Oct 30, 2026 · in 29 days· 10:00am EDT to 7:00pm EDT
Often recommended before refinance or resale; title underwriting on Michigan tax-foreclosed deeds is case-by-case and frequently wants curative work.
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Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — Michigan state equalized value is 50% of true cash value by constitution (Mich. Const. art. IX, § 3); taxable value may be lower still. The SEV published with these auction listings is taken from the delinquent tax year that was foreclosed upon, so it is typically several years stale — in a rising market it understates current value, and in a falling one it overstates it. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.
Michigan tax-foreclosure deed county (MCL 211.78 et seq.). Foreclosure precedes sale — no post-sale owner redemption of the auction parcel. Genesee County Treasurer runs ALL auctions online via tax-sale.info. 2026 dates: Sept 3 minimum-bid; Sept 25 minimum-bid re-offer; Oct 30 no-reserve. Genesee County Land Bank partners on returning property to tax rolls. Surplus-proceeds class action (Fox et al.) claims window noted through July 16, 2026 for certain 2013–2020 sales.
Inherited from Michigan rather than researched for Genesee: type, redemption, returns, statute.