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

DLRadar tracks property distress across Macomb County, Michigan using verifiable public-record signals alone. The county spans 39 scored ZIP codes, averaging 29/100 composite distress. County-level credit and bank headwind reads 65/100 — elevated, a sign of lender stress locally. The county's ZIP scores run from 23 up to 33/100.

Currently peak, Macomb County saw prices rise 4.2% year over year, a 26/100-confidence read. With values leveling off, the average masks the outliers as the ZIP scores below show.

Near the cycle top at +4.2% YoY (26/100 confidence), opportunity is parcel-specific well beyond the county average. An elevated 65/100 reading favors patient capital: expect more lender-driven inventory soon.

Top distress by ZIP runs 48236 (33/100), 48306 (33/100), 48005 (29/100), 48015 (29/100), 48021 (29/100), 48026 (29/100), listed with every scored ZIP below. Other tracked Macomb County ZIPs include 48035, 48036, 48038, 48042, 48043, 48044, 48045, 48047, 48048, 48050.

By the numbers, Macomb County's tracked footprint show poverty running near 9.4%, 78% of homes owner-occupied, median home values around $276,844 (below the national figure), a median age of 42.3, a median household income near $84,568 (near the US norm), vacancy near 3.9%. Income, equity and tenure like these shape who sells under pressure and how fast a deal moves.

Net of it all, 29/100 over 39 ZIPs means the edge is selective acquisition rather than a blanket buy. Subscribers get each Macomb County parcel's owner, mailing address, APN, scoring, lienholder detail and an estimated exit speed.

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

Used properly, Macomb 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 Macomb County as a whole. The Macomb County figures are auditable line by line — county recorders and courts, FHFA price data, FDIC bank filings — with gaps left visible rather than filled by estimate.

Drilling in, Macomb County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 48236 (33/100), 48306 (33/100), 48005 (29/100), 48015 (29/100), 48021 (29/100), 48026 (29/100). DLRadar also scores 48035, 48036, 48038, 48042, 48043, 48044, 48045, 48047 and more 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.

Under Macomb 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.