ZIP 48238 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Wayne County, Michigan · High Vacancy market
ZIP 48238's composite property-distress score is 33/100 - DLRadar classes that as moderate for Wayne County, Michigan. Its heaviest discrete signals: structural risk (74/100), construction/permit lag (65/100), institutional ownership (48/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100). Latent structural risk is 74/100 while live distress already moving reads 6/100.
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 44% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
The vacancy rate is 37.0% — elevated. A median home runs $64,800 here, or 1.9 times local income. Roughly 35.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. On demographic stress specifically, 48238 scores 39/100. Owners hold 47% of homes, renters 53%. Educational attainment sits at 13% bachelor's-or-above. Median household income is $30,286, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Population is roughly 24,569 with a median age of 35. Around 53% of renters are cost-burdened. There are about 16,014 housing units across 48238.
On the whole, 48238 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 48238 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.
The number is not local guesswork: 48238's 33/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Sparse data for 48238 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
48238's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 48238 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.
ZIP 48238 distress signals, scored
Unpaid tax, corporate ownership share, insurance cost pressure, NFIP flood risk, construction slowdown, price gaps and auction turnover — plus the 0 individual distressed properties are listed in full, with owner, address, APN, per-parcel score and exit-velocity read.
The 48238 distress snapshot
Current distress, phase, housing and lender-pressure figures for 48238, drawn from the same report attached to each property.
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The complete 48238 distress and acquisition report
Every distressed parcel in 48238 comes with owner and address, APN, its own distress score, bank exposure and an exit-velocity read — plus a one-click path to funding and closing, refreshed continuously nationwide.
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