Equity Under Fire in DeKalb County, GA
Lots of equity, with a lien, a foreclosure or 2+ years of tax owed. Owners with equity to lose have the most to gain from selling on their own terms before a deadline. Equity is a rough value-to-last-sale comparison. It is not an appraisal and ignores mortgages.
Every layer has to be true
- County value is at least 2x the last sale price
- A tax lien, a foreclosure case, or tax unpaid for 2 or more years
A property is counted only when all 2 are true at once.
The DeKalb County stack in numbers
- Median county value
- $250,000
- Median years owned
- 14
- Owner lives elsewhere
- 51%
- Average tax owed
- $3,300
- Score 9 or 10
- 19%
Top ZIP codes: 30058 LITHONIA (638), 30034 DECATUR (415), 30083 STONE MOUNTAIN (407), 30032 DECATUR (338), 30038 LITHONIA (326), 30088 STONE MOUNTAIN (267).
Reading this number
Value at least 2x the last sale price, and a tax lien, a foreclosure case or 2+ years of unpaid tax.
Equity is a rough value-to-last-sale comparison. It is not an appraisal and ignores mortgages. Government, bank, builder and church owners are left out. Owner names, mailing addresses and house numbers are inside the app.
Other stacks
- Last Straw3,342
Two years behind on tax and a lien or foreclosure case on top.
- 2 signals stacked
- Long Hold Estate1,244
Held 30 years or more, now in a trust or estate.
- 2 signals stacked
- Paper Rich8,442
Long held, worth twice what was paid, owner lives elsewhere.
- 3 signals stacked
- Far Away Drift464
Out of state for 10 years or more and behind on tax.
- 3 signals stacked
- Empty and Owing1
Looks empty, owner lives elsewhere, tax unpaid.
- 3 signals stacked
Questions
What is the Equity Under Fire stack?
Value at least 2x the last sale price, and a tax lien, a foreclosure case or 2+ years of unpaid tax. It is a fixed recipe of 2 signals taken from county records; a property is in the stack only when every one is true.
How many Equity Under Fire properties are in DeKalb County, GA?
4,459 properties today. The count is refreshed every week, and government, bank, builder and church owners are left out.
Does Equity Under Fire mean the owner wants to sell?
No. Equity is a rough value-to-last-sale comparison. It is not an appraisal and ignores mortgages. It is a way to find properties where several records point the same way: a strong reason to reach out first.
Every DeKalb County Equity Under Fire property, with the reasons.
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