ZIP 98001 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
King County, Washington · Distress market
On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 98001 in King County, Washington comes in at 30, a moderate composite-distress reading. The split runs 66/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (74/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (60/100), mortgage stress (20/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) and construction/permit lag (9/100) register low.
The market reads peak — home values held roughly flat year on year, and 9% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
The typical home is worth about $587,400 (5.0× income). Owners hold 76% of homes, renters 24%. The ZIP holds roughly 12,447 housing units. About 28% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 2.7%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 33/100. Rent burden reaches 34% of tenant households. The poverty rate is 9.1%. 36,041 residents call 98001 home, typically aged 40. Median household income is $107,218, above the U.S. median near $78,000.
Net-net, 98001 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Parcel-level detail for 98001 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.
Whether 98001 runs hot or quiet, its 30/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 98001 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in King County, Washington or nationwide. 98001 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.
Each component behind 98001 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 30/100 roll-up. Practically, 98001 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.
Signal-by-signal read on 98001
Delinquency on tax, investor concentration, insurance pressure, NFIP flood, lagging construction, price dislocation and sale velocity — and the 0 individual distressed properties are listed in full, with owner, address, APN, per-parcel score and exit-velocity read.
Snapshot: 98001 by the numbers
Real-time distress, cycle phase, housing and bank-stress readings for 98001, the same set carried on every parcel.
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The complete 98001 distress and acquisition report
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