ZIP 98274 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Skagit County, Washington · Distress market
ZIP code 98274 in Skagit County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 33/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. The latent-versus-live split is 73/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), climate & FEMA risk (89/100), FEMA disaster exposure (73/100)). Its standout signals are structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (60/100), construction/permit lag (50/100). mortgage stress (21/100) stay muted.
The peak-phase market in 98274 posted values that rose 2.1% over the year, and 11% higher over three years (phase confidence 25/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
The typical home is worth about $547,700 (5.3× income). The vacancy rate is 8.6%. 19,247 residents call 98274 home, typically aged 41. The ZIP holds roughly 7,872 housing units. Around 47% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 36/100. The tenure split is 77% owner-occupied to 23% rented. At $93,762, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Around 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 11.2%.
Overall, 98274 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.
Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 98274's 33/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Skagit County, Washington or any ZIP coast to coast. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 98274 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.
The 33/100 for 98274 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Treat 98274 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.
Signal-by-signal read on 98274
Tax-delinquent parcels, institutional ownership, insurance strain, flood risk, construction lag, price dislocation and auction speed — plus the 0 individual distressed properties — each with owner, address, APN, its own distress score and an exit read — are in the full report.
Snapshot: 98274 by the numbers
A live read on 98274: distress, market phase, housing and bank pressure — identical to the report behind every parcel.
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