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Central Southwest, 48209, District 6

Cash offers for Central Southwest houses

49 houses are for sale inside Central Southwest's boundary right now, in our homes index. Type the address and Rebuild Detroit makes you a real cash offer, checked against our network of local buyers.

Tevin Jackson, founder of Rebuild Detroit

Tevin Jackson, founder of Rebuild Detroit We buy houses in Central Southwest, Detroit. Call (888) 471-3135. About Tevin

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No cost, no obligation. Rebuild Detroit buys houses, and the offer you get is a real offer from us, confirmed at one walkthrough.

  • A real offer from Rebuild DetroitTentative only until one walkthrough confirms the condition. 95% hold when the condition you give is accurate.
  • Close in as little as 2 daysWhen the title is clear, at a fair price for the condition, on the date you pick.
  • Checked against our buyer networkEvery request is matched against local cash buyers too, so you get the best offer, plus the MLS and other routes.
Central Southwest
Central Southwest in Detroit, Wayne County. County line from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Median home value
$95,467
Median year built
1938
Homes for sale now
49

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Three ways to sell

What a typical Central Southwest house could bring, three ways

Worked on a house worth $95,467 once fixed up, the median here, that needs a new roof, a furnace, and updated wiring. Repairs are priced from our cost book: permit values filed in Metro Detroit blended with published Detroit figures.

  1. Rebuild Detroit's cash offer

    $32,500

    Worth after repairs
    $95,467
    60% of that
    $57,280
    Minus a new roof, a furnace, and updated wiring
    -$24,700

    A real offer, confirmed at one walkthrough. Close in as little as 2 days with a clear title.

  2. List it on the MLS

    $90,000

    Sale price, fixed up
    $95,467
    Listing, buyer's agent and closing
    -$5,467

    The most money if the house is ready, after 30 to 90 days.

  3. Keep it and take cash out

    $76,000

    Home value
    $95,467
    Up to 80% of it
    $76,374

    A cash-out refinance, less what you owe, subject to a lender's approval.

Price my own house three ways Worked on the typical house here. Type your own address for your own offer from Rebuild Detroit, real and confirmed at one walkthrough. Loans are made by lenders on their own terms.

The houses

What Central Southwest houses are like

The Census puts the median home in Central Southwest at $95,467, 14% above Detroit's $83,900.

The median house was built in 1938, and 70% of the 4,399 homes here date from before 1940. Houses that old often still carry plaster walls, original wiring and a cast iron drain stack, the work a cash buyer prices in first.

86% of owners have no mortgage, so a cash price goes to them less closing costs and any taxes owed.

15% of homes stand vacant, by the Census count.

The median property tax bill is $1,341 a year; it is split at closing by the days each side owned the house.

When Central Southwest's homes were built
  • Before 1940 70%
  • 1940 to 1959 15%
  • 1960 to 1979 6%
  • 1980 to 1999 8%
  • 2000 and later 1%

Share of 4,399 homes, American Community Survey 2020 to 2024.

On the record

Who is buying and selling in Central Southwest

  • Our homes index has 49 houses for sale in Central Southwest right now at a median asking price of $84,999, on the market a median 174 days. It also holds 57 sold listings here.
  • 164 building permits went out here in the last 12 months, 8 demolitions and 2 new buildings among them.
  • 778 parcels in ZIP 48209 carry a public distress signal in the city's records, 22 on the vacant property registry and 7 with a demolition order.

From Rebuild Detroit's homes index, the assessors' recorded sales, the building departments' permits and the City of Detroit's open data, refreshed daily.

Local cash buyers

Cash buyers who buy Central Southwest houses as is

Cash buyers in our network work in Central Southwest from the towns next door. Rebuild Detroit makes its own offer and checks your request against these buyers too, so you see the best one. Look any of them up.

The local rules

Selling a house in Central Southwest, by the rules here

Behind on property taxes

  1. March 1, 2026 2025 taxes still unpaid go to the Wayne County Treasurer as delinquent, with a 4% fee and 1% a month interest.
  2. March 1, 2027 The house forfeits to the Wayne County Treasurer: a $175 fee is added and the interest grows by half a percent a month.
  3. March 31, 2028 The last day to pay. After a circuit court judgment, the Wayne County Treasurer takes title and the house goes to auction that summer or fall.

A sale before the last day pays the taxes at closing, and what is left is yours. A former owner can claim what a foreclosure sale brings above the taxes owed by filing Form 5743 with the Wayne County Treasurer by the July 1 after the foreclosure.

The county offices

Wayne County Treasurer
400 Monroe Street, 5th Floor, Detroit MI 48226
(313) 224-5990
Wayne County Register of Deeds
MI
(313) 224-5850

On a $95,467 sale, Michigan's transfer taxes come to about $821: $716 to the state and $105 to the county, usually paid by the seller at closing.

Tevin Jackson, founder of Rebuild Detroit

Who you are dealing with

Tevin Jackson, founder of Rebuild Detroit

Rebuild Detroit buys houses in Central Southwest, the company Tevin Jackson founded and runs. When you ask for an offer here, the offer comes from us, not from a list of your details sold to investors, and it is checked against the local cash buyers in our network so you see the best way to sell.

  • Detroit real estate investor
  • Author of Against All Odds and The Spark
  • Helped scale 100+ home service brands

Questions

Selling a house for cash in Central Southwest

Who buys houses for cash in Central Southwest?

Rebuild Detroit buys houses in Central Southwest itself, and cash buyers and wholesalers in our network serve it too, among them Dearborn Heights Carpet & Flooring Group. Rebuild Detroit makes its own offer and checks your request against them, so you see the best one.

How much would Rebuild Detroit pay for a Central Southwest house?

Our offer starts from what the house would sell for fixed up, less the repairs, and never above what listing it would leave you. On a Central Southwest house worth $95,467 fixed up that needs a new roof, a furnace, and updated wiring, that is about $32,500. Type your own address for your own offer; it holds 95% of the time when the condition you give is accurate.

Do I need a city inspection to sell a house in Central Southwest?

Detroit has not required a pre-sale inspection on a house since November 2014; a seller may still order one. In February 2026 the City Council's Legislative Policy Division reported that bringing mandatory inspections back would take an amendment to the Housing Code.

What if I am behind on property taxes in Wayne County?

Unpaid taxes go to the Wayne County Treasurer ((313) 224-5990) on March 1. If they stay unpaid, the house forfeits a year later and the foreclosure takes title on March 31 of the year after that. Selling before then pays the taxes at closing, and the rest is yours.

Can I sell my Central Southwest house as is?

Yes. Rebuild Detroit and the cash buyers in our network buy as is, with no repairs or cleanout. You still fill out the Michigan seller disclosure with what you know about the house, and a title company checks for liens and pays you at closing.

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Cash offers near Central Southwest

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Sources

Where these facts come from

County and city rules checked October 24, 2026 on each office's own site. Rules, fees and phone numbers change, so call before you count on one.