ZIP 49683 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Benzie County, Michigan · High Vacancy market
ZIP code 49683 in Benzie County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 15/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (37/100), institutional ownership (34/100), structural risk (32/100). On the quiet end sit structural risk (32/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). The split runs 32/100 structural to 2/100 active on the ground.
The peak-phase market in 49683 posted values that rose 3.7% over the year, and 46% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
There are about 1,654 housing units across 49683. About 20% have a four-year degree. About 2,070 people live here, median age 49. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. Home values center near $187,200, an affordability ratio of 3.0× — accessible. Vacancy runs 45.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 15.8%. Around 47% of renters are cost-burdened. Owners hold 81% of homes, renters 19%. At $57,875, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.
On the whole, 49683 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.
Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 49683's 15/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Benzie County, Michigan or any ZIP coast to coast. Sparse data for 49683 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
Behind 49683's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. For a buyer, 49683 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.
Signal-by-signal read on 49683
Tax-delinquent parcels, institutional ownership, insurance strain, flood risk, construction lag, price dislocation and auction speed — plus the 0 individual distressed properties are listed in full, with owner, address, APN, per-parcel score and exit-velocity read.
The 49683 distress snapshot
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