ZIP 98059 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
King County, Washington · High Value market
ZIP 98059's composite property-distress score is 30/100 - DLRadar classes that as moderate for King County, Washington. The pressure is most legible in structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (60/100), mortgage stress (20/100). mortgage stress (20/100) and construction/permit lag (9/100) stay muted. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (74/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 66/100 structural and 6/100 already moving.
The peak-phase market in 98059 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, and 12% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
4.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Owners hold 78% of homes, renters 22%. Median household income is $134,336, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 39% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. There are about 14,926 housing units across 98059. Vacancy runs 2.4%. Home values center near $872,000, an affordability ratio of 6.0×. About 51% have a four-year degree. Population is roughly 41,639 with a median age of 38.
On balance 98059 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. No parcel file is published for 98059 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.
Whether 98059 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 98059 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in King County, Washington or nationwide. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 98059 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.
98059's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For a buyer, 98059 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.
What is driving ZIP 98059’s distress
Tax-delinquent parcels, institutional ownership, insurance strain, flood risk, construction lag, price dislocation and auction speed — plus the 0 individual distressed properties carry owner, address, APN, a parcel-level score and an exit read in the full DLRadar file.
98059 at a glance
Real-time distress, cycle phase, housing and bank-stress readings for 98059, the same set carried on every parcel.
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The full 98059 file lists each distressed parcel with owner, address, APN, per-property score, bank exposure and exit-velocity read, and carries it straight through to owner and lender records. Refreshed continuously.
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