Fayette County, IA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Across Fayette County, Iowa, DLRadar grades every ZIP for foreclosure, mortgage, tax and bank-stress distress. Coverage runs to 24 ZIPs across Fayette County, a minimal 12/100 average. County-level credit and bank headwind reads 71/100 — elevated, a sign of lender stress locally. Individual Fayette County ZIPs score between 6 and 16 on the 0–100 composite.

In its peak phase, Fayette County home prices rose 2.5% across the last year (phase confidence 28/100). With pricing topped out, the average masks the outliers as the ZIP scores below show.

With Fayette County flat at +2.5% YoY (28/100 confidence), the discount lives in outliers and a county-wide sweep stays on the shelf. An elevated 71/100 reading is a buyer tailwind: banks under pressure move REO faster.

Highest scores land in 52133 (16/100), 52144 (16/100), 52161 (16/100), 52076 (15/100), 50606 (13/100), 50655 (13/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Coverage extends to 50664, 50681, 52135, 52141, 52142, 52147, 52162, 52164, 52166, 52169 among others.

Profile-wise, Fayette County's tracked footprint report median home values around $151,346 (below the national figure), 82% owner-occupancy, residents with a median age around 44, a 9.1% poverty rate, a 10% vacancy rate, household income averaging about $63,746, below the national median. Income, equity and tenure like these signal who sells under pressure and how fast a deal moves.

All in at 12/100 over 24 ZIPs, distress here is parcel-specific for a disciplined buyer. Unlock Fayette County to see every parcel's owner and contact detail, APN, a score, the bank behind the note and how fast it should sell.

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

Fayette County, Iowa is best worked from the top of the score down; blanket outreach across Fayette County dilutes effort that the ZIP-level numbers would have focused. Provenance for Fayette County is explicit: recorders and courts for filings, FHFA for prices, FDIC for lenders. No interpolation, no synthetic values.

The ZIP breakdown for Fayette County leads with 52133 (16/100), 52144 (16/100), 52161 (16/100), 52076 (15/100), 50606 (13/100), 50655 (13/100). DLRadar also scores 50664, 50681, 52135, 52141, 52142, 52147, 52162, 52164 and more 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.

The Fayette 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.