ZIP 50538 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Calhoun County, Iowa · Affordable market
Composite property distress in 50538 (Calhoun County, Iowa) lands at 18/100 — low on DLRadar's distress scoring. The latent-versus-live split is 38/100 structural and 4/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (61/100), structural risk (38/100), institutional ownership (24/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (24/100) and mortgage stress (13/100) register low.
The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year, at 28/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
Around 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 15.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The typical home is worth about $94,000 (1.2× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100. Vacancy runs 5.7%. About 523 people live here, median age 42. At $59,250, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 80% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 46% of tenant households. There are about 288 housing units across 50538.
On balance 50538 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. There is no property file for 50538 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.
Whether 50538 runs hot or quiet, its 18/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 50538 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Calhoun County, Iowa or nationwide. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 50538, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.
50538's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Treat 50538 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.
ZIP 50538 distress signals, scored
Unpaid tax, corporate ownership share, insurance cost pressure, NFIP flood risk, construction slowdown, price gaps and auction turnover — plus the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
The 50538 distress snapshot
Real-time distress, cycle phase, housing and bank-stress readings for 50538, the same set carried on every parcel.
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