ZIP 29702 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Cherokee County, South Carolina · High Vacancy market
In Cherokee County, South Carolina, ZIP 29702 scores 26 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (95/100), climate & FEMA risk (71/100). Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (66/100), structural risk (55/100), mortgage stress (24/100). mortgage stress (24/100) and construction/permit lag (10/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 55/100 against active distress of 7/100.
The market reads peak — home values rose 3.4% year on year, and 14% higher over three years (phase confidence 21/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
Population is roughly 9,855 with a median age of 41. The ZIP holds roughly 4,280 housing units. Vacancy runs 13.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 74% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 40% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $126,600, an affordability ratio of 2.4× — accessible. The poverty rate is 15.6%. At $50,867, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100.
Taken together, 29702 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.
The number is not local guesswork: 29702's 26/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 29702, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.
Each component behind 29702 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 26/100 roll-up. In workflow terms, 29702 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.
What is driving ZIP 29702’s distress
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties — each with owner, address, APN, its own distress score and an exit read — are in the full report.
The 29702 distress snapshot
A live read on 29702: distress, market phase, housing and bank pressure — identical to the report behind every parcel.
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Unlock the full ZIP 29702 acquisition report
The full 29702 file lists each distressed parcel with owner, address, APN, per-property score, bank exposure and exit-velocity read, and carries it straight through funding and closing. Refreshed continuously.
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