ZIP 98112 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 98112 (King County, Washington) lands at 30/100 — moderate on DLRadar's distress scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are 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 latent-versus-live split is 66/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (74/100)).

The market reads peak — home values held roughly flat year on year, and 3% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $162,073, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $1,549,100 (8.7× income, severely stretched). Around 31% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 81% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. On demographic stress specifically, 98112 scores 38/100. Owners hold 61% of homes, renters 39%. The poverty rate is 4.9% — low. There are about 11,513 housing units across 98112. Population is roughly 23,961 with a median age of 40. Vacancy runs 6.4%.

Net-net, 98112 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. There is no property file for 98112 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

No ZIP is too small to score: 98112 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. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 98112 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

98112's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Treat 98112 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.