ZIP 28449 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
New Hanover County, North Carolina · High Vacancy market
In New Hanover County, North Carolina, ZIP 28449 scores 35 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's distress index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (90/100)). Structural risk reads 78/100 against active distress of 8/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (78/100), institutional ownership (68/100), construction/permit lag (51/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (27/100) register low.
The peak-phase market in 28449 posted values that rose 3.5% over the year, and 16% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
At $106,518, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Roughly 3.3% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. There are about 1,820 housing units across 28449. Around 8% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $759,700 (6.0× income). Educational attainment sits at 51% bachelor's-or-above. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. Population is roughly 2,017 with a median age of 57. The vacancy rate is 54.8% — elevated. 78% of housing is owner-occupied.
Taken together, 28449 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 28449 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.
No ZIP is too small to score: 28449 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 35/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Sparse data for 28449 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
Each component behind 28449 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 35/100 roll-up. In workflow terms, 28449 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.
Signal-by-signal read on 28449
Tax-delinquent parcels, institutional ownership, insurance strain, flood risk, construction lag, price dislocation and auction speed — plus the 0 individual distressed properties are listed in full, with owner, address, APN, per-parcel score and exit-velocity read.
ZIP 28449 Stress Report snapshot
The live 28449 panel — distress score, market phase, housing and bank pressure — as attached to every individual property.
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Unlock parcel-level detail for ZIP 28449
The full 28449 file lists each distressed parcel with owner, address, APN, per-property score, bank exposure and exit-velocity read, and carries it straight through to owner and lender records. Refreshed continuously.
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