1615 BABCOCK ST

MALVERN, Arkansas, 72104

Tax DeedpendingSells Sep 1, 2026 · 11 days ago

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Opening bid

$1,352

Assessed value

$1,470

Market / AVM

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Taxes owed

$1,352

Parcel number: 700-05655-000
Case number: —
Land use: SFR
Building: —
Acreage: 10,890
Lot size: —
Year built: 1960
Owner of record: DYER, TRAVIS & TABITHA

Legal description

1615 BABCOCK ST LOT 9-11 BLOCK 1 GAUGH ADDITION 14 04S 17W

Aerial view of 1615 BABCOCK ST — the parcel — Aerial imagery from the USGS National Map. Flown on a multi-year cycle — it shows the site as photographed, which may predate clearing, construction or demolition. Not evidence of current condition.

Aerial view of 1615 BABCOCK ST — what is around it — Aerial imagery from the USGS National Map. Flown on a multi-year cycle — it shows the site as photographed, which may predate clearing, construction or demolition. Not evidence of current condition.

Site & surroundings

Physical conditions that affect value and rarely appear on a listing.

Nothing adverse found within range of this parcel.

Context

FEMA flood zone X
Outside the 1% annual chance floodplain.
14% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 202
199 of 1,441 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average. A further 101 unit(s) are vacant seasonally — second homes rather than distress — so a headline vacancy rate quoted elsewhere for this tract will read 21%.
56% owner-occupied
Owner-occupied majority, which usually means a retail resale is possible.
Tract median home value $58,400
Self-reported median across the whole tract — context for whether a number is plausible, not a comparable and never a bid input.
Median household income $37,388
Tract median household income. Sets what a local buyer can finance.

County records

Official appraiser / assessor — free, always available. Copy the parcel number if the link opens a search page.

Assessor ↗search: 700-05655-000
Recorder, Circuit Clerk and Judicial Foreclosures ↗search: 700-05655-000
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Hot Spring County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption: None after the sale — the owner's right ends at 4:00 p.m. the last business day before it (A.C.A. § 26-37-202)
Return if redeemed: N/A — outright deed transfer
Statute: Arkansas Code Title 26, Ch. 37 (§§ 26-37-202 sale and conveyance, 26-37-203 contest window)

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Historical comps

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No recorded comps yet for this state/sale type. Run deedpilot-copilot import-history --deep and build-history-index.

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Verify before you bid

This record was compiled from the published sale list. Parcels are pulled, redeemed, and re-priced up to the moment of sale. Confirm the lot is still in the sale, and confirm the opening bid, directly with the county.

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

-$1,081

Do not bid — the numbers do not clear your margin.

Opening bid $1,352

Room to bid -$2,433

Confidence: medium — ARV derived from assessed value, not comps.

History-guided suggestion

Pass

History + oracle say stay out or wait — do not chase.

History sample

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Median sold

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p(redeem) prior

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No historical bucket for AR|Tax Deed; suggestion uses oracle only.
Oracle says no-bid — suggestion is pass.

Your assumptions

After-repair value (ARV)

Override the derived estimate with real comps

Rehab budget

You cannot inspect before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition

Known surviving liens

Municipal code enforcement, special assessments, federal tax liens

Target margin — 30%

Required profit as a share of ARV. 30% is a common floor for tax-sale flips.

How that number is built

Assessed $1,470 ÷ 0.2 assessment ratio. Arkansas assesses real property at 20% of true, actual or market value (A.C.A. § 26-26-303(c)); § 26-26-304 fails a county whose ratio study falls outside 18–22% of full fair market value. Measured across 1,669 Arkansas parcels carrying both figures, assessed/market was exactly 0.2000 on every one.

After-repair value: $7,350
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$588
Rehabassumed No rehab budget entered — assumed $0. Tax-sale parcels are sold unseen and un-inspected; this is rarely correct.: −$0
Quiet title (required)assumed Midpoint of the typical AR range ($2,500–$5,000, ~5 months).: −$3,750
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical AR recording and deed issuance cost.: −$38
Closing contingencyassumed Publication, service and filing incidentals. Not a lien allowance — surviving assessments are parcel-specific and are not covered by this.: −$500
Holding costs (18 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$75/month.: −$1,350
Surviving liensassumed Assumed $0 — not verified. Municipal code-enforcement liens, special assessments, and federal tax liens can survive the sale.: −$0
Target profit (30% of ARV): −$2,205
Maximum bid: -$1,081

Before you bid

Rehab is assumed to be $0. You cannot inspect these properties before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition.
Surviving liens assumed $0. COSL conveys by limited warranty deed and warrants nothing about title. A quiet title or confirmation action is needed for marketability, and title insurance being unavailable is expressly not grounds to cancel the sale.
Costs exceed what the property can support at your target margin. There is no bid at which this clears.

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Site & surroundings

Physical conditions that affect value and rarely appear on a listing.

Nothing adverse found within range of this parcel.

Context

FEMA flood zone X

Outside the 1% annual chance floodplain.

14% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 202

199 of 1,441 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average. A further 101 unit(s) are vacant seasonally — second homes rather than distress — so a headline vacancy rate quoted elsewhere for this tract will read 21%.

56% owner-occupied

Owner-occupied majority, which usually means a retail resale is possible.

Tract median home value $58,400

Self-reported median across the whole tract — context for whether a number is plausible, not a comparable and never a bid input.

Median household income $37,388

Tract median household income. Sets what a local buyer can finance.

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

-$1,081

Do not bid — the numbers do not clear your margin.

Opening bid $1,352

Room to bid -$2,433

Confidence: medium — ARV derived from assessed value, not comps.

History-guided suggestion

Pass

History + oracle say stay out or wait — do not chase.

History sample

—

Median sold

—

p(redeem) prior

—

No historical bucket for AR|Tax Deed; suggestion uses oracle only.
Oracle says no-bid — suggestion is pass.

Your assumptions

After-repair value (ARV)

Override the derived estimate with real comps

Rehab budget

You cannot inspect before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition

Known surviving liens

Municipal code enforcement, special assessments, federal tax liens

Target margin — 30%

Required profit as a share of ARV. 30% is a common floor for tax-sale flips.

How that number is built

After-repair value: $7,350
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$588
Rehabassumed No rehab budget entered — assumed $0. Tax-sale parcels are sold unseen and un-inspected; this is rarely correct.: −$0
Quiet title (required)assumed Midpoint of the typical AR range ($2,500–$5,000, ~5 months).: −$3,750
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical AR recording and deed issuance cost.: −$38
Closing contingencyassumed Publication, service and filing incidentals. Not a lien allowance — surviving assessments are parcel-specific and are not covered by this.: −$500
Holding costs (18 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$75/month.: −$1,350
Surviving liensassumed Assumed $0 — not verified. Municipal code-enforcement liens, special assessments, and federal tax liens can survive the sale.: −$0
Target profit (30% of ARV): −$2,205
Maximum bid: -$1,081

Before you bid

Rehab is assumed to be $0. You cannot inspect these properties before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition.
Surviving liens assumed $0. COSL conveys by limited warranty deed and warrants nothing about title. A quiet title or confirmation action is needed for marketability, and title insurance being unavailable is expressly not grounds to cancel the sale.
Costs exceed what the property can support at your target margin. There is no bid at which this clears.