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

Every ZIP in Northampton County, North Carolina carries a DLRadar distress score assembled from foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender records. Individual Northampton County ZIPs score between 21 and 26 on the 0–100 composite. On bank and credit headwind, Northampton County scores 78/100, a stressed reading. DLRadar scores 13 ZIPs here, with a mean composite of 22/100.

The peak-phase county posted home values that rose 1.9% over twelve months, at 18/100 phase confidence. On a market plateau, blanket buying underperforms leaving the wins in individual deals.

With Northampton County flat at +1.9% YoY (18/100 confidence), the discount lives in outliers well beyond the county average. An elevated 78/100 reading is a buyer tailwind: expect more lender-driven inventory soon.

Distress concentrates in ZIP 27855 (26/100), ZIP 27897 (23/100), ZIP 27820 (22/100), ZIP 27831 (22/100), ZIP 27832 (22/100), ZIP 27845 (22/100) — drill into any for the parcel-level read. Further scored ZIPs: 27853, 27862, 27866, 27869, 27876, 27877, 27842.

Demographically, Northampton County's scored ZIPs come in at 75% of homes owner-occupied, household income averaging about $50,454, below the national median, residents with a median age around 48.6, a 17.2% poverty rate, median home values around $145,467 (below the national figure), 22.2% of units sitting vacant. Income, equity and tenure like these drive the depth of motivated supply and the pace of resale.

At 22/100 composite over 13 ZIPs, Northampton County is a screen-by-ZIP market for a disciplined buyer. Inside DLRadar, each Northampton County property carries owner, mailing address, APN, scoring, lienholder detail and an estimated exit speed.

Because Northampton County, North Carolina is scored on the identical public-record model used nationwide, even a quiet county is measured on one scale — letting you weigh Northampton County against neighboring markets or the rest of North Carolina on equal footing.

The practical read on Northampton County, North Carolina is a targeting one — find the ZIPs holding real financial pressure, then work the parcels underneath them. All Northampton County inputs are public record — recorder, court, FHFA and FDIC — and the score is rebuilt on ingest rather than modelled forward.

Drilling in, Northampton County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 27855 (26/100), 27897 (23/100), 27820 (22/100), 27831 (22/100), 27832 (22/100), 27845 (22/100). DLRadar also scores 27853, 27862, 27866, 27869, 27876, 27877, 27842 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 Northampton 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.