Detroit · Council district 5 · Recorded sales, 2024-07 to 2025-07

New Center Commons home prices & property taxes

New Center Commons 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 typeCount, 2024-07 to 2025-07
All recorded transfers27
Of those, arm's-length sales0

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.

What is happening on the ground in New Center Commons

Homes demolished

1

completed residential demolitions since 2015

City of Detroit, Completed Residential Demolitions

Building permits

58

issued since 2023-07 — the clearest signal of which blocks are actually being invested in

City of Detroit, Building Permits

Rental compliance

31%

20 of 64 registered rentals hold a current Certificate of Compliance. Detroit requires both to rent legally.

City of Detroit, BSEED

Blight tickets

214

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.

Why these numbers differ from a listing site. They come from deeds recorded with the Assessor, not the MLS — so they include cash, wholesale, FSBO and quitclaim sales that never appear on a listing service. In Detroit that is a large share of the market, which is why an MLS-only median reads high.

Other neighborhoods in council district 5

NeighborhoodMedian saleSales
Indian Village$475,0005
Boston Edison$329,50027
Historic Atkinson$329,00013
Islandview$253,75034
North End$249,00035
Virginia Park Community$205,00055
LaSalle Gardens$193,00026
Piety Hill$185,00013

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

Common questions

What is the median home price in New Center Commons, Detroit?

There were fewer than five arm's-length sales recorded in New Center Commons in the twelve months measured, so no median is published here. A median drawn from three houses is noise rather than a market signal.

Why are New Center Commons prices here lower than on listing sites?

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.

What are property taxes in New Center Commons?

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.

The one nobody else built

What your taxes become after you buy

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.

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What your taxes become after you buy

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