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Wabash County, Indiana Court Filings Intelligence

Live court-record analysis of property-related filings (foreclosure, probate, divorce, partition, guardianship). Data sourced direct from Wabash County court dockets. Updated 2026-07-15. See methodology.

Data current as of 2026-06-17 · refreshes nightly #19 of 23 Indiana counties we cover by filing volume
Investor takeaway

About Wabash County

Wabash County is a county located in the northern central part of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 30,976. The county seat is Wabash.

Source: Wikipedia

At a glance

1727 verified property-related court filings tracked across 62 months (Jan 2020 to Jul 2026).

#19 of 23 Indiana counties Keystone covers, ranked by total filing volume.

0% of filings involve owners whose mailing address differs from the property address (2 of 1727 filings).

$159,100 median estimated property value across the 7 filings with property-enrichment data (0% coverage).

3.2% Indiana unemployment rate (BLS, as of 2026-05). Filings should be read against the local-economy backdrop.

Filing type breakdown

Filing typeFilingsShare
Divorce 657 38.0%
Probate 501 29.0%
Guardianship 240 13.9%
Pre-Foreclosure 187 10.8%
Partition 142 8.2%

Each row is a distinct case verified for current owner-of-record before inclusion.

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Monthly filing activity

MonthFilingsvs prior
Jan 2020 35
Feb 2020 30 -5
Mar 2020 32 +2
Apr 2020 23 -9
May 2020 19 -4
Jun 2020 26 +7
Jul 2020 34 +8
Aug 2020 30 -4
Sep 2020 33 +3
Oct 2020 26 -7
Nov 2020 24 -2
Dec 2020 21 -3
Jan 2021 26 +5
Feb 2021 28 +2
Mar 2021 42 +14
Apr 2021 29 -13
May 2021 30 +1
Jun 2021 20 -10
Jul 2021 36 +16
Aug 2021 30 -6
Sep 2021 41 +11
Oct 2021 29 -12
Nov 2021 22 -7
Dec 2021 39 +17
Jan 2022 34 -5
Feb 2022 28 -6
Mar 2022 36 +8
Apr 2022 35 -1
May 2022 29 -6
Jun 2022 35 +6
Jul 2022 23 -12
Aug 2022 34 +11
Sep 2022 35 +1
Oct 2022 23 -12
Nov 2022 26 +3
Dec 2022 23 -3
Jan 2023 31 +8
Feb 2023 29 -2
Mar 2023 37 +8
Apr 2023 36 -1
May 2023 25 -11
Jun 2023 26 +1
Jul 2023 22 -4
Aug 2023 34 +12
Sep 2023 18 -16
Oct 2023 19 +1
Nov 2023 28 +9
Dec 2023 35 +7
Sep 2024 31 -4
Dec 2024 15 -16
Feb 2025 27 +12
Mar 2025 28 +1
May 2025 33 +5
Jun 2025 39 +6
Aug 2025 12 -27
Sep 2025 8 -4
Oct 2025 32 +24
Nov 2025 30 -2
Jan 2026 6 -24
Mar 2026 24 +18
Jun 2026 28 +4
Jul 2026 8 -20

Each row reflects new filings entering the dataset that month, after ownership verification. Most recent month may be partial.

Geographic concentration by ZIP

Top 3 ZIPs in Wabash County account for 0.6% of all tracked filings, showing where distressed real estate activity clusters.

ZIPCityFilingsShare
46992 Wabash 7 0.4%
46962 NORTH MANCHESTER 3 0.2%
46990 URBANA 1 0.1%

Based on filings with a parseable property address (1% of Wabash County filings).

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Property value distribution

Estimated valueFilingsShare
Under $75k 1 14.3%
$75k - $150k 2 28.6%
$150k - $250k 3 42.9%
$250k - $400k 1 14.3%

Source: third-party property enrichment (0% coverage on Wabash County filings). Median $159,100; mean $143,600.

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Day-of-week filing pattern

DayFilingsShare
Sun 10 0.6%
Mon 324 18.8%
Tue 355 20.6%
Wed 368 21.3%
Thu 317 18.4%
Fri 345 20.0%
Sat 8 0.5%

Filings cluster Monday through Friday, with weekend filings essentially absent (court system closed). Computed for 1727 filings with a parseable date.

Building characteristics

Per-property details from third-party property enrichment, aggregated across the 16 filings with characteristic data:

IndicatorValue
Median living area1,272 sqft
Median bedrooms3
Median bathrooms2.0
Median lot size1890.0 acres
Owner-occupied (at time of enrichment)0.0%

Housing stock + distress signals

Underlying housing stock and distress indicators across all 14053 Wabash County housing units, from US Census ACS 5-year data. National reference values shown for context.

