Forsyth County, NC: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Forsyth County, NC, North Carolina: 22 ZIP codes scored, Forsyth County, NC averaging 31/100 (moderate, Forsyth, NC), from 23 to 33. Forsyth County, NC is in its peak phase (Forsyth, NC confidence 20/100): Forsyth, NC home prices up 3.3% (Forsyth, NC) over twelve months. Forsyth County, NC lender headwind: 47/100.

Highest-scoring Forsyth County, NC ZIPs: 27012 (33/100), 27023 (33/100), 27040 (33/100), 27045 (33/100), 27051 (33/100), 27101 (33/100). Also scored in Forsyth County, NC: 27103, 27104, 27105, 27106, 27109, 27110, 27127, 27284, 27009, 27050.

Across Forsyth County, NC's scored ZIPs: median home value $248,910, household income $68,311, 8.9% vacancy, 12.1% poverty, 72% owner-occupied, median age 40.4.

Forsyth County, NC insurance distress 84/100 (#243 in the US); FEMA hazard 90/100 for Forsyth, NC; 8 federal disaster declarations in Forsyth County, NC since 2023; 9 Forsyth, NC NFIP flood claims, $146K paid; Forsyth, NC construction distress 52/100.

22 banks with 84 branches lend in Forsyth County, NC; Forsyth, NC weighted bank stress 61/100, highest 89/100 in Forsyth, NC.

Forsyth County, NC unemployment 3.9% (Forsyth, NC -0.1 pts, six months); 2,905 new housing units permitted in Forsyth County, NC over twelve months, Forsyth, NC down 2% from 2,979; Forsyth, NC home prices +11.7% a year (Forsyth, NC) over three years.

175,631 housing units in Forsyth County, NC; 58,114 Forsyth, NC renter households; 44% of Forsyth, NC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 22% (Forsyth, NC) half or more.

Forsyth County, NC ranks #1,538 nationally on the opportunity index (Forsyth, NC, among all ranked counties); Forsyth, NC scores 29.3/100 and Forsyth, NC sits #66 inside North Carolina. Forsyth, NC is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Forsyth, NC's primary driver is bank institutional, Forsyth, NC second driver construction; Forsyth, NC moved up 294 places. 39 short-sale listings across Forsyth, NC; 86 days on market observed in Forsyth, NC; 9.9% vacancy over 22 Forsyth, NC ZIPs.

1.0% of Forsyth County, NC mortgages were ninety-plus days late in December 2025; Forsyth, NC's thirty-to-eighty-nine-day share was 2.5% (CFPB county sample). Forsyth, NC's ninety-day rate is up 0.4 points on twelve months earlier; the Forsyth, NC peak since 2008 was 4.2% in November 2009; North Carolina overall reads 0.9%.

Forsyth County, NC has 8 watched banks; 8 Forsyth, NC banks sit in an elevated band. Forsyth, NC footprints: Truist Bank (12 branches, stress 62) in Forsyth, NC; First-Citizens Bank&Trust Co (6 branches, stress 71) in Forsyth, NC; Piedmont Fsb (6 branches, stress 57) in Forsyth, NC.

HUD lists 29 assisted multifamily properties in Forsyth County, NC with 2,594 units; 694 Forsyth, NC units are assisted, 7 Forsyth, NC properties under project-based Section 8.

15,706 of the 175,631 housing units in Forsyth, NC sit vacant. Forsyth County, NC permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Forsyth, NC's one-to-four unit structures added 2,905 units in Forsyth County, NC.