ZIP 04253 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Androscoggin County, Maine · High Vacancy market
ZIP 04253's composite property-distress score is 26/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Androscoggin County, Maine. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (62/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (62/100). The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (83/100), structural risk (60/100), institutional ownership (36/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (36/100) and mortgage stress (16/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 60 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale.
The peak-phase market in 04253 posted values that rose 0.8% over the year, and 35% higher over three years, at 51/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
About 1,847 people live here, median age 52. 97% of housing is owner-occupied. The ZIP holds roughly 1,044 housing units. At $71,691, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Home values center near $221,800, an affordability ratio of 2.6× — accessible. About 23% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 18.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 04253 scores 34/100. 6.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 100% of tenant households.
Taken together, 04253 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 04253 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.
The number is not local guesswork: 04253's 26/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Sparse data for 04253 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
04253's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For a buyer, 04253 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.
What is driving ZIP 04253’s distress
Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties are broken out by owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read inside DLRadar.
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