Arlington County, VA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Arlington County, VA, Virginia: 12 ZIP codes scored, Arlington County, VA averaging 18/100 (low, Arlington, VA), from 18 to 23. Arlington County, VA is in its peak phase (Arlington, VA confidence 23/100): Arlington, VA home prices up 3.4% (Arlington, VA) over twelve months. Arlington County, VA lender headwind: 49/100.

Highest-scoring Arlington County, VA ZIPs: 22101 (23/100), 22201 (18/100), 22202 (18/100), 22203 (18/100), 22204 (18/100), 22205 (18/100). Also scored in Arlington County, VA: 22206, 22207, 22209, 22211, 22213, 22214.

Across Arlington County, VA's scored ZIPs: median home value $946,650, household income $161,943, 10.3% vacancy, 5.9% poverty, 46% owner-occupied, median age 36.3.

Arlington County, VA insurance distress 28/100 (#1,655 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Arlington, VA; 2 federal disaster declarations in Arlington County, VA since 2023; 4 Arlington, VA NFIP flood claims, $322K paid; Arlington, VA construction distress 11/100.

24 banks with 52 branches lend in Arlington County, VA; Arlington, VA weighted bank stress 63/100, highest 84/100 in Arlington, VA.

Arlington County, VA unemployment 2.8% (Arlington, VA -0.5 pts, six months); 1,985 new housing units permitted in Arlington County, VA over twelve months, Arlington, VA up 39% from 1,428; Arlington, VA home prices +5.6% a year (Arlington, VA) over three years.

121,970 housing units in Arlington County, VA; 64,860 Arlington, VA renter households; 39% of Arlington, VA renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 18% (Arlington, VA) half or more.

Arlington County, VA ranks #2,853 nationally on the opportunity index (Arlington, VA, among all ranked counties); Arlington, VA scores 24.1/100 and Arlington, VA sits #96 inside Virginia. Arlington, VA is in the weak opportunity phase; Arlington, VA's primary driver is bank institutional, Arlington, VA second driver vacancy; Arlington, VA moved up 59 places. 32 short-sale listings across Arlington, VA; 94 days on market observed in Arlington, VA; 7.2% vacancy over 12 Arlington, VA ZIPs.

0.2% of Arlington County, VA mortgages were ninety-plus days late in December 2025; Arlington, VA's thirty-to-eighty-nine-day share was 0.3% (CFPB county sample). Arlington, VA's ninety-day rate is down 0.1 points on twelve months earlier; the Arlington, VA peak since 2008 was 2.0% in May 2010; Virginia overall reads 0.8%.

Arlington County, VA has 8 watched banks; 8 Arlington, VA banks sit in an elevated band. Arlington, VA footprints: United Bank (3 branches, stress 36) in Arlington, VA; Trustar Bank (1 branch, stress 80) in Arlington, VA; Mainstreet Bank (1 branch, stress 64) in Arlington, VA.

HUD lists 16 assisted multifamily properties in Arlington County, VA with 1,149 units; 332 Arlington, VA units are assisted, 8 Arlington, VA properties under project-based Section 8.

9,943 of the 121,970 housing units in Arlington, VA sit vacant. Arlington County, VA permitted 1,790 multifamily units in twelve months; Arlington, VA's one-to-four unit structures added 195 units in Arlington County, VA.