ZIP 98026 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Snohomish County, Washington · High Value market
Composite property distress in 98026 (Snohomish County, Washington) lands at 34/100 — moderate on DLRadar's distress scoring. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (76/100), construction/permit lag (58/100), institutional ownership (57/100). mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (68/100). Structural exposure scores 76 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.
The market reads peak — home values held roughly flat year on year, and 11% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
Median household income is $124,462, above the U.S. median near $78,000. The poverty rate is 4.9% — low. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100. Around 35% of renters are cost-burdened. About 38,985 people live here, median age 43. Around 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Owners hold 72% of homes, renters 28%. The ZIP holds roughly 15,946 housing units. A median home runs $821,700 here, or 6.1 times local income. Vacancy runs 3.4%.
Net-net, 98026 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. There is no property file for 98026 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.
Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 98026's 34/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Snohomish County, Washington or any ZIP coast to coast. Sparse data for 98026 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
The 34/100 for 98026 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, 98026 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.
What is driving ZIP 98026’s distress
Tax delinquency, institutional ownership, insurance pressure, NFIP/flood, construction lag, price dislocation and auction velocity — plus the 0 individual distressed properties are broken out by owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read inside DLRadar.
ZIP 98026 Stress Report snapshot
Current distress, phase, housing and lender-pressure figures for 98026, drawn from the same report attached to each property.
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