ZIP 78520 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Cameron County, Texas · High Poverty market
In Cameron County, Texas, ZIP 78520 scores 34 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's distress index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (98/100), climate & FEMA risk (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (91/100). Its heaviest discrete signals: structural risk (76/100), institutional ownership (67/100), construction/permit lag (39/100). construction/permit lag (39/100) and mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted. The split runs 76/100 structural to 8/100 active on the ground.
The neutral-phase market in 78520 posted values that rose 4.3% over the year, and 15% higher over three years (phase confidence 54/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.
Home values center near $146,000, an affordability ratio of 2.7× — accessible. Around 40% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 11.1%. The tenure split is 58% owner-occupied to 42% rented. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100. At $47,331, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 63,337 residents call 78520 home, typically aged 32. The poverty rate is 25.8% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The ZIP holds roughly 23,135 housing units. About 23% have a four-year degree.
Taken together, 78520 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: 78520's 34/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 78520 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.
The 34/100 for 78520 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. In workflow terms, 78520 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.
ZIP 78520 distress signals, scored
Tax delinquency, institutional ownership, insurance pressure, NFIP/flood, construction lag, price dislocation and auction velocity — plus the 0 individual distressed properties — each with owner, address, APN, its own distress score and an exit read — are in the full report.
78520 at a glance
Real-time distress, cycle phase, housing and bank-stress readings for 78520, the same set carried on every parcel.
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Every distressed parcel in 78520 comes with owner and address, APN, its own distress score, bank exposure and an exit-velocity read — plus a one-click path to owner and lender records, refreshed continuously nationwide.
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