ZIP 26838 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Hardy County, West Virginia · High Vacancy market
ZIP 26838's composite property-distress score is 16/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Hardy County, West Virginia. On the structural side it scores 36/100, with 0/100 of stress already active. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (94/100), structural risk (36/100), institutional ownership (3/100). structural risk (36/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted.
The market reads expansion — home values rose 8.0% year on year (phase confidence 57/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.
The tenure split is 100% owner-occupied to 0% rented. The vacancy rate is 54.7% — elevated. Population is roughly 113 with a median age of 19. About 0% have a four-year degree. 0.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 62/100. There are about 57 housing units across 26838.
Taken together, 26838 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 26838 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.
No ZIP is too small to score: 26838 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 16/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 26838 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.
26838's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. The point of the 26838 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.
ZIP 26838 distress signals, scored
Tax-delinquent parcels, institutional ownership, insurance strain, flood risk, construction lag, price dislocation and auction speed — plus the 0 individual distressed properties — each with owner, address, APN, its own distress score and an exit read — are in the full report.
ZIP 26838 Stress Report snapshot
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