Strafford County, NH: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Strafford County, NH, New Hampshire: 17 ZIP codes scored, Strafford County, NH averaging 22/100 (low, Strafford, NH), from 22 to 25. Strafford County, NH is in its peak phase (Strafford, NH confidence 29/100): Strafford, NH home prices up 4.3% (Strafford, NH) over twelve months. Strafford County, NH lender headwind: 83/100.

Highest-scoring Strafford County, NH ZIPs: 03042 (25/100), 03820 (22/100), 03823 (22/100), 03824 (22/100), 03825 (22/100), 03835 (22/100). Also scored in Strafford County, NH: 03839, 03851, 03852, 03855, 03861, 03867, 03868, 03869, 03878, 03884.

Across Strafford County, NH's scored ZIPs: median home value $374,406, household income $94,932, 10.0% vacancy, 7.7% poverty, 80% owner-occupied, median age 41.2.

Strafford County, NH insurance distress 24/100 (#1,997 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Strafford, NH; 2 Strafford, NH NFIP flood claims, $58K paid; Strafford, NH construction distress 68/100.

12 banks with 24 branches lend in Strafford County, NH; Strafford, NH weighted bank stress 73/100, highest 96/100 in Strafford, NH.

Strafford County, NH unemployment 2.6% (Strafford, NH -0.3 pts, six months); 518 new housing units permitted in Strafford County, NH over twelve months, Strafford, NH down 18% from 632; Strafford, NH home prices +12.0% a year (Strafford, NH) over three years.

56,609 housing units in Strafford County, NH; 17,065 Strafford, NH renter households; 47% of Strafford, NH renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 23% (Strafford, NH) half or more.

Strafford County, NH ranks #2,543 nationally on the opportunity index (Strafford, NH, among all ranked counties); Strafford, NH scores 25.7/100 and Strafford, NH sits #6 inside New Hampshire. Strafford, NH is in the weak opportunity phase; Strafford, NH's primary driver is construction, Strafford, NH second driver bank institutional; Strafford, NH moved down 180 places. 35 short-sale listings across Strafford, NH; 65 days on market observed in Strafford, NH; 8.6% vacancy over 17 Strafford, NH ZIPs.

0.3% of Strafford County, NH mortgages were ninety-plus days late in December 2025; Strafford, NH's thirty-to-eighty-nine-day share was 1.5% (CFPB county sample). Strafford, NH's ninety-day rate is down 0.4 points on twelve months earlier; the Strafford, NH peak since 2008 was 4.0% in November 2009; New Hampshire overall reads 0.6%.

Strafford County, NH has 4 watched banks; 4 Strafford, NH banks sit in an elevated band. Strafford, NH footprints: First Seacoast Bank (4 branches, stress 96) in Strafford, NH; Profile Bank (3 branches, stress 89) in Strafford, NH; Bank Of New Hampshire (2 branches, stress 63) in Strafford, NH.

HUD lists 17 assisted multifamily properties in Strafford County, NH with 1,038 units; 317 Strafford, NH units are assisted, 3 Strafford, NH properties under project-based Section 8.

4,529 of the 56,609 housing units in Strafford, NH sit vacant. Strafford County, NH permitted 200 multifamily units in twelve months; Strafford, NH's one-to-four unit structures added 318 units in Strafford County, NH.