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ZIP 21734 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Washington County, Maryland · Distress market

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 21734 in Washington County, Maryland comes in at 24, a low composite-distress reading. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (69/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (64/100)). Structural risk reads 57/100 against active distress of 2/100. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (93/100), structural risk (57/100), institutional ownership (15/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (7/100).

The market reads peak — home values held roughly flat year on year, 2.9% off the recent peak, and 14% higher over three years (phase confidence 31/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The poverty rate is 6.5% — low. The ZIP holds roughly 518 housing units. Around 19% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $277,800, an affordability ratio of 4.1×. Median household income is $58,438, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The tenure split is 61% owner-occupied to 39% rented. Educational attainment sits at 32% bachelor's-or-above. On demographic stress specifically, 21734 scores 28/100. 826 residents call 21734 home, typically aged 56. Vacancy runs 6.4%.

Overall, 21734 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Parcel-level detail for 21734 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

No ZIP is too small to score: 21734 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 24/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Where the public record is thin for 21734, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Each component behind 21734 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 24/100 roll-up. For an operator, 21734 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.

24/100
Composite stress
57/100
Structural risk
2/100
Distress activity

Signal-by-signal read on 21734

Foreclosure activity0
Mortgage stress7
Climate / FEMA risk69
Nine more distress signals are scored here

Delinquency on tax, investor concentration, insurance pressure, NFIP flood, lagging construction, price dislocation and sale velocity — and the 0 individual distressed properties carry owner, address, APN, a parcel-level score and an exit read in the full DLRadar file.

Snapshot: 21734 by the numbers

Current distress, phase, housing and lender-pressure figures for 21734, drawn from the same report attached to each property.

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