Indicator Wabash County US average
Vacancy rate (incl. seasonal + for-sale)10.7%10.5%
Share of owner-occupied units carrying a mortgage62.6%60.8%
Pre-1940 housing stock33.1%12.3%
Single-family detached share of housing stock83.1%61.2%
Residents age 65 or older21.3%17.3%

Source: US Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS 2023 5-year). National reference values are ACS 2022 5-year US totals. Why these matter: vacancy rate is the strongest single proxy for distressed inventory; mortgage-carrying share defines the risk pool exposed to rate environment; pre-1940 stock signals deferred maintenance and renovation opportunity; senior population correlates with probate pipeline depth.

Rent benchmark (HUD Fair Market Rent)

HUD sets Fair Market Rents at the metro area level — the same FMRs apply to every county within the metro. Wabash County sits within the Wabash County, IN. Used to set Section 8 voucher amounts; investors use it as a defensible rent-estimate floor for buy-to-rent underwriting.

Unit size Fair market rent / month
Efficiency / studio$685
1-bedroom$729
2-bedroom$956
3-bedroom$1,146
4-bedroom$1,266

Source: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents (None). 40th-percentile gross rent including utilities. Why this matters: Section-8-eligible tenants are a baseline demand floor for rental inventory at these price points; FMR is the official ceiling for voucher-eligible rents.

New construction (market momentum)

Annual building permits filed in Wabash County from the US Census Building Permits Survey. Trend signal on whether new housing demand is accelerating or contracting in this market.

Indicator Value
Total housing units permitted (2025)93
Year-over-year change (2024 → 2025)+102.2%
Single-family share of permits (2025)93.5%
Single-family units permitted87
Multifamily units permitted (2+ units per building)6

Source: US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, annual cumulative data. Why this matters: permits trending up signals strong demand for new inventory; permits contracting at the same time foreclosure activity rises indicates broader market softening (deals price differently). Multifamily share shows whether the market is densifying or holding to single-family stock.

Macro context: state home prices and national delinquency

Wabash County filings should be read against the broader housing-market backdrop. Indiana state home-price trend and the national mortgage-delinquency rate are the two macro signals most directly relevant to foreclosure exposure.

IndicatorValuePeriod
Indiana home price index (year-over-year)+4.3%2026-01-01
Indiana home price index (cumulative since 2020)+64.9%2026-01-01
National mortgage delinquency rate (30+ day, single-family)1.89%2026-01-01

Sources: Federal Housing Finance Agency state house price indices (FRED series INSTHPI); Federal Reserve Board, Mortgage Delinquency 30+Day Rate on Single-Family Residential Mortgages (FRED series DRSFRMACBS). Updated quarterly. Free public data.

Most active foreclosure plaintiffs in Wabash County

Top mortgage holders and servicers named in foreclosure complaints filed in this county. Lender names are normalized to collapse common legal-suffix variants (e.g. "as Trustee for X Trust", "N.A.").

PlaintiffForeclosure filings
MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. 1
CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES LLC 1

Source: plaintiff names extracted from Wabash County foreclosure complaint text. Court records are public information.

Post-filing sale outcomes in Wabash County

What happens to distressed properties after a court filing? By cross-referencing each filing's property with county assessor and deed-transfer records, we track which properties sold, how long the process took, and at what price. This analysis covers 18 filings (1.0% of all 1727 filings) where parcel-level tracking is available.

11.1%
of tracked properties sold post-filing
303
median days from filing to sale
$295,000
median post-filing sale price
1.09x
sale price vs. assessed value

Time from filing to sale

How quickly do distressed properties sell after a court filing is recorded? This distribution shows where post-filing sales cluster.

Timeframe Sales Share
Under 30 days 0 0.0%
31–90 days 1 50.0%
91–180 days 0 0.0%
181–365 days 0 0.0%
Over 1 year 1 50.0%

Sale rates by filing type

Not all distress types lead to property sales at the same rate. Foreclosures tend to result in eventual sales more often than probate or divorce filings.

Filing type Tracked Sold Sale rate
Divorce 5 2 40.0%
Pre-Foreclosure 7 0 0.0%

How sales relate to the filing

Not every post-filing sale is caused by the court case. We classify each sale's relationship to the original filing so investors can focus on the highest-signal outcomes. 50.0% of confirmed sales were directly driven by the filing.

Attribution Meaning Sales Share
Filing-driven Sale occurred as a direct result of the court filing (e.g., foreclosure auction, probate liquidation) 1 50.0%
Concurrent Sale recorded around the same time as the filing — likely related but not proven causal 1 50.0%

Source: county assessor and deed-transfer records cross-referenced with court filings by parcel ID. Sale outcomes tracked for 18 of 1727 filings (1.0% parcel coverage). Timing based on 2 sales with valid filing and sale dates. Prices based on 1 sales with recorded sale amounts.

