ZIP 98251 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Snohomish County, Washington · High Vacancy market
Composite property distress in 98251 (Snohomish County, Washington) lands at 34/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (75/100), institutional ownership (59/100), construction/permit lag (52/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (19/100) register low. The split runs 75/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (71/100).
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values held roughly flat over the trailing year, and 3% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
At $78,512, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 11.0%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 40/100. Around 64% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 2,340 housing units across 98251. About 4,782 people live here, median age 40. Owners hold 85% of homes, renters 15%. Vacancy runs 16.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Home values center near $448,900, an affordability ratio of 5.3×.
Taken together, 98251 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 98251 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.
Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 98251's 34/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Snohomish County, Washington or any ZIP coast to coast. 98251 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.
98251's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. In workflow terms, 98251 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.
What is driving ZIP 98251’s distress
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties (owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read) are in the full DLRadar report.
The 98251 distress snapshot
Current distress, phase, housing and lender-pressure figures for 98251, drawn from the same report attached to each property.
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The complete 98251 distress and acquisition report
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