ZIP 78548 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Starr County, Texas · High Vacancy market
In Starr County, Texas, ZIP 78548 scores 23 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (78/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (51/100), institutional ownership (47/100), mortgage stress (21/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (21/100) register low. Structural risk reads 51/100 against active distress of 6/100.
The peak-phase market in 78548 posted values that rose 0.9% over the year, at 9/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
Owners hold 80% of homes, renters 20%. A median home runs $54,400 here, or 1.4 times local income. 23.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 81% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 528 housing units. Vacancy runs 20.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 1% have a four-year degree. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 36/100. 1,456 residents call 78548 home, typically aged 32. At $37,212, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.
On the whole, 78548 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. There is no property file for 78548 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.
Whether 78548 runs hot or quiet, its 23/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 78548 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Starr County, Texas or nationwide. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 78548 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.
The 23/100 for 78548 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For an operator, 78548 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.
Signal-by-signal read on 78548
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties carry owner, address, APN, a parcel-level score and an exit read in the full DLRadar file.
78548 at a glance
Real-time distress, cycle phase, housing and bank-stress readings for 78548, the same set carried on every parcel.
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