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ZIP 21043 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Howard County, Maryland · Distress market

In Howard County, Maryland, ZIP 21043 scores 27 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 62 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (62/100), institutional ownership (16/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (79/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (69/100).

The peak-phase market in 21043 posted values that rose 2.2% over the year, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 21/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Owners hold 67% of homes, renters 33%. Home values center near $620,900, an affordability ratio of 4.3×. There are about 18,133 housing units across 21043. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. About 47,134 people live here, median age 39. Vacancy runs 4.1%. Educational attainment sits at 64% bachelor's-or-above. At $141,846, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 3.9% — low. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households.

Overall, 21043 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Parcel-level detail for 21043 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Whether 21043 runs hot or quiet, its 27/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 21043 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Howard County, Maryland or nationwide. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 21043 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

Each component behind 21043 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 27/100 roll-up. Treat 21043 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.

27/100
Composite stress
62/100
Structural risk
2/100
Distress activity

Distress signal breakdown — ZIP 21043

Foreclosure activity0
Mortgage stress6
Climate / FEMA risk79
21043 carries 9 additional scored dimensions

Tax delinquency, institutional ownership, insurance pressure, NFIP/flood, construction lag, price dislocation and auction velocity — plus the 0 individual distressed properties (owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read) are in the full DLRadar report.

The 21043 distress snapshot

Real-time distress, cycle phase, housing and bank-stress readings for 21043, the same set carried on every parcel.

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