ZIP 98296 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 98296's composite property-distress score is 34/100 - DLRadar classes that as moderate for Snohomish County, Washington. Structural risk reads 75/100 against active distress of 6/100. Its standout signals are structural risk (75/100), institutional ownership (59/100), construction/permit lag (52/100). mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (71/100)).

The peak-phase market in 98296 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, and 14% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

90% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $927,700 (5.0× income). The poverty rate is 5.3% — low. There are about 9,743 housing units across 98296. 27,201 residents call 98296 home, typically aged 42. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households. About 48% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $172,468 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 2.0%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100.

Net-net, 98296 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. No parcel file is published for 98296 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The number is not local guesswork: 98296's 34/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 98296, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 34/100 figure for 98296 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. The point of the 98296 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.