ZIP 50144 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Decatur County, Iowa · High Vacancy market
Decatur County, Iowa's ZIP 50144 registers 9/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as minimal. The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (50/100), structural risk (21/100), mortgage stress (4/100). mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. The split runs 21/100 structural to 1/100 active on the ground.
The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year, at 28/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
64% of housing is owner-occupied. Households earn a median $64,511 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $130,800 here, or 1.9 times local income. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 24/100. Vacancy runs 16.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 5.6% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. There are about 1,323 housing units across 50144. Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2,715 residents call 50144 home, typically aged 38. Rent burden reaches 20% of tenant households.
Taken together, 50144 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. 50144 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.
Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 50144's 9/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Decatur County, Iowa or any ZIP coast to coast. 50144 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.
Each component behind 50144 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 9/100 roll-up. Practically, 50144 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.
What is driving ZIP 50144’s distress
Tax-delinquent parcels, institutional ownership, insurance strain, flood risk, construction lag, price dislocation and auction speed — plus the 0 individual distressed properties are broken out by owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read inside DLRadar.
50144 at a glance
The live 50144 panel — distress score, market phase, housing and bank pressure — as attached to every individual property.
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The complete 50144 distress and acquisition report
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