Lancaster County, PA: motivated seller leads, with the reason on every owner

LeadCounty reads 6 official record sources for all 188,978 properties here, refreshed weekly. The biggest seller lists are tired landlord (22,506), tax delinquent (1,246) and in foreclosure (61).

National files go to anyone who pays. We cap this county at 10 investors, so the owners you find here are not on a stack of other desks. Stack the lists below and mail the top of the pile.

2.0×in Lancaster County, the top-scored tenth sold this many times as often as average

In a test on real sales, 7.2% of the top-scored tenth sold within 12 months, against 3.6% of all properties.

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1,246Tax delinquentOwner has not paid the property tax 49,281Absentee ownerOwner lives at a different address 3,358Out-of-state ownerOwner lives in another state 72,594Owned 15+ yearsSame owner for 15 years or more

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1,037Owes $1,000+ in taxOwes $1,000 or more in unpaid tax 3Delinquent 3+ yearsBehind on tax for three years or more 61In foreclosureLender has started foreclosure 28Estate / heirs ownerOwned by an estate or heirs 22,506Tired landlordLandlord who owns rentals and may be ready to stop 1Likely vacant (model)Our model thinks nobody lives there7,597High equity (est.)Likely owes little on the house16,193Portfolio owner (5+)Owner holds five or more properties14,737LLC / corporate ownerOwned by a company, not a person 2,087Vacant landEmpty lot with no building 141,595SoldRecent sales, for pricing9,308 in 12 months

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1,246 owners are behind on tax here today. See who, and why.

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What's in Lancaster County, and what isn't

In Lancaster County we hold tax delinquent, delinquent 3+ years, in foreclosure, estate / heirs owner, absentee owner and out-of-state owner. Every owner you do see has the reason next to the name.

Lancaster County this week

New records against the usual week

Recorded in the latest full week of Lancaster County's deed file, compared with the four weeks before.
List	Latest week	4-week average	Change
Sold	175	213	-18% down

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Lancaster County list sizes this week compared with the four weeks before
List	Latest week	4-week average	Change
Tax delinquent	1,246	740	+68% up
Owes $1,000+ in tax	1,037	602	+72% up
In foreclosure	61	62	about the same flat
Likely vacant (model)	1	16,446	-100% down
Absentee owner	49,281	43,928	+12% up
Out-of-state owner	3,358	3,373	about the same flat
Tired landlord	22,506	19,503	+15% up
High equity (est.)	7,597	13,092	-42% down
Estate / heirs owner	28	261	-89% down

Where they are

Top ZIP codes in Lancaster County

Most tax-delinquent properties

17602 Lancaster315 delinquent
17603 Lancaster280 delinquent
17512 Columbia116 delinquent
17601 Lancaster81 delinquent
17517 Denver52 delinquent

Good first stacks

Owners with more than one reason to sell

A stack is an owner who matches several reasons at once. These are the stacks investors start with in Lancaster County, with live counts.

194owners nowTax delinquent + absentee owner + owned 15+ yearsOwners behind on tax who do not live in the house and have held it a long time: usually equity and little attachment.
5,365owners nowPortfolio owner (5+) + owned 15+ yearsLong-time landlords with several properties: one conversation can cover more than one house.

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Perfect Storm stacks

Named stacks of signals in Lancaster County

A stack is an owner who matches several reasons at once, all true for the same property. The number is how many properties in Lancaster County match every one today.

36Landlord radar. Owners of three or more properties in Lancaster County where at least two show a problem today: tax late, an open city code case or an eviction. One alert for the owner, all their houses together.

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Top scores this week

Three Lancaster County properties our score ranks highest

Three of this week's highest-scoring Lancaster County properties
Street and city	Score (1 to 10)	Why it may sell
Green StLancaster	10of 10	Taxes 2 years behindOwned by an LLC / company
Manheim PikeLancaster	10of 10	Owes about $5,200 in tax (4.5% of the value)Taxes 2 years behind
Willow StAdamstown	10of 10	Owes about $12,800 in tax (6.0% of the value)Taxes 3 years behind

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••• Maple Ave (house number hidden in Explore)Anytown, 43000 · single family · owned 22 yearsTax delinquentAbsentee ownerOwned 15+ years

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Mailing address: Hidden in the free Explore trial
Tax owed: $4,812

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1482 Maple AveAnytown, 43000 · single family · owned 22 yearsTax delinquentAbsentee ownerOwned 15+ years

Owner: Pat Example
Mailing address: PO Box 118, Sample City
Tax owed: $4,812

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Lancaster County in numbers

What the Lancaster County records say

Lancaster County has 188,978 properties on file. 1,246 of them (0.7%) are behind on property tax, and 1,037 owe $1,000 or more; 3 have been delinquent for three years or longer. 49,281 (26.1%) belong to an owner who gets the tax bill at another address, 3,358 of them in another state.

In the latest full week of the county's deed file, it recorded 175 sales (average 213). 61 properties have an open foreclosure case.

Unpaid tax is most concentrated in ZIP 17602 (Lancaster) with 315 delinquent properties, followed by 17603 (Lancaster) and 17512 (Columbia).

Stacking lists narrows the county to owners with more than one reason to sell. "Tax delinquent + absentee owner + owned 15+ years" gives 194 owners right now: small enough to mail every month.

Lancaster County on file: tax history 2026, 346 columns with data; foreclosure filings included. The records come from Lancaster County Assessment Office; LCTCB; school districts; PA Dept. of Education, Lancaster County GIS Division, Lancaster County Assessment Office + Treasurer + Tax Claim Bureau and Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds, collected every week.

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Where the Lancaster County data comes from

Collected from 6 official government offices, live and refreshed weekly.

Lancaster County Assessment Office; LCTCB; school districts; PA Dept. of Educationowners, values and building facts
Lancaster County GIS Divisionowners, values and building facts, parcel maps
Lancaster County Assessment Office + Treasurer + Tax Claim Bureautax bills, payments and delinquency, deeds and sales
Lancaster County Recorder of Deedsdeeds and sales
Lancaster County Sheriff's Office, Real Estate Unitdeeds and sales, foreclosure and sheriff-sale records
City of Lancasterbuilding permits, parcel maps

Lancaster County on file: tax history 2026, 346 columns with data; foreclosure filings included.

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Pennsylvania rules

How unpaid tax and foreclosure work in Pennsylvania

County Tax Claim Bureaus hold an upset sale in the fall; parcels nobody buys go to a judicial sale and then the repository. Philadelphia sells through sheriff sales. There is no redemption after a county upset sale; in Philadelphia an occupied home can be redeemed for 9 months after a sheriff tax sale.

Mortgage foreclosures: judicial. Foreclosures go through the court of common pleas and end with a sheriff sale.

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Lancaster County questions

How many tax-delinquent properties are in Lancaster County, PA?

1,246 properties on the latest county file, from the Lancaster County Assessment Office + Treasurer + Tax Claim Bureau's tax records; 1,037 of them owe $1,000 or more. The count is refreshed every week.

Where does the Lancaster County data come from?

From official public records: Lancaster County Assessment Office; LCTCB; school districts; PA Dept. of Education, Lancaster County GIS Division, Lancaster County Assessment Office + Treasurer + Tax Claim Bureau, Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds and Lancaster County Sheriff's Office, Real Estate Unit. We collect them every week, match them to each parcel and score every property.

How many investors can use Lancaster County data?

At most 10 investors per county, so fewer people mail the same owners. Seats are open in Lancaster County today.

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Does Lancaster County publish foreclosure filings?

Yes: 61 properties have an open foreclosure case on the latest county file.

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