ZIP 98199 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
King County, Washington · High Value market
DLRadar grades ZIP 98199 (King County, Washington) at a moderate 30/100 for overall property distress. The latent-versus-live split is 66/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (73/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (60/100), mortgage stress (20/100). mortgage stress (20/100) and construction/permit lag (9/100) stay muted.
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values held roughly flat over the trailing year, and 8% higher over three years (phase confidence 16/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
There are about 10,709 housing units across 98199. On demographic stress specifically, 98199 scores 31/100. Population is roughly 22,751 with a median age of 39. The tenure split is 62% owner-occupied to 38% rented. Around 19% of renters are cost-burdened. Vacancy runs 6.3%. Educational attainment sits at 77% bachelor's-or-above. Roughly 4.9% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. A median home runs $1,198,700 here, or 6.6 times local income. Households earn a median $176,729 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure.
Overall, 98199 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. There is no property file for 98199 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.
Whether 98199 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 98199 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in King County, Washington or nationwide. Sparse data for 98199 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
The 30/100 figure for 98199 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Treat 98199 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.
What is driving ZIP 98199’s distress
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties carry owner, address, APN, a parcel-level score and an exit read in the full DLRadar file.
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