ZIP 49027 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 49027 in Van Buren County, Michigan comes in at 14, a minimal composite-distress reading. Structural risk reads 32/100 against active distress of 3/100. Leading the profile are structural risk (32/100), institutional ownership (13/100), construction/permit lag (13/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (13/100) and mortgage stress (10/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (61/100).

The expansion-phase market in 49027 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year (phase confidence 32/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

A median home runs $220,300 here. Owners hold 83% of homes, renters 17%. About 3% have a four-year degree. Around 54% of renters are cost-burdened. There are about 72 housing units across 49027. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 55/100. Vacancy runs 13.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 10.5%. 296 residents call 49027 home, typically aged 34.

On the whole, 49027 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Parcel-level detail for 49027 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 49027's 14/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Van Buren County, Michigan or any ZIP coast to coast. Sparse data for 49027 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

The 14/100 figure for 49027 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For an operator, 49027 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.