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

Branch County, MI, Michigan: 13 ZIP codes scored, Branch County, MI averaging 17/100 (low, Branch, MI), from 11 to 22. Branch County, MI is in its peak phase (Branch, MI confidence 26/100): Branch, MI home prices up 4.2% (Branch, MI) over twelve months. Branch County, MI lender headwind: 48/100.

Highest-scoring Branch County, MI ZIPs: 49245 (22/100), 49011 (21/100), 49092 (21/100), 49094 (19/100), 49028 (17/100), 49036 (17/100). Also scored in Branch County, MI: 49082, 49089, 49252, 49255, 49274, 49040, 49030.

Across Branch County, MI's scored ZIPs: median home value $154,092, household income $61,099, 16.6% vacancy, 15.7% poverty, 82% owner-occupied, median age 40.4.

Branch County, MI insurance distress 20/100 (#2,320 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Branch, MI; 1 Branch, MI NFIP flood claims, $15K paid; Branch, MI construction distress 51/100.

6 banks with 16 branches lend in Branch County, MI; Branch, MI weighted bank stress 63/100, highest 90/100 in Branch, MI.

Branch County, MI unemployment 3.9% (Branch, MI -0.1 pts, six months); 40 new housing units permitted in Branch County, MI over twelve months, Branch, MI down 7% from 43; Branch, MI home prices +11.2% a year (Branch, MI) over three years.

20,971 housing units in Branch County, MI; 3,809 Branch, MI renter households; 32% of Branch, MI renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 14% (Branch, MI) half or more.

Branch County, MI ranks #1,054 nationally on the opportunity index (Branch, MI, among all ranked counties); Branch, MI scores 31.0/100 and Branch, MI sits #34 inside Michigan. Branch, MI is in the watchlist opportunity phase; Branch, MI's primary driver is vacancy, Branch, MI second driver bank institutional; Branch, MI moved down 301 places. 2 short-sale listings across Branch, MI; 96 days on market observed in Branch, MI; 19.1% vacancy over 13 Branch, MI ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Branch County, MI. The non-metro area reading for Branch, MI: 1.0% ninety-plus days late; Branch, MI's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 2.6% (Branch, MI, December 2025 data); Michigan overall 0.9%.

Branch County, MI has 3 watched banks; 3 Branch, MI banks sit in an elevated band. Branch, MI footprints: Southern Michigan Bank&Trust (6 branches, stress 76) in Branch, MI; Century Bank&Trust (5 branches, stress 40) in Branch, MI; Sturgis Bank&Trust Co (1 branch, stress 77) in Branch, MI.

HUD lists 3 assisted multifamily properties in Branch County, MI with 100 units; 55 Branch, MI units are assisted, 1 Branch, MI properties under project-based Section 8.

4,065 of the 20,971 housing units in Branch, MI sit vacant. Branch County, MI permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Branch, MI's one-to-four unit structures added 40 units in Branch County, MI.