ZIP 88124 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Curry County, New Mexico, ZIP 88124 scores 20 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (45/100), mortgage stress (4/100). mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (4/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (62/100). The latent-versus-live split is 45/100 structural and 1/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.7% over the trailing year (phase confidence 31/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

A median home runs $161,100 here, or 2.4 times local income. Roughly 21.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. On demographic stress specifically, 88124 scores 31/100. The vacancy rate is 26.4% — elevated. About 22% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 84% owner-occupied to 16% rented. Around 49% of renters are cost-burdened. 907 residents call 88124 home, typically aged 51. Households earn a median $51,696 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 567 housing units.

Taken together, 88124 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.