Grand Traverse County, MI: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Grand Traverse County, MI, Michigan: 11 ZIP codes scored, Grand Traverse County, MI averaging 25/100 (low, Grand Traverse, MI), from 15 to 30. Grand Traverse County, MI is in its peak phase (Grand Traverse, MI confidence 27/100): Grand Traverse, MI home prices up 3.1% (Grand Traverse, MI) over twelve months. Grand Traverse County, MI lender headwind: 49/100.

Highest-scoring Grand Traverse County, MI ZIPs: 49637 (30/100), 49685 (30/100), 49686 (30/100), 49696 (30/100), 49649 (29/100), 49620 (27/100). Also scored in Grand Traverse County, MI: 49690, 49643, 49684, 49633, 49683.

Across Grand Traverse County, MI's scored ZIPs: median home value $287,245, household income $79,345, 21.4% vacancy, 9.5% poverty, 83% owner-occupied, median age 43.4.

Grand Traverse County, MI insurance distress 66/100 (#730 in the US); FEMA hazard 52/100 for Grand Traverse, MI; 2 federal disaster declarations in Grand Traverse County, MI since 2023 (2 flood); 15 Grand Traverse, MI NFIP flood claims, $704K paid; Grand Traverse, MI construction distress 68/100.

13 banks with 28 branches lend in Grand Traverse County, MI; Grand Traverse, MI weighted bank stress 64/100, highest 88/100 in Grand Traverse, MI.

Grand Traverse County, MI unemployment 3.5% (Grand Traverse, MI -0.6 pts, six months); 634 new housing units permitted in Grand Traverse County, MI over twelve months, Grand Traverse, MI down 20% from 789; Grand Traverse, MI home prices +12.0% a year (Grand Traverse, MI) over three years.

47,003 housing units in Grand Traverse County, MI; 9,294 Grand Traverse, MI renter households; 47% of Grand Traverse, MI renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 22% (Grand Traverse, MI) half or more.

Grand Traverse County, MI ranks #1,302 nationally on the opportunity index (Grand Traverse, MI, among all ranked counties); Grand Traverse, MI scores 30.1/100 and Grand Traverse, MI sits #45 inside Michigan. Grand Traverse, MI is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Grand Traverse, MI's primary driver is vacancy, Grand Traverse, MI second driver construction; Grand Traverse, MI moved down 139 places. 6 short-sale listings across Grand Traverse, MI; 84 days on market observed in Grand Traverse, MI; 14.4% vacancy over 11 Grand Traverse, MI ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Grand Traverse County, MI. The metro area reading for Grand Traverse, MI (Traverse City, MI): 0.2% ninety-plus days late; Grand Traverse, MI's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 1.9% (Grand Traverse, MI, December 2025 data); Michigan overall 0.9%.

Grand Traverse County, MI has 8 watched banks; 8 Grand Traverse, MI banks sit in an elevated band. Grand Traverse, MI footprints: Independent Bank (3 branches, stress 67) in Grand Traverse, MI; State Savings Bank (2 branches, stress 88) in Grand Traverse, MI; Honor Bank (2 branches, stress 66) in Grand Traverse, MI.

HUD lists 3 assisted multifamily properties in Grand Traverse County, MI with 202 units; 9 Grand Traverse, MI units are assisted, 1 Grand Traverse, MI properties under project-based Section 8.

6,716 of the 47,003 housing units in Grand Traverse, MI sit vacant. Grand Traverse County, MI permitted 165 multifamily units in twelve months; Grand Traverse, MI's one-to-four unit structures added 469 units in Grand Traverse County, MI.