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Buy a Detroit Land Bank home

Buy, finance and fix a Detroit land bank home. The houses are old and the steps are many; here they are in order.

Read the land bank profile

36% Built before 1940
78% Built before 1960
2% Built since 2010

Share of Detroit homes by year built, Census ACS; the median Detroit home was built in 1947.

East Canfield, a stop on the tour — Photos: Listing photo, EXP Realty Main · Listing photo, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kee Realty · Listing photo, Got Key'D Realty

Chalfonte, a stop on the tour — Photos: Listing photo, EXP Realty Main · Listing photo, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kee Realty · Listing photo, Got Key'D Realty

See it in 3D

Detroit Neighborhoods to Avoid, the 2026 top 10

10 stops, 44.5 miles of flight, East Canfield to Gratiot-Grand.

1 East Canfield
2 Chalfonte
3 Happy Homes
4 Petoskey-Otsego
5 Brightmoor
6 Dexter-Linwood

and 4 more on the flight

and 7 more on the flight

Start the flyover Open the live map here

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Live from the land bank

Every Detroit Land Bank house and lot, on one map

34 for sale now, 2,064 houses and 53,737 lots it holds, read from the land bank through the day.

Auction

$28,800 current bid

2 bd · 1 ba · 714 sq ft

5600 Manistique St

Chandler Park-Chalmers · Listed Nov 13

Auction

Starts at $1,000

3 bd · 1.5 ba · 1,744 sq ft

11030 Wilshire Dr

Wade · Listed Nov 16

Auction

Starts at $1,000

2 bd · 1 ba · 1,168 sq ft

17146 Fenelon St

Davison · Listed Nov 18

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How the Detroit Land Bank works

The Detroit Land Bank Authority (DLBA) owns thousands of vacant homes and lots in Detroit and sells them to people who will fix them up and live in them or put them back to use. Its profile has the programs, prices, office and how to buy; our Detroit Ledger story tells how the land bank came to be, and the links below help you buy, finance and fix a land bank home.

Buy, finance and fix