ZIP 98053 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
King County, Washington · High Value market
In King County, Washington, ZIP 98053 scores 30 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's distress index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (74/100)). Structurally it carries 66/100, against 6/100 of stress already in motion. Leading the profile are structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (60/100), mortgage stress (20/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100) and construction/permit lag (9/100).
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values held roughly flat over the trailing year, and 10% higher over three years (phase confidence 16/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
The vacancy rate is 3.3%. 5.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Households earn a median $179,912 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 72% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. About 22,838 people live here, median age 44. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 33/100. The ZIP holds roughly 8,563 housing units. Owners hold 87% of homes, renters 13%. Around 49% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $1,213,600 here, or 6.4 times local income.
Overall, 98053 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. There is no property file for 98053 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.
No ZIP is too small to score: 98053 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 30/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Sparse data for 98053 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
The 30/100 for 98053 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, 98053 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.
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