Alpena County, MI: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Every ZIP in Alpena County, Michigan carries a DLRadar distress score assembled from foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender records. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 23/100 (contained). Coverage runs to 8 ZIPs across Alpena County, a minimal 14/100 average. ZIP-level distress ranges from 15/100 at the top down to 12/100.

The peak-phase county posted home values that rose 4.2% over twelve months (phase confidence 26/100). With pricing topped out, the opportunity narrows as the ZIP scores below show.

Alpena County's topped-out +4.2% YoY (26/100 confidence) means selectivity rules so the headline market won't hand it over. A steady 23/100 bank reading favors tax delinquency, probate and liens.

Distress concentrates in ZIP 49707 (15/100), ZIP 49744 (15/100), ZIP 49747 (15/100), ZIP 49753 (15/100), ZIP 49766 (15/100), ZIP 48762 (14/100) — drill into any for the parcel-level read. Coverage extends to 49776, 49746 among others.

Profile-wise, Alpena County's scored ZIPs show a 14.1% poverty rate, typical home values near $171,350, 33.3% of units sitting vacant, residents with a median age around 50.8, household income averaging about $53,391, below the national median, 89% owner-occupancy. Numbers like these drive the supply of motivated sellers and the speed of resale.

All in at 14/100 over 8 ZIPs, Alpena County is a screen-by-ZIP market rather than a blanket buy. Unlock Alpena County to see every parcel's owner and contact detail, APN, a distress score plus a funding-to-closing path.

The distress read for Alpena County, Michigan is refreshed as new public records post and uses the same methodology coast to coast, so Alpena County stays directly comparable to any other market you track.

Approach Alpena County by rank rather than by average — the 14/100 county figure conceals the spread, since the returns live in the top-scoring ZIPs. All Alpena County inputs are public record — recorder, court, FHFA and FDIC — and the score is rebuilt on ingest rather than modelled forward.

The ZIP breakdown for Alpena County leads with 49707 (15/100), 49744 (15/100), 49747 (15/100), 49753 (15/100), 49766 (15/100), 48762 (14/100). DLRadar also scores 49776, 49746 across the county. Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.

Under Alpena County's headline composite sit distinct layers — recorded foreclosures, tax and lien delinquency, mortgage stress and bank headwind — each scored separately before they roll up, so the same total can describe very different markets.