ZIP 27948 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Dare County, North Carolina · High Vacancy market
In Dare County, North Carolina, ZIP 27948 scores 35 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's distress index. The latent-versus-live split is 76/100 structural and 11/100 already moving. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100), climate & FEMA risk (89/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (76/100), institutional ownership (69/100), construction/permit lag (50/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (35/100).
The peak-phase market in 27948 posted values that rose 1.9% over the year, and 17% higher over three years, at 18/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
Population is roughly 12,628 with a median age of 48. The ZIP holds roughly 10,173 housing units. Home values center near $437,500, an affordability ratio of 4.7×. Around 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Roughly 8.8% live below the poverty line. Vacancy runs 46.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 35/100. Households earn a median $85,319 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Owners hold 77% of homes, renters 23%. Around 43% of renters are cost-burdened.
On the whole, 27948 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 27948 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.
Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 27948's 35/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Dare County, North Carolina or any ZIP coast to coast. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 27948 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.
The 35/100 for 27948 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For an operator, 27948 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.
What is driving ZIP 27948’s distress
Tax delinquency, institutional ownership, insurance pressure, NFIP/flood, construction lag, price dislocation and auction velocity — plus the 0 individual distressed properties are broken out by owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read inside DLRadar.
The 27948 distress snapshot
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