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Filing velocity by case type

How each distress category is trending — are foreclosures accelerating while divorces cool, or vice versa? This breakdown is only possible with direct court-record data.

Case type Total Share Trend
Divorce 657 38.0% -13.8%
Probate 501 29.0% -33.3%
Guardianship 240 13.9% -65.4%
Pre-Foreclosure 187 10.8% +0.0%
Partition 142 8.2% +25.0%

Trend = recent 2-3 month volume vs prior 2-3 months (current partial month excluded). Positive = accelerating; negative = cooling.

Seasonal filing patterns

Court filings peak in Mar and are lowest in Oct. Filing volume is relatively steady year-round.

Month Avg filings Relative
Jan 26.4
80%
Feb 28.4
86%
Mar 33.2
100%
Apr 30.8
93%
May 27.2
82%
Jun 29
87%
Jul 28.8
87%
Aug 28
84%
Sep 27.7
83%
Oct 25.8
78%
Nov 26
78%
Dec 26.6
80%

Average filings per calendar month across all observed years. Relative column shows each month as a percentage of the peak month (Mar), with a 1.3x peak-to-trough ratio.

ZIP code distress hotspots

Distress is geographically dispersed across 3 ZIP codes, with no single area dominating.

ZIP Area Filings Share Median value
46992 Wabash 7 0.4% $102,100
46962 North Manchester 3 0.2% $214,300
46990 Urbana 1 0.1% $176,700

Top 3 of 3 ZIP codes with filings.

Non-resident owner analysis

Most filings (100%) involve owner-occupied properties. The relatively low absentee rate suggests distress is primarily hitting homeowners, not institutional investors.

0.1%
Non-resident owners
Case type Total filings Non-resident %
Divorce 657 0.0%
Probate 501 0.0%
Guardianship 240 0.0%
Pre-Foreclosure 187 1.1%
Partition 142 0.0%

Non-resident = owner's mailing address differs from the property address. Could indicate out-of-state landlords, inherited estates, second homes, or in-transition properties.

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Distress composition and shifts

Partition share is rising. Probate share is declining. High diversity in distress types suggests multiple independent factors driving court filings, not a single economic shock.

Case type Recent share Earlier share Shift
Divorce 40.4% 38.0% +2.4pp
Partition 17.3% 8.0% +9.3pp (rising)
Pre-Foreclosure 15.4% 10.7% +4.7pp
Probate 15.4% 29.4% -14.0pp (falling)
Guardianship 11.5% 13.9% -2.4pp

Distress diversity score: 2.16 (Shannon entropy; higher = more diverse distress sources). "Recent" = last 2 complete months; "Earlier" = all prior months.

Market Absorption & Turnover Analysis

1,727 court filings tracked with 0 resolved (0.0% absorption rate). The court system is accumulating cases faster than they resolve, creating a growing backlog of 1,727 active cases.

0.0%
Absorption Rate
1,727
Active Case Backlog
Month New Filings Resolved Net Inflow Absorption
Jan 2020 35 0 +35
0.0%
Feb 2020 30 0 +30
0.0%
Mar 2020 32 0 +32
0.0%
Apr 2020 23 0 +23
0.0%
May 2020 19 0 +19
0.0%
Jun 2020 26 0 +26
0.0%
Jul 2020 34 0 +34
0.0%
Aug 2020 30 0 +30
0.0%
Sep 2020 33 0 +33
0.0%
Oct 2020 26 0 +26
0.0%
Nov 2020 24 0 +24
0.0%
Dec 2020 21 0 +21
0.0%
Jan 2021 26 0 +26
0.0%
Feb 2021 28 0 +28
0.0%
Mar 2021 42 0 +42
0.0%
Apr 2021 29 0 +29
0.0%
May 2021 30 0 +30
0.0%
Jun 2021 20 0 +20
0.0%
Jul 2021 36 0 +36
0.0%
Aug 2021 30 0 +30
0.0%
Sep 2021 41 0 +41
0.0%
Oct 2021 29 0 +29
0.0%
Nov 2021 22 0 +22
0.0%
Dec 2021 39 0 +39
0.0%
Jan 2022 34 0 +34
0.0%
Feb 2022 28 0 +28
0.0%
Mar 2022 36 0 +36
0.0%
Apr 2022 35 0 +35
0.0%
May 2022 29 0 +29
0.0%
Jun 2022 35 0 +35
0.0%
Jul 2022 23 0 +23
0.0%
Aug 2022 34 0 +34
0.0%
Sep 2022 35 0 +35
0.0%
Oct 2022 23 0 +23
0.0%
Nov 2022 26 0 +26
0.0%
Dec 2022 23 0 +23
0.0%
Jan 2023 31 0 +31
0.0%
Feb 2023 29 0 +29
0.0%
Mar 2023 37 0 +37
0.0%
Apr 2023 36 0 +36
0.0%
May 2023 25 0 +25
0.0%
Jun 2023 26 0 +26
0.0%
Jul 2023 22 0 +22
0.0%
Aug 2023 34 0 +34
0.0%
Sep 2023 18 0 +18
0.0%
Oct 2023 19 0 +19
0.0%
Nov 2023 28 0 +28
0.0%
Dec 2023 35 0 +35
0.0%
Sep 2024 31 0 +31
0.0%
Dec 2024 15 0 +15
0.0%
Feb 2025 27 0 +27
0.0%
Mar 2025 28 0 +28
0.0%
May 2025 33 0 +33
0.0%
Jun 2025 39 0 +39
0.0%
Aug 2025 12 0 +12
0.0%
Sep 2025 8 0 +8
0.0%
Oct 2025 32 0 +32
0.0%
Nov 2025 30 0 +30
0.0%
Jan 2026 6 0 +6
0.0%
Mar 2026 24 0 +24
0.0%
Jun 2026 28 0 +28
0.0%
Jul 2026 8 0 +8
0.0%

