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

Across Livingston County, Michigan, DLRadar grades every ZIP for foreclosure, mortgage, tax and bank-stress distress. There are 21 scored ZIPs in the county (mean composite 26/100). The county's ZIP scores run from 19 up to 33/100. Lender pressure in Livingston County registers 43/100 — a moderate bank-stress headwind.

Currently peak, Livingston County saw prices rise 4.2% year over year (phase confidence 26/100). At this stage of the cycle, distress turns selective as the ZIP scores below show.

At +4.2% YoY and 26/100 confidence, the wins are surgical so the headline market won't hand it over. Mid-range bank stress at 43/100 implies mixed owner- and bank-driven distress.

Top distress by ZIP runs 48442 (33/100), 48380 (32/100), 48178 (30/100), 48189 (27/100), 48430 (27/100), 48892 (27/100), listed with every scored ZIP below. Further scored ZIPs: 48114, 48116, 48137, 48139, 48143, 48169, 48353, 48816, 48836, 48843.

Underneath the scores, the Livingston County ZIPs on file report a 6.9% vacancy rate, a median age of 46.5, home values averaging roughly $309,553, in line with the US, a 5.5% poverty rate, 84% owner-occupancy, a median household income near $101,041 (above the US norm). Income, equity and tenure like these shape the volume of pressured sellers and the exit liquidity behind them.

At 26/100 composite over 21 ZIPs, the opportunity hides below the average — work it parcel by parcel. A DLRadar subscription opens every Livingston County parcel: owner, address and APN, scoring, lienholder detail and an estimated exit speed.

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

In Livingston County, Michigan, the scores are a targeting tool first: they tell you which ZIPs hold the distress and which owners are most likely under real financial pressure, so limited acquisition effort lands where it converts. These Livingston County numbers come straight from public filings and refresh as new ones post; a missing source produces a blank field, never an estimate.

The ZIP breakdown for Livingston County leads with 48442 (33/100), 48380 (32/100), 48178 (30/100), 48189 (27/100), 48430 (27/100), 48892 (27/100). DLRadar also scores 48114, 48116, 48137, 48139, 48143, 48169, 48353, 48816 and more 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 Livingston 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.