ZIP 52574 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Appanoose County, Iowa · High Vacancy market
ZIP code 52574 in Appanoose County, Iowa carries a composite property-distress score of 16/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. On the structural side it scores 36/100, with 1/100 of stress already active. Leading the profile are construction/permit lag (95/100), structural risk (36/100), mortgage stress (5/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low.
The peak-phase market in 52574 posted values that rose 2.5% over the year, at 28/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
75% of housing is owner-occupied. Population is roughly 484 with a median age of 51. Vacancy runs 37.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 24/100. Roughly 5.2% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. About 10% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $60,781 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Home values center near $80,000, an affordability ratio of 1.3× — accessible. Around 21% of renters are cost-burdened. There are about 316 housing units across 52574.
Net-net, 52574 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. While 52574 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.
No ZIP is too small to score: 52574 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 16/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 52574 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.
52574's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. In workflow terms, 52574 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.
ZIP 52574 distress signals, scored
Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties carry owner, address, APN, a parcel-level score and an exit read in the full DLRadar file.
52574 at a glance
Real-time distress, cycle phase, housing and bank-stress readings for 52574, the same set carried on every parcel.
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The complete 52574 distress and acquisition report
Every distressed parcel in 52574 comes with owner and address, APN, its own distress score, bank exposure and an exit-velocity read — plus a one-click path to funding and closing, refreshed continuously nationwide.
Each signal above is traceable to an open dataset · methodology