ZIP 49079 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Van Buren County, Michigan · High Vacancy market
On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 49079 in Van Buren County, Michigan comes in at 14, a minimal composite-distress reading. Leading the profile are structural risk (32/100), institutional ownership (13/100), construction/permit lag (13/100). construction/permit lag (13/100) and mortgage stress (10/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 32/100 against active distress of 3/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (61/100)).
The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.5% year on year, and 21% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.
Median household income is $72,119, near the U.S. median near $78,000. The ZIP holds roughly 6,216 housing units. The vacancy rate is 12.0% — elevated. Educational attainment sits at 25% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 26% of tenant households. Population is roughly 13,364 with a median age of 39. The tenure split is 78% owner-occupied to 22% rented. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100. 12.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The typical home is worth about $234,400 (3.0× income, relatively affordable).
Taken together, 49079 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. There is no property file for 49079 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.
The 49079 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 14/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 49079 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Van Buren County, Michigan. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 49079 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.
The 14/100 figure for 49079 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 a buyer, 49079 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.
Distress signal breakdown — ZIP 49079
Delinquency on tax, investor concentration, insurance pressure, NFIP flood, lagging construction, price dislocation and sale velocity — and the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
ZIP 49079 Stress Report snapshot
The live 49079 panel — distress score, market phase, housing and bank pressure — as attached to every individual property.
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