Mississippi Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Mississippi property distress is mapped statewide by DLRadar — county, ZIP and parcel, every figure record-sourced. The phase distribution across counties: 75 peak, 7 neutral. The typical Mississippi county is peak (+3.5% average HPI). Statewide, 427 ZIPs in 82 counties are scored (avg 17/100).

Benton County, Greene County, Kemper County, Wayne County, George County top Mississippi for distress; drill into any for the ZIP detail.

By ZIP, Mississippi distress peaks in 39501 (34/100), 39503 (34/100), 39507 (34/100), 39530 (34/100), 39531 (34/100).

The Mississippi breakdown, county by county:

Adams County is in its peak phase, up 3.6% on the year, lender pressure 39/100. Alcorn County is in its peak phase, up 3.6% on the year, headwind 42/100. Amite County: peak, appreciation near 3.8%, headwind 25/100. In Attala County, peak: appreciation near 3.8%, lender pressure 18/100. Benton County — peak, up 1.2% on the year, a 100/100 lender reading. Bolivar County is in its peak phase, values rising 3.6%, bank stress 51/100. Calhoun County is peak (values rising 3.8%, bank stress 42/100).

Carroll County — peak, up 3.6% on the year. Chickasaw County — peak, values rising 3.8%, lender pressure 56/100. DLRadar reads Choctaw County as peak — prices up 3.8%, lender pressure 50/100. Claiborne County is peak (prices up 3.8%, a 32/100 lender reading). Clarke County sits in peak, prices up 3.6%, a 86/100 lender reading. Clay County reads peak — prices up 3.8%, lender pressure 37/100. Coahoma County: peak, homes +3.6% YoY, bank stress 64/100.

Copiah County: peak, up 1.9% on the year, 2.2% off peak, a 42/100 lender reading. In Covington County, peak: values rising 3.8%. DLRadar reads Desoto County as peak — up 1.2% on the year, lender pressure 43/100. Forrest County reads neutral — homes +4.0% YoY, 2.6% off peak, lender pressure 31/100. In Franklin County, peak: prices up 3.8%, headwind 38/100. George County reads peak — values rising 3.8%, lender pressure 89/100. Greene County is in its peak phase, prices up 3.8%, a 100/100 lender reading.

Grenada County is peak (appreciation near 3.6%, lender pressure 45/100). Hancock County sits in neutral, values rising 4.8%, lender pressure 33/100. Harrison County is in its neutral phase, prices up 4.8%, bank stress 48/100. Hinds County is in its peak phase, appreciation near 1.9%, down 2.2% from its high, a 35/100 lender reading. DLRadar reads Holmes County as peak — values rising 1.9%, 2.2% below peak. In Humphreys County, peak: appreciation near 3.8%, lender pressure 54/100. Issaquena County — peak, homes +3.8% YoY.

In Itawamba County, peak: homes +3.6% YoY, a 31/100 lender reading. Jackson County sits in neutral, values rising 4.8%, lender pressure 77/100. DLRadar reads Jasper County as peak — values rising 3.6%. Jefferson County sits in peak, prices up 3.6%, headwind 55/100. Jefferson Davis County — peak, up 3.8% on the year, bank stress 27/100. Jones County is in its peak phase, up 3.6% on the year, bank stress 45/100. Kemper County reads peak — appreciation near 3.8%, lender pressure 100/100.

Lafayette County sits in peak, up 3.6% on the year, lender pressure 52/100. Lamar County is neutral (prices up 4.0%, 2.6% below peak, a 28/100 lender reading). Lauderdale County is peak (prices up 3.6%, headwind 71/100). Lawrence County reads peak — prices up 3.8%, lender pressure 16/100. DLRadar reads Leake County as peak — prices up 3.8%, headwind 46/100. Lee County is peak (values rising 3.6%, lender pressure 41/100). Leflore County sits in peak, values rising 3.6%, a 56/100 lender reading.

Lincoln County is peak (values rising 3.6%, a 33/100 lender reading). Lowndes County: peak, prices up 3.6%, a 30/100 lender reading. DLRadar reads Madison County as peak — values rising 1.9%, 2.2% off peak, a 40/100 lender reading. Marion County is in its peak phase, up 3.8% on the year, a 17/100 lender reading. In Marshall County, peak: up 1.2% on the year, a 79/100 lender reading. In Monroe County, peak: values rising 3.8%, headwind 50/100. Montgomery County is in its peak phase, up 3.6% on the year, headwind 61/100.

Neshoba County is peak (prices up 3.8%, a 69/100 lender reading).

Mississippi opportunity phases: 28 early_signal, 19 watchlist, 19 weak, 11 peak_opportunity, 5 strong_buy; Mississippi average index 30.3. Best-ranked Mississippi counties: Neshoba #14 (41.4), vacancy; Walthall #38 (39.0), vacancy; Coahoma #50 (38.6), construction in Mississippi; Amite #101 (37.1), vacancy; Pike #109 (37.0), vacancy; Adams #202 (35.8), construction.

Mississippi mortgages ninety-plus days late: 1.8%; Mississippi thirty-to-eighty-nine days late 4.5% (December 2025); 6 Mississippi counties sit in the CFPB sample; highest Mississippi county readings: Jackson 2.3%, Hinds 2.1%, Rankin 1.6%, Desoto 1.5%, Madison 1.5%.

Mississippi county unemployment averages 3.7% across 82 counties; Mississippi permitted 8,718 housing units in twelve months (706 multifamily); 195,683 of 1,341,114 Mississippi housing units are vacant; 345,471 Mississippi renter households, 37.1% spending 30%+ of income on rent.

Mississippi ZIP price-cycle phases: 1,672 peak, 350 contraction, 294 recovery, 256 expansion, 180 neutral.