City inspection before a sale
Some Metro Detroit towns require a sale inspection or certificate before closing and others do not. Ask the building department before you list.
Fenton City Hall
301 S Leroy St.
(810) 629-2261
Fenton, Oakland County
Get a cash offer for your Fenton house
Cash buyers work all over Oakland County, Fenton included. 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 We buy houses in Fenton. Call (888) 471-3135. About Tevin
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Got it. Your cash offer comes by text.
Neon, the Rebuild Detroit text assistant, answers on (888) 471-3135. Send it a text now and it picks up from your address with a few short questions:
Text Neon now- What shape is the house in: roof, furnace, basement?
- Is anyone living there?
- When would you like to close?
- Do you have a number in mind?
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.
Fenton
- Median home value
- $235,900
- Median year built
- 1981
- Sales recorded, 12 months
- 4
Cash offers next door
Three ways to sell
What a typical Fenton house could bring, three ways
Worked on a house worth $235,900 once fixed up, the median here, that needs a new roof and a furnace. Repairs are priced from our cost book: permit values filed in Metro Detroit blended with published Detroit figures.
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Rebuild Detroit's cash offer
$124,000
- Worth after repairs
- $235,900
- 60% of that
- $141,540
- Minus a new roof and a furnace
- -$17,650
A real offer, confirmed at one walkthrough. Close in as little as 2 days with a clear title.
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List it on the MLS
$224,000
- Sale price, fixed up
- $235,900
- Listing, buyer's agent and closing
- -$11,900
The most money if the house is ready, after 30 to 90 days.
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Keep it and take cash out
$189,000
- Home value
- $235,900
- Up to 80% of it
- $188,720
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 Fenton houses are like
The Census puts the median home in Fenton at $235,900, 31% below Oakland County's $343,600.
The median house was built in 1981, and 26% of the 5,451 homes here date from 1980 to 1999. Houses from those years are usually sound, but many are due for a roof, a furnace and an air conditioner.
32% of owners have no mortgage, so a cash price goes to them less closing costs and any taxes owed.
4% of homes stand vacant, by the Census count.
The median property tax bill is $2,955 a year; it is split at closing by the days each side owned the house.
- Before 1940 14%
- 1940 to 1959 19%
- 1960 to 1979 16%
- 1980 to 1999 26%
- 2000 and later 26%
Share of 5,451 homes, American Community Survey 2020 to 2024.
On the record
Who is buying and selling in Fenton
- The assessor recorded 4 sales in the last 12 months at a median of $457,500.
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 Fenton houses as is
No cash buyer lists an office here yet. Rebuild Detroit buys here itself: type the address above for your offer, checked against the buyers who work this part of Metro Detroit.
The local rules
Selling a house in Fenton, by the rules here
Behind on property taxes
- March 1, 2026 2025 taxes still unpaid go to the Oakland County Treasurer as delinquent, with a 4% fee and 1% a month interest.
- March 1, 2027 The house forfeits to the Oakland County Treasurer: a $175 fee is added and the interest grows by half a percent a month.
- March 31, 2028 The last day to pay. After a circuit court judgment, the Oakland 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 Oakland County Treasurer by the July 1 after the foreclosure.
The county offices
- Oakland County Treasurer
- 1200 North Telegraph Road, Pontiac MI 48341
(248) 858-0611 - Oakland County Register of Deeds
- 1200 North Telegraph Road, Dept 480, Pontiac MI 48341
(248) 858-0597
On a $235,900 sale, Michigan's transfer taxes come to about $2,030: $1,770 to the state and $260 to the county, usually paid by the seller at closing.
Who you are dealing with