Washington County, MD: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Washington County, MD, Maryland: 21 ZIP codes scored, Washington County, MD averaging 24/100 (low, Washington, MD), from 23 to 24. Washington County, MD is in its peak phase (Washington, MD confidence 31/100): Washington, MD home prices up 0.3% (Washington, MD) over twelve months, 2.9% under their peak. Washington County, MD lender headwind: 47/100.
Highest-scoring Washington County, MD ZIPs: 21711 (24/100), 21713 (24/100), 21715 (24/100), 21719 (24/100), 21722 (24/100), 21733 (24/100). Also scored in Washington County, MD: 21734, 21740, 21742, 21746, 21750, 21756, 21767, 21779, 21781, 21782.
Across Washington County, MD's scored ZIPs: median home value $343,706, household income $80,712, 6.4% vacancy, 12.5% poverty, 78% owner-occupied, median age 43.8.
Washington County, MD insurance distress 21/100 (#2,103 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Washington, MD; 2 federal disaster declarations in Washington County, MD since 2023; 2 Washington, MD NFIP flood claims, $20K paid; Washington, MD construction distress 95/100.
13 banks with 40 branches lend in Washington County, MD; Washington, MD weighted bank stress 63/100, highest 87/100 in Washington, MD.
Washington County, MD unemployment 3.9% (Washington, MD -1.6 pts, six months); 192 new housing units permitted in Washington County, MD over twelve months, Washington, MD down 46% from 358; Washington, MD home prices +9.5% a year (Washington, MD) over three years.
64,145 housing units in Washington County, MD; 20,266 Washington, MD renter households; 45% of Washington, MD renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 22% (Washington, MD) half or more.
Washington County, MD ranks #2,142 nationally on the opportunity index (Washington, MD, among all ranked counties); Washington, MD scores 27.2/100 and Washington, MD sits #13 inside Maryland. Washington, MD is in the weak opportunity phase; Washington, MD's primary driver is construction, Washington, MD second driver bank institutional; Washington, MD moved down 5 places. 28 short-sale listings across Washington, MD; 68 days on market observed in Washington, MD; 6.8% vacancy over 21 Washington, MD ZIPs.
1.5% of Washington County, MD mortgages were ninety-plus days late in December 2025; Washington, MD's thirty-to-eighty-nine-day share was 2.9% (CFPB county sample). Washington, MD's ninety-day rate is up 0.5 points on twelve months earlier; the Washington, MD peak since 2008 was 6.0% in November 2009; Maryland overall reads 1.1%.
Washington County, MD has 2 watched banks; 2 Washington, MD banks sit in an elevated band. Washington, MD footprints: First United Bank&Trust (5 branches, stress 63) in Washington, MD; Middletown Valley Bank (3 branches, stress 87) in Washington, MD.
HUD lists 6 assisted multifamily properties in Washington County, MD with 630 units; 318 Washington, MD units are assisted, 2 Washington, MD properties under project-based Section 8.
4,327 of the 64,145 housing units in Washington, MD sit vacant. Washington County, MD permitted 12 multifamily units in twelve months; Washington, MD's one-to-four unit structures added 180 units in Washington County, MD.