ZIP 33872 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 33872 in Highlands County, Florida comes in at 32, a moderate composite-distress reading. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (76/100), structural risk (69/100), institutional ownership (58/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (24/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (98/100), climate & FEMA risk (86/100). On the structural side it scores 69/100, with 7/100 of stress already active.

The expansion-phase market in 33872 posted values that rose 5.3% over the year, 1.3% off the recent peak, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 69/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Vacancy runs 22.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 8.0%. The tenure split is 90% owner-occupied to 10% rented. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 26/100. Households earn a median $68,086 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $210,000 here, or 2.9 times local income. Around 38% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 13,302 with a median age of 62. Educational attainment sits at 29% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 7,985 housing units across 33872.

Taken together, 33872 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Inside the full report, DLRadar lists 2 distressed properties for 33872 — owner, address, APN, per-parcel score, bank exposure and exit read.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 33872's 32/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Highlands County, Florida or any ZIP coast to coast. Where the public record is thin for 33872, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

33872's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 33872 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.