ZIP 02537 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Barnstable County, Massachusetts · High Vacancy market
Scored on a fixed 0-100 scale, 02537 (Barnstable County, Massachusetts) returns a low composite of 28/100. Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (84/100), structural risk (65/100), institutional ownership (20/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (14/100) stay muted. Structurally it carries 65/100, against 4/100 of stress already in motion. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (87/100)).
The market reads neutral — home values rose 3.7% year on year, and 17% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.
The vacancy rate is 26.7% — elevated. There are about 3,370 housing units across 02537. Roughly 7.2% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. About 6,486 people live here, median age 47. Median household income is $131,150, above the U.S. median near $78,000. The typical home is worth about $639,500 (4.7× income). Educational attainment sits at 52% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. 91% of housing is owner-occupied.
Taken together, 02537 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 02537 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.
Whether 02537 runs hot or quiet, its 28/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 02537 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Barnstable County, Massachusetts or nationwide. 02537 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.
Each component behind 02537 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 28/100 roll-up. The point of the 02537 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.
What is driving ZIP 02537’s distress
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
Snapshot: 02537 by the numbers
02537 live: composite distress, market phase, housing detail and lender pressure, identical to the per-property report.
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The complete 02537 distress and acquisition report
The full 02537 file lists each distressed parcel with owner, address, APN, per-property score, bank exposure and exit-velocity read, and carries it straight through to owner and lender records. Refreshed continuously.
Rules-based scoring — each signal ties to a public dataset · methodology