Here is what the numbers say. 11 homes are for sale in University District in October 2026.
Their median asking price is $400,000, from $125,000 to $1,500,000.
The market in this slice
Asking prices work out to a median $137 a square foot. The typical home in the group has 2,921 square feet and 4 bedrooms.
The typical listing here has been on the market 133 days. The median build year among them is 1928.
By type that is 9 houses and 1 multi-family buildings.
Beside the rest of the market
Across Detroit the median asking price is $109,000.
Against what homes are worth
The Census puts the median value of an owner's home in University District at $368,600, so these asking prices run 9% above that figure. In short, listings there are priced higher than the average owner-occupied house in that area.
Eighty-seven point one percent of the occupied homes there are lived in by their owners, while the Census counts fourteen point six percent of University District's homes as vacant. The end result? Most people who own a home in that neighborhood actually live in it.
How we count
Every active listing in the Rebuild Detroit homes index counts, MLS and off-market homes alike, read on October 27, 2026. A slice is written only where at least five homes are for sale in it.
Final word
A new edition follows on schedule, so the trend is always one click away. That is the story so far.
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Editor In Chief, Detroit Ledger
Victoria Jackson is a lifelong student and sharp-eyed documentarian of all things Detroit, from its rich musical roots and cultural icons to its shifting neighborhoods, storied architecture, and underground legends.