ZIP 28399 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 28399 (Bladen County, North Carolina) lands at 37/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (96/100), structural risk (82/100), institutional ownership (64/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (27/100) register low. Structural risk reads 82/100 against active distress of 8/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (84/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (82/100)).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.7% year on year, at 22/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $45,395, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Population is roughly 1,552 with a median age of 48. Around 35% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 25.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. The ZIP holds roughly 832 housing units. A median home runs $155,700 here, or 3.0 times local income. The poverty rate is 15.4%. Owners hold 56% of homes, renters 44%.

On the whole, 28399 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 28399 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The 28399 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 37/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 28399 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Bladen County, North Carolina. Sparse data for 28399 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

Behind 28399's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Practically, 28399 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.