ZIP 26601 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Braxton County, West Virginia · High Vacancy market
DLRadar grades ZIP 26601 (Braxton County, West Virginia) at a minimal 5/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 11 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. Its standout signals are structural risk (11/100), mortgage stress (6/100), institutional ownership (3/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (6/100) and institutional ownership (3/100).
The market reads expansion — home values rose 8.0% year on year (phase confidence 57/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.
Rent burden reaches 20% of tenant households. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. Median household income is $48,353, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The tenure split is 76% owner-occupied to 24% rented. About 12% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 31.8% — elevated. Home values center near $116,600, an affordability ratio of 2.5× — accessible. About 3,767 people live here, median age 48. The poverty rate is 12.1%. The ZIP holds roughly 2,009 housing units.
Taken together, 26601 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 26601 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.
The number is not local guesswork: 26601's 5/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 26601 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.
The 5/100 figure for 26601 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, 26601 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.
Distress signal breakdown — ZIP 26601
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties — each with owner, address, APN, its own distress score and an exit read — are in the full report.
Snapshot: 26601 by the numbers
Live ZIP-level distress, market-phase, housing and bank-pressure read — the same report attached to every property.
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