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

Clare County, Michigan is mapped parcel-to-ZIP by DLRadar's public-record distress engine. There are 8 scored ZIPs in the county (mean composite 14/100). The county's ZIP scores run from 11 up to 18/100. Bank/credit headwind for the county is 62 on a 0–100 scale, a elevated reading.

The county market is in a expansion phase: home prices rose 5.5% over the past year, at 32/100 phase confidence. Despite the upswing, some owners fall behind anyway even as the headline looks strong.

At +5.5% YoY (32/100 confidence), well-bought parcels resell faster where the scoring still flags pressure. Its 62/100 lender headwind signals what's coming: banks under pressure move REO faster.

Top distress by ZIP runs 49665 (18/100), 48625 (14/100), 48633 (14/100), 48617 (13/100), 48622 (13/100), 48632 (13/100), listed with every scored ZIP below. Also scored across the county: 48624, 48612.

On the housing-and-income side, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Clare County run home values averaging roughly $150,363, below the US, 88% of homes owner-occupied, a median household income near $53,092 (below the US norm), a median age of 50.3, a 16.9% poverty rate, 40% of units sitting vacant. Taken together, they signal the supply of motivated sellers and the speed of resale.

All in at 14/100 over 8 ZIPs, Clare County rewards parcel-by-parcel work for a disciplined buyer. Unlock Clare County to see every parcel's owner and contact detail, APN, a distress score plus a funding-to-closing path.

Because Clare County, Michigan is scored on the identical public-record model used nationwide, even a quiet county is measured on one scale — letting you weigh Clare County against neighboring markets or the rest of Michigan on equal footing.

Used properly, Clare County, Michigan's scores are a triage layer: they rank where motivated sellers cluster so acquisition spend goes to the ZIPs that convert rather than across Clare County as a whole. What supports the Clare County read is documentary: filings from the recorder and courts, federal price and bank data, and blanks wherever coverage is thin.

Drilling in, Clare County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 49665 (18/100), 48625 (14/100), 48633 (14/100), 48617 (13/100), 48622 (13/100), 48632 (13/100). DLRadar also scores 48624, 48612 across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

The Clare County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.