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

Across Mason County, Michigan, DLRadar grades every ZIP for foreclosure, mortgage, tax and bank-stress distress. ZIP-level distress ranges from 15/100 at the top down to 5/100. DLRadar scores 10 ZIPs here, with a mean composite of 8/100. County-level credit and bank headwind reads 70/100 — elevated, a sign of lender stress locally.

The county market is in a peak phase: home prices rose 4.2% over the past year, a 26/100-confidence read. With values leveling off, the opportunity narrows — the edge is parcel by parcel.

With Mason County flat at +4.2% YoY (26/100 confidence), selectivity rules — target the few ZIPs carrying distress. Its 70/100 lender headwind signals what's coming: short sales and foreclosures accelerate.

Highest scores land in 49449 (15/100), 49660 (12/100), 49644 (11/100), 49402 (8/100), 49405 (5/100), 49410 (5/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Also scored across the county: 49411, 49431, 49454, 49458.

Demographically, Mason County's scored ZIPs report a 11.9% poverty rate, a 40.7% vacancy rate, a median household income near $62,298 (below the US norm), a median age of 49.6, 87% owner-occupancy, typical home values near $191,730. These fundamentals shape both the distress on offer and the exit velocity.

At 8/100 composite over 10 ZIPs, the edge is selective acquisition and not a county-wide play. Inside DLRadar, each Mason County property carries owner and contact detail, APN, a distress reading, the lender on title and exit timing.

The distress read for Mason County, Michigan is refreshed as new public records post and uses the same methodology coast to coast, so Mason County stays directly comparable to any other market you track.

In Mason 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. The Mason County read is rebuilt from public records as they post — no modeling fills the gaps — so what you see is what the documents support, refreshed on each ingest.

The ZIP breakdown for Mason County leads with 49449 (15/100), 49660 (12/100), 49644 (11/100), 49402 (8/100), 49405 (5/100), 49410 (5/100). DLRadar also scores 49411, 49431, 49454, 49458 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 Mason 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.