is peak (homes +3.3% YoY, lender pressure 45/100). Clark County is in its peak phase, values rising 2.6%, headwind 20/100. Clay County reads peak — values rising 3.3%, lender pressure 22/100. Cleburne County reads peak — appreciation near 3.3%, bank stress 35/100. Cleveland County is peak (prices up 2.6%, a 86/100 lender reading). DLRadar reads Columbia County as peak — up 2.6% on the year, a 35/100 lender reading.

Conway County reads peak — values rising 3.3%. In Craighead County, contraction: down 0.6% on the year, 2.6% below peak, a 42/100 lender reading. Crawford County: peak, appreciation near 3.0%, lender pressure 39/100. In Crittenden County, peak: appreciation near 1.2%, a 44/100 lender reading. Cross County is in its peak phase, homes +3.3% YoY, lender pressure 35/100. Dallas County reads peak — prices up 3.3%, lender pressure 68/100. Desha County: peak, values rising 3.3%.

Drew County reads peak — prices up 3.3%, lender pressure 89/100. Faulkner County is in its peak phase, prices up 2.2%. DLRadar reads Franklin County as peak — prices up 3.3%, a 16/100 lender reading. Fulton County sits in peak, homes +3.3% YoY, a 38/100 lender reading. Garland County — contraction, a 1.6% slide, 9.5% off peak, bank stress 39/100. Grant County — peak, appreciation near 2.2%, headwind 33/100. Greene County is peak (appreciation near 2.6%, bank stress 28/100).

Hempstead County is peak (values rising 3.3%, bank stress 25/100). Hot Spring County is peak (up 2.6% on the year, lender pressure 50/100). Howard County reads peak — values rising 3.3%, a 64/100 lender reading. DLRadar reads Independence County as peak — prices up 2.6%, bank stress 62/100. Izard County sits in peak, homes +3.3% YoY. In Jackson County, peak: values rising 3.3%, lender pressure 71/100. Jefferson County reads peak — prices up 2.6%, lender pressure 53/100.

Johnson County is in its peak phase, values rising 3.3%. Lafayette County — peak, prices up 3.3%, headwind 53/100. Lawrence County sits in peak, up 3.3% on the year, bank stress 72/100. Lee County sits in peak, up 3.3% on the year, a 67/100 lender reading. DLRadar reads Lincoln County as peak — values rising 3.3%, bank stress 36/100. Little River County is in its neutral phase, appreciation near 3.8%, down 2.4% from its high, lender pressure 66/100. DLRadar reads Logan County as peak — up 3.3% on the year, a 33/100 lender reading.

DLRadar reads Lonoke County as peak — up 2.2% on the year, a 25/100 lender reading. Madison County reads peak — values rising 3.0%, bank stress 57/100. Marion County is peak (homes +3.3% YoY, lender pressure 50/100). DLRadar reads Miller County as neutral — up 3.8% on the year, 2.4% off peak, headwind 55/100. Mississippi County — peak, up 2.6% on the year, headwind 34/100. Monroe County: peak, homes +3.3% YoY, headwind 63/100. Montgomery County is peak (appreciation near 3.3%, a 53/100 lender reading).

Nevada County is in its peak phase, up 3.3% on the year, lender pressure 15/100.

Arkansas opportunity phases: 18 early_signal, 17 watchlist, 14 peak_opportunity, 13 strong_buy, 10 overheated, 3 weak; Arkansas average index 33.3. Best-ranked Arkansas counties: Ouachita #5 (43.9), vacancy; Calhoun #7 (43.2), vacancy; Van Buren #9 (43.1), vacancy in Arkansas; Fulton #19 (40.7), vacancy; Sevier #28 (39.5), construction; Phillips #80 (37.7), construction.

Arkansas mortgages ninety-plus days late: 1.3%; Arkansas thirty-to-eighty-nine days late 2.7% (December 2025); 4 Arkansas counties sit in the CFPB sample; highest Arkansas county readings: Pulaski 1.6%, Saline 1.4%, Benton 0.6%, Washington 0.5%.

Arkansas county unemployment averages 4.1% across 75 counties; Arkansas permitted 14,772 housing units in twelve months (4,417 multifamily); 188,686 of 1,394,673 Arkansas housing units are vacant; 402,626 Arkansas renter households, 36.0% spending 30%+ of income on rent.

Arkansas ZIP price-cycle phases: 3,308 peak, 441 contraction, 329 neutral, 304 recovery, 119 expansion.