Snohomish County, WA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Snohomish County, WA, Washington: 30 ZIP codes scored, Snohomish County, WA averaging 34/100 (moderate, Snohomish, WA), from 30 to 34. Snohomish County, WA is in its peak phase (Snohomish, WA confidence 16/100): Snohomish, WA home prices up 0.4% (Snohomish, WA) over twelve months. Snohomish County, WA lender headwind: 44/100.

Highest-scoring Snohomish County, WA ZIPs: 98012 (34/100), 98020 (34/100), 98021 (34/100), 98026 (34/100), 98036 (34/100), 98037 (34/100). Also scored in Snohomish County, WA: 98043, 98087, 98201, 98203, 98204, 98207, 98208, 98223, 98241, 98251.

Across Snohomish County, WA's scored ZIPs: median home value $704,852, household income $114,482, 7.6% vacancy, 8.2% poverty, 73% owner-occupied, median age 39.9.

Snohomish County, WA insurance distress 79/100 (#401 in the US); FEMA hazard 68/100 for Snohomish, WA; 4 federal disaster declarations in Snohomish County, WA since 2023 (4 flood); 76 Snohomish, WA NFIP flood claims, $3.5M paid; Snohomish, WA construction distress 57/100.

22 banks with 140 branches lend in Snohomish County, WA; Snohomish, WA weighted bank stress 68/100, highest 99/100 in Snohomish, WA.

Snohomish County, WA unemployment 4.8% (Snohomish, WA -0.9 pts, six months); 3,405 new housing units permitted in Snohomish County, WA over twelve months, Snohomish, WA down 8% from 3,689; Snohomish, WA home prices +8.7% a year (Snohomish, WA) over three years.

331,530 housing units in Snohomish County, WA; 98,566 Snohomish, WA renter households; 51% of Snohomish, WA renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 24% (Snohomish, WA) half or more.

Snohomish County, WA ranks #1,882 nationally on the opportunity index (Snohomish, WA, among all ranked counties); Snohomish, WA scores 28.1/100 and Snohomish, WA sits #22 inside Washington. Snohomish, WA is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Snohomish, WA's primary driver is bank institutional, Snohomish, WA second driver construction; Snohomish, WA moved down 24 places. 99 short-sale listings across Snohomish, WA; 83 days on market observed in Snohomish, WA; 4.7% vacancy over 30 Snohomish, WA ZIPs.

0.5% of Snohomish County, WA mortgages were ninety-plus days late in December 2025; Snohomish, WA's thirty-to-eighty-nine-day share was 0.9% (CFPB county sample). Snohomish, WA's ninety-day rate is up 0.2 points on twelve months earlier; the Snohomish, WA peak since 2008 was 5.3% in May 2012; Washington overall reads 0.6%.

Snohomish County, WA has 11 watched banks; 11 Snohomish, WA banks sit in an elevated band. Snohomish, WA footprints: Coastal Community Bank (12 branches, stress 94) in Snohomish, WA; Wafd Bank (9 branches, stress 67) in Snohomish, WA; Heritage Bank (7 branches, stress 58) in Snohomish, WA.

HUD lists 37 assisted multifamily properties in Snohomish County, WA with 2,613 units; 1,008 Snohomish, WA units are assisted, 8 Snohomish, WA properties under project-based Section 8.

15,318 of the 331,530 housing units in Snohomish, WA sit vacant. Snohomish County, WA permitted 1,475 multifamily units in twelve months; Snohomish, WA's one-to-four unit structures added 1,930 units in Snohomish County, WA.