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

Washtenaw County, MI, Michigan: 27 ZIP codes scored, Washtenaw County, MI averaging 26/100 (low, Washtenaw, MI), from 15 to 34. Washtenaw County, MI is in its peak phase (Washtenaw, MI confidence 22/100): Washtenaw, MI home prices up 3.2% (Washtenaw, MI) over twelve months. Washtenaw County, MI lender headwind: 46/100.

Highest-scoring Washtenaw County, MI ZIPs: 48111 (34/100), 48167 (32/100), 48168 (32/100), 48170 (32/100), 48178 (29/100), 48103 (27/100). Also scored in Washtenaw County, MI: 48104, 48105, 48108, 48109, 48118, 48130, 48158, 48160, 48176, 48189.

Across Washtenaw County, MI's scored ZIPs: median home value $346,850, household income $96,402, 6.5% vacancy, 11.8% poverty, 75% owner-occupied, median age 42.9.

Washtenaw County, MI insurance distress 61/100 (#866 in the US); FEMA hazard 52/100 for Washtenaw, MI; 2 federal disaster declarations in Washtenaw County, MI since 2023 (2 flood); 7 Washtenaw, MI NFIP flood claims, $116K paid; Washtenaw, MI construction distress 31/100.

15 banks with 71 branches lend in Washtenaw County, MI; Washtenaw, MI weighted bank stress 63/100, highest 90/100 in Washtenaw, MI.

Washtenaw County, MI unemployment 4.2% (Washtenaw, MI +0.5 pts, six months); 1,571 new housing units permitted in Washtenaw County, MI over twelve months, Washtenaw, MI up 23% from 1,281; Washtenaw, MI home prices +8.5% a year (Washtenaw, MI) over three years.

159,782 housing units in Washtenaw County, MI; 57,268 Washtenaw, MI renter households; 51% of Washtenaw, MI renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 29% (Washtenaw, MI) half or more.

Washtenaw County, MI ranks #2,205 nationally on the opportunity index (Washtenaw, MI, among all ranked counties); Washtenaw, MI scores 27.0/100 and Washtenaw, MI sits #65 inside Michigan. Washtenaw, MI is in the weak opportunity phase; Washtenaw, MI's primary driver is bank institutional, Washtenaw, MI second driver listings discount; Washtenaw, MI moved up 530 places. 343 short-sale listings across Washtenaw, MI; 63 days on market observed in Washtenaw, MI; 5.3% vacancy over 27 Washtenaw, MI ZIPs.

0.4% of Washtenaw County, MI mortgages were ninety-plus days late in December 2025; Washtenaw, MI's thirty-to-eighty-nine-day share was 1.2% (CFPB county sample). Washtenaw, MI's ninety-day rate is down 0.1 points on twelve months earlier; the Washtenaw, MI peak since 2008 was 3.5% in October 2009; Michigan overall reads 0.9%.

Washtenaw County, MI has 5 watched banks; 5 Washtenaw, MI banks sit in an elevated band. Washtenaw, MI footprints: Bank Of Ann Arbor (6 branches, stress 36) in Washtenaw, MI; Chelsea State Bank (3 branches, stress 54) in Washtenaw, MI; University Bank (2 branches, stress 70) in Washtenaw, MI.

HUD lists 24 assisted multifamily properties in Washtenaw County, MI with 4,175 units; 1,106 Washtenaw, MI units are assisted, 7 Washtenaw, MI properties under project-based Section 8.

9,232 of the 159,782 housing units in Washtenaw, MI sit vacant. Washtenaw County, MI permitted 1,001 multifamily units in twelve months; Washtenaw, MI's one-to-four unit structures added 570 units in Washtenaw County, MI.