ZIP 28708 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Transylvania County, North Carolina's ZIP 28708 registers 32/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (72/100), institutional ownership (71/100), construction/permit lag (67/100). mortgage stress (30/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (93/100), climate & FEMA risk (60/100). On the structural side it scores 72/100, with 9/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.2% over the trailing year (phase confidence 28/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

333 residents call 28708 home, typically aged 54. Around 100% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $242,900. The vacancy rate is 59.5% — elevated. Around 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The ZIP holds roughly 374 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 47/100. 96% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 16.5% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate.

Taken together, 28708 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.