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What the DLRadar property distress heatmap shows

The Radar Markets heatmap scores every U.S. ZIP code and county for distress using only deterministic, public-record data — never opinion or estimate. Each ZIP carries a composite stress score from 0 to 100 blended from market stress, structural risk and distress activity, so investors can see where foreclosure pressure, tax delinquency, mortgage stress and bank exposure are concentrating before competitors do. This preview shows the state-level rollup; the live heatmap drills from state to county to individual ZIP.

How market-stress scores are built

Scores combine foreclosure filings, mortgage and price signals, climate and insurance risk, institutional ownership, NFIP and FEMA exposure and construction activity. Because every input traces back to a verifiable public source, two analysts looking at the same distressed ZIP code reach the same answer.

The property distress heatmap: common questions

What does the DLRadar distress heatmap show?

The heatmap plots market-stress and structural-risk scores for U.S. ZIP codes and counties on a single national view, so you can see at a glance which regions carry the most concentrated distress and which are stable. It turns dozens of underlying public datasets into one comparable 0-100 read per market.

How are the ZIP and county stress scores calculated?

Each score is deterministic, built only from public records: foreclosure and pre-foreclosure filings, tax delinquency, mortgage and construction stress, FDIC bank pressure, climate and insurance exposure, and census housing metrics. Because the formula is fixed rather than a black box, any value on the map can be traced back to its source dataset.

How current is the data behind the heatmap?

The heatmap reads from the same continuously refreshed pipelines that power DLRadar ZIP Stress Reports, so scores update as new filings and records are ingested rather than on a manual schedule.