Washington County, MD: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Every ZIP in Washington County, Maryland carries a DLRadar distress score assembled from foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender records. The county's ZIP scores run from 24 up to 25/100. On bank and credit headwind, Washington County scores 47/100. There are 21 scored ZIPs in the county (mean composite 24/100).

The peak-phase county posted home values that held roughly flat over twelve months and 2.9% down from peak (phase confidence 31/100). This late in the run, distress turns selective with opportunity concentrated by ZIP.

With Washington County flat at +0.3% YoY (31/100 confidence), the wins are surgical — target the few ZIPs carrying distress. Mid-range bank stress at 47/100 points to a blend the ZIP scores sort out.

The sharpest Washington County readings come from 21769 (25/100), 21780 (25/100), 21711 (24/100), 21713 (24/100), 21715 (24/100), 21719 (24/100) — open any for the parcel detail. Other tracked Washington County ZIPs include 21722, 21733, 21734, 21740, 21742, 21746, 21750, 21756, 21758, 21767.

Profile-wise, the Washington County ZIPs on file report home values averaging roughly $343,706, in line with the US, 12.5% of households below the poverty line, 78% of homes owner-occupied, residents with a median age around 43.8, incomes around $80,712, vacancy near 6.4%. Numbers like these drive where pressure builds and how liquid the exit will be.

With a low 24/100 reading over 21 ZIPs, Washington County is a screen-by-ZIP market for a disciplined buyer. Unlock Washington County to see every parcel's owner and contact detail, APN, a parcel-level score plus bank exposure and liquidity read.

No county is too small to score: Washington County, Maryland runs through the same foreclosure, tax, lien and bank-stress model as every major metro, so Washington County's numbers mean exactly what they mean anywhere else in Maryland.

For an acquisition buyer, the practical use of Washington County, Maryland's scores is triage: the ZIPs and parcels carrying the highest composite are where motivated sellers and below-market exits concentrate, while lower-scored areas rarely justify the marketing spend. Provenance for Washington County is explicit: recorders and courts for filings, FHFA for prices, FDIC for lenders. No interpolation, no synthetic values.

Drilling in, Washington County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 21769 (25/100), 21780 (25/100), 21711 (24/100), 21713 (24/100), 21715 (24/100), 21719 (24/100). DLRadar also scores 21722, 21733, 21734, 21740, 21742, 21746, 21750, 21756 and more across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

The Washington 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.