Ingham County, Michigan
County research last verified 2026-07. Office holders, platforms, and deposit rules change — re-confirm anything time-sensitive.
Sale typestate default
Redemption periodstate default
Investor returnstate default
Governing statutestate default
Notes
Michigan tax deed / foreclosure auction county (not a lien certificate sale). After multi-year delinquency and circuit court judgment of foreclosure (typically March), title vests in County Treasurer who auctions fee-simple parcels. Ingham is one of few MI counties still using live in-person auctions (with Bippus). 2026 first auction: Wednesday August 26, 2026, 10:00 a.m., Lansing Center. Properties often blighted; open houses and code packets published. Treasurer may cancel any sale anytime under MCL 211.78m(2).
Auction logistics
Format
Frequency
Deposit rules
Title risk
Deal maths for Michigan
- Assessment ratio
- 0.5× of market value
- Typical quiet title
- $2,000–$4,000 · 9 mo
- Recording and transfer
- $300
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.
Offices and records
Areas trending up
Directional read from dated market analysis — not a guarantee, and not a substitute for your own comps.
University employment and student housing demand supporting multifamily turns
State-government core and revitalization corridors with adaptive-reuse potential
School-driven suburban demand with relative price resilience versus city blight stock