Resolution by Case Type

Case Type Filed Resolved Absorption Avg Days
Divorce 657 0 0.0% n/a
Probate 501 0 0.0% n/a
Guardianship 240 0 0.0% n/a
Pre-Foreclosure 187 0 0.0% n/a
Partition 142 0 0.0% n/a

Absorption rate measures the percentage of filed cases that have reached a terminal resolution (judgment, dismissal, settlement, or sale). A low absorption rate indicates a growing backlog of active cases in the court system. Resolution timing based on 0 resolved cases out of 1727 total filings.

Property Type Distribution

58.8% of distressed properties are classified as Single Family, followed by Duplex/Multi-Family (35.3%).

Single Family
Most common (58.8%)
17
Properties classified
3
Property categories
Property type Count Share Distribution
Single Family 10 58.8%
Duplex/Multi-Family 6 35.3%
Agricultural 1 5.9%
Property type by case type
Case type Dominant property type Share Properties
Pre-Foreclosure Single Family 85.7% 7

Property classifications from county assessor records for 17 properties (1.0% of total filings). Categories normalized from assessor codes.

Case Aging & Stall Analysis

1,579 cases (91.4%) have been active for over a year without resolution. 19 filings in the last <30 days represent fresh opportunities.

1,579
Cases stalled 1yr+
91.4%
of all filings
1,727
Total tracked
Age Total Resolved Still active Resolution rate
<30 days 19 0 19 0.0%
30-90 days 17 0 17 0.0%
3-6 months 27 0 27 0.0%
6-12 months 85 0 85 0.0%
1-2 years 173 0 173 0.0%
2+ years 1,406 0 1,406 0.0%
Resolution speed by case type
Case type Total Resolved Rate Median days
Divorce 657 0 0.0%
Probate 501 0 0.0%
Guardianship 240 0 0.0%
Pre-Foreclosure 187 0 0.0%
Partition 142 0 0.0%

Case aging computed from filing date to present for unresolved cases. Resolution classified from court docket entries (judgments, settlements, dismissals, sheriff sales). Cases with a resolution event are removed from the stall count.

Repeat litigation patterns in Wabash County

Of 1,524 unique property owners in court filings, 137 (9.0%) appear in multiple cases, including 42 with 3 or more filings. The most active repeat filer has 11 cases spanning 62 months. Guardianship cases have the highest repeat rate at 21.4%.

1,524
Unique owners
137
Repeat filers (2+ cases)
9.0%
Repeat rate
42
Serial filers (3+ cases)

Repeat rate by case type

Case type Repeat owners Total owners Repeat rate
Divorce 82 576 14.2%
Probate 59 469 12.6%
Guardianship 44 206 21.4%
Pre-Foreclosure 3 184 1.6%
Partition 2 142 1.4%

Analysis based on 1,524 unique owner names across court filings. Repeat filers are property owners appearing in 2 or more distinct cases.

Why these filings are invisible on most public foreclosure sites

The largest public foreclosure-aggregator interfaces surface only post-auction bank-owned properties in Indiana. Pre-foreclosure court filings are not visible to their non-paying users. Keystone tracks the court filing the day it hits the docket, weeks or months before any property reaches the auction stage those aggregators surface.

Methodology and full audit: Court-vs-aggregator coverage gap report.

Methodology and data sources

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Cite: Keystone Court Data, "Wabash County Indiana Court Filings Intelligence," 2026-07-15, https://keystonecourtdata.com/reports/wabash-in-court-filings-intelligence · Download data (CSV)