Nebraska Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Every Nebraska county and ZIP carries a DLRadar distress score built from county and parcel records. The dominant market phase statewide is peak (avg HPI +3.1% YoY). Counties break down as 84 peak, 5 neutral, 4 contraction by phase. 93 counties and 586 ZIPs are tracked statewide, averaging 17/100.

The most stressed counties include Blaine County, Mcpherson County, Rock County, Dundy County, Thomas County — each with a full county distress report.

By ZIP, Nebraska distress peaks in 68010 (34/100), 68022 (34/100), 68102 (34/100), 68104 (34/100), 68105 (34/100).

County by county, here is how market phase and distress break down across Nebraska.

Adams County: peak, up 3.1% on the year, headwind 33/100. Antelope County: peak, up 3.3% on the year, a 26/100 lender reading. DLRadar reads Arthur County as peak — values rising 3.3%, headwind 63/100. Banner County is in its peak phase, appreciation near 3.1%. Blaine County — peak, prices up 3.3%, lender pressure 100/100. Boone County sits in peak, homes +3.3% YoY, headwind 41/100. Box Butte County is in its peak phase, prices up 3.3%, headwind 44/100.

Boyd County sits in peak, homes +3.3% YoY, lender pressure 53/100. Brown County reads peak — prices up 3.3%. Buffalo County: peak, up 3.1% on the year, lender pressure 37/100. In Burt County, peak: up 3.3% on the year, bank stress 16/100. Butler County sits in peak, values rising 3.3%, a 66/100 lender reading. Cass County is neutral (appreciation near 3.8%, a 57/100 lender reading). Cedar County: peak, prices up 3.3%, bank stress 34/100.

In Chase County, peak: up 3.3% on the year, headwind 43/100. Cherry County reads peak — values rising 3.3%, lender pressure 62/100. In Cheyenne County, peak: prices up 3.3%, a 51/100 lender reading. Clay County is in its peak phase, up 3.1% on the year, bank stress 73/100. Colfax County reads peak — prices up 3.1%, lender pressure 28/100. In Cuming County, peak: up 3.3% on the year, a 40/100 lender reading. Custer County reads peak — up 3.3% on the year, lender pressure 20/100.

Dakota County reads contraction — values off 1.3%, down 1.3% from its high, lender pressure 19/100. Dawes County sits in peak, prices up 3.3%, lender pressure 43/100. Dawson County is peak (prices up 3.1%, bank stress 41/100). In Deuel County, peak: values rising 3.3%, bank stress 40/100. Dixon County sits in peak, prices up 3.3%, lender pressure 16/100. Dodge County sits in peak, homes +3.1% YoY, headwind 33/100. In Douglas County, neutral: up 3.8% on the year, lender pressure 48/100.

Dundy County is peak (homes +3.3% YoY, a 87/100 lender reading). In Fillmore County, peak: values rising 3.3%, bank stress 29/100. Franklin County — peak, up 3.3% on the year, a 23/100 lender reading. Frontier County sits in peak, prices up 3.3%, a 57/100 lender reading. Furnas County: peak, prices up 3.3%, bank stress 27/100. Gage County reads peak — homes +3.1% YoY, lender pressure 56/100. Garden County — peak, values rising 3.3%, lender pressure 21/100.

In Garfield County, peak: prices up 3.3%, a 32/100 lender reading. Gosper County is in its peak phase, values rising 3.1%, lender pressure 75/100. Grant County reads peak — homes +3.3% YoY, lender pressure 63/100. Greeley County is peak (prices up 3.3%, a 28/100 lender reading). Hall County: contraction, a 1.5% slide, down 1.5% from its high, a 34/100 lender reading. DLRadar reads Hamilton County as peak — prices up 3.3%. Harlan County: peak, homes +3.3% YoY.

Hayes County sits in peak, appreciation near 3.3%, headwind 58/100. Hitchcock County: peak, values rising 3.3%. Holt County reads peak — homes +3.3% YoY, a 30/100 lender reading. Hooker County reads peak — prices up 3.3%, headwind 73/100. Howard County is contraction (values off 1.5%, 1.5% off peak). In Jefferson County, peak: homes +3.3% YoY, lender pressure 45/100. Johnson County reads peak — homes +3.3% YoY, lender pressure 44/100.

Kearney County is in its peak phase, prices up 3.1%, bank stress 22/100.

Nebraska opportunity phases: 50 weak, 32 early_signal, 8 watchlist, 2 peak_opportunity, 1 overheated; Nebraska average index 27.5. Best-ranked Nebraska counties: Fillmore #187 (36.0), construction; Kimball #230 (35.5), vacancy; Gosper #526 (33.3), vacancy in Nebraska; Hooker #674 (32.5), vacancy; Sioux #717 (32.3), bank institutional; Deuel #767 (32.1), construction.

Nebraska mortgages ninety-plus days late: 0.6%; Nebraska thirty-to-eighty-nine days late 1.4% (December 2025); 3 Nebraska counties sit in the CFPB sample; highest Nebraska county readings: Douglas 0.6%, Lancaster 0.5%, Sarpy 0.4%.

Nebraska county unemployment averages 2.7% across 93 counties; Nebraska permitted 10,520 housing units in twelve months (4,384 multifamily); 65,597 of 863,444 Nebraska housing units are vacant; 263,282 Nebraska renter households, 27.2% spending 30%+ of income on rent.

Nebraska ZIP price-cycle phases: 1,072 peak, 186 contraction, 131 neutral, 94 expansion, 1 recovery.