Midtown had fewer than five arm's-length sales recorded in the twelve months to 2025-07, so there is no meaningful median to publish. A median drawn from three houses is noise, and we would rather say so than print a number.
| Transfer type | Count, 2024-07 to 2025-07 |
|---|---|
| Land Bank / government transfers | 6 |
| All recorded transfers | 84 |
| Of those, arm's-length sales | 2 |
Only about a third of Detroit transfers are arm's-length sales. The rest are Land Bank conveyances, family transfers and life estates — they are real transfers but they are not market prices, so they are excluded from the median above.
6
completed residential demolitions since 2015
City of Detroit, Completed Residential Demolitions
245
issued since 2023-07 — the clearest signal of which blocks are actually being invested in
City of Detroit, Building Permits
40%
125 of 309 registered rentals hold a current Certificate of Compliance. Detroit requires both to rent legally.
City of Detroit, BSEED
1,071
issued or updated since 2023-07
City of Detroit, Blight Tickets
Demolitions and permits together are the clearest read on a Detroit block: what came down, and what someone is putting money into. Counts are for the whole neighbourhood, not a single address.
| Neighborhood | Median sale | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Woodbridge | $330,000 | 7 |
| Central Southwest | $125,000 | 41 |
| Michigan-Martin | $120,000 | 6 |
| Springwells | $80,000 | 51 |
| Claytown | $70,000 | 77 |
| Boynton | $66,700 | 69 |
| Chadsey Condon | $52,500 | 22 |
| Midwest | $49,600 | 99 |
Detroit is taxed at 64.1844 mills for a primary residence — see Detroit property taxes — and parts of the city sit in a Neighborhood Enterprise Zone that changes that. · Neighborhood profile
There were fewer than five arm's-length sales recorded in Midtown in the twelve months measured, so no median is published here. A median drawn from three houses is noise rather than a market signal.
Because these come from deeds recorded with the Detroit Assessor rather than the MLS. They include cash, wholesale, FSBO and quitclaim transfers that never reach a listing service — a large share of the Detroit market, which is why an MLS-only median reads high.
Detroit is taxed at 64.1844 mills for a primary residence, the same rate citywide. Parts of the city sit in a Neighborhood Enterprise Zone that reduces it substantially, and your bill is set on the uncapped taxable value the year after you buy — not the seller's capped figure.
When a Michigan home changes hands, its taxable value uncaps the following year and resets to roughly half the sale price. Buyers routinely get blindsided by a bill that's thousands higher than the listing showed. Here's your actual number.
Enter the purchase price and the property's current taxable value (it's on the listing, the assessor's site, or we'll pull it for you).