ZIP 21673 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Talbot County, Maryland, ZIP 21673 scores 20 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (76/100), structural risk (48/100), institutional ownership (19/100). institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (10/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100). Structural risk reads 48/100 against active distress of 3/100.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.6% year on year, and 13% higher over three years (phase confidence 20/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Around 50% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 73% owner-occupied to 27% rented. Households earn a median $72,500 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Educational attainment sits at 30% bachelor's-or-above. The vacancy rate is 25.7% — elevated. The typical home is worth about $363,100 (4.8× income). 8.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 37/100. About 2,839 people live here, median age 44. The ZIP holds roughly 1,539 housing units.

Taken together, 21673 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 21673 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 21673 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 20/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 21673 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Talbot County, Maryland. Sparse data for 21673 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

The 20/100 figure for 21673 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For an operator, 21673 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.