Otero County, CO: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Every ZIP in Otero County, Colorado carries a DLRadar distress score assembled from foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender records. ZIP-level distress ranges from 24/100 at the top down to 9/100. Lender pressure in Otero County registers 0/100 — a low bank-stress headwind. DLRadar scores 7 ZIPs here, with a mean composite of 12/100.

In its peak phase, Otero County home prices rose 2.2% across the last year, at 18/100 phase confidence. With values leveling off, the opportunity narrows as the ZIP scores below show.

With Otero County flat at +2.2% YoY (18/100 confidence), selectivity rules and a county-wide sweep stays on the shelf. A steady 0/100 bank reading points the search to tax, code and ownership-change cases over REO.

Top distress by ZIP runs 81039 (24/100), 81059 (11/100), 81030 (10/100), 81050 (10/100), 81067 (10/100), 81077 (10/100), listed with every scored ZIP below. The breakdown continues through 81058 and more.

Demographically, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Otero County come in at median home values around $155,950 (below the national figure), an owner-occupied share of 76%, household income averaging about $54,701, below the national median, a median age of 48.9, a 18.6% vacancy rate, 16.4% of households below the poverty line. Income, equity and tenure like these frame where pressure builds and how liquid the exit will be.

Net of it all, 12/100 over 7 ZIPs means the opportunity hides below the average — work it parcel by parcel. Unlock Otero County to see every parcel's owner and contact detail, APN, scoring, lienholder detail and an estimated exit speed.

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

The practical read on Otero County, Colorado is a targeting one — find the ZIPs holding real financial pressure, then work the parcels underneath them. Provenance for Otero 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 Otero County are 81039 (24/100), 81059 (11/100), 81030 (10/100), 81050 (10/100), 81067 (10/100), 81077 (10/100). DLRadar also scores 81058 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 Otero 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.