This week's property-distress brief · Central Ohio

Countywide tax delinquency plus early code and inspection signals, with supplemental auction data.

Brief generated Sep 9, 2026. Records refresh hourly; brief refreshes daily.

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This week's shape

This week’s Central Ohio list is mostly Fairfield County tax delinquency, with a heavy Lancaster concentration and a smaller spread across Pickerington, Reynoldsburg, Canal Winchester, Thornville, Baltimore, Bremen, Amanda, and nearby townships. The only code-enforcement item in the packet is a Columbus housing code case that is still just scheduled, so the workable calls are mainly tax-delinquent and especially the vacant or higher-balance parcels.

Market signals

Signal	Total records	This brief	Access
Property Tax Delinquency	10,030	866	Sign in or create account
Sheriff Foreclosure Auction	92	27	Sign in or create account
Housing Code Inspection / Structure / General	38,973	1	Sign in or create account
Environmental Health / Other / Weeds	48,065	0	Sign in or create account
Environmental Health / Other / Weeds And Solid Waste	45,907	0	Sign in or create account

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Top-ranked examples

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#	Type	City	Status	Address	Owner	Ranking basis	Access
1	Property Tax Delinquency	—	DELINQUENT	1xx UNION ST LANCASTER 43130 LANCASTER OH 43130	MCMILLAN BRANDON E	Very large balance and a central Lancaster location. High-dollar delinquency like this is usually the cleanest place to start when you want a motivated owner or representative.	Sign in
2	Property Tax Delinquency	—	DELINQUENT	9xx FIFTH ST LANCASTER 43130 LANCASTER OH 43130	WELLS VICKI JUNE	Another high-balance Lancaster parcel, and it has been sitting in delinquency for a long time. Older duration plus size makes it more likely to be ignored, which is where wholesaler outreach can work.	Sign in
3	Property Tax Delinquency	—	DELINQUENT	1xx BLACKLICK-EASTERN RD UNIT 400 PICKERINGTON OH 43147	WALKERS CORNER II LLC	Very large tax debt on a Pickerington commercial unit. Big balances on named units are worth a direct call because the ownership side is usually easier to identify and the problem is harder to miss.	Sign in
4	Property Tax Delinquency	—	DELINQUENT	0 WOODBRIDGE LN 43105	TURNER CAROL	This Baltimore parcel has both a substantial balance and a vacant flag on one record. Vacant plus delinquent is the kind of combination that can surface neglected assets before anything else moves.	Sign in
5	Property Tax Delinquency	—	DELINQUENT	0 LEONE CT PICKERINGTON 43147 43147	VIOLET MEADOWS FARMS LTD	Vacant Pickerington parcel with a very large delinquency. Vacant land or leftover parcels with debt can be stuck on the books and are often easier to negotiate around.	Sign in

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What’s new in coverage

No meaningful early-stage Columbus code-enforcement volume showed up in the provided events. The actionable pressure is almost entirely property tax delinquency, with several vacant parcels and a few very large balances standing out; sheriff-sale context was not needed for the top picks.

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