Franklin County, AR: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Across Franklin County, Arkansas, DLRadar grades every ZIP for foreclosure, mortgage, tax and bank-stress distress. ZIP-level distress ranges from 26/100 at the top down to 14/100. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 16/100 (contained). 13 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 19/100 distress.

The county market is in a peak phase: home prices rose 3.3% over the past year, at 24/100 phase confidence. This late in the run, the opportunity narrows so screen ZIP by ZIP.

Franklin County's topped-out +3.3% YoY (24/100 confidence) means selectivity rules — target the few ZIPs carrying distress. Lender stress at 16/100 (contained) puts the live signals on tax, code and ownership-change cases over REO.

By composite, 72946 (26/100), 72959 (26/100), 72727 (21/100), 72855 (21/100), 72943 (21/100), 72947 (21/100) top the county — tap any ZIP to go deeper. Further scored ZIPs: 72930, 72933, 72951, 72821, 72721, 72928, 72949.

Profile-wise, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Franklin County come in at 13.2% of units sitting vacant, 82% of homes owner-occupied, a median household income near $56,148 (below the US norm), residents with a median age around 44.6, typical home values near $148,146, poverty running near 19%. These fundamentals frame the supply of motivated sellers and the speed of resale.

Net of it all, 19/100 over 13 ZIPs means the opportunity hides below the average and not a county-wide play. A DLRadar subscription opens every Franklin County parcel: owner, mailing address, APN, scoring, lienholder detail and an estimated exit speed.

Because Franklin County, Arkansas is scored on the identical public-record model used nationwide, even a quiet county is measured on one scale — letting you weigh Franklin County against neighboring markets or the rest of Arkansas on equal footing.

Scores in Franklin County, Arkansas exist to concentrate effort: a handful of ZIPs hold most of the distress, and the rest seldom justify the acquisition cost. Provenance for Franklin County is explicit: recorders and courts for filings, FHFA for prices, FDIC for lenders. No interpolation, no synthetic values.

At the ZIP level, the sharpest readings in Franklin County are 72946 (26/100), 72959 (26/100), 72727 (21/100), 72855 (21/100), 72943 (21/100), 72947 (21/100). DLRadar also scores 72930, 72933, 72951, 72821, 72721, 72928, 72949 across the county. Each code carries its own composite built from that ZIP's foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien and lender signals, so two neighboring ZIPs can diverge sharply even inside one county.

The Franklin County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.