ZIP 98122 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
King County, Washington · High Value market
ZIP code 98122 in King County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 30/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (74/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in 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). Structurally it carries 66/100, against 6/100 of stress already in motion.
The peak-phase market in 98122 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, and 5% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
The typical home is worth about $957,100 (8.7× income, severely stretched). Vacancy runs 7.2%. Population is roughly 42,001 with a median age of 32. Around 72% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The tenure split is 28% owner-occupied to 72% rented. Around 35% of renters are cost-burdened. Households earn a median $106,479 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The poverty rate is 13.1%. The ZIP holds roughly 25,718 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 98122 scores 45/100.
Overall, 98122 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Parcel-level detail for 98122 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.
No ZIP is too small to score: 98122 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 98122 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
The 30/100 for 98122 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, 98122 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.
ZIP 98122 distress signals, scored
Delinquency on tax, investor concentration, insurance pressure, NFIP flood, lagging construction, price dislocation and sale velocity — and the 0 individual distressed properties (owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read) are in the full DLRadar report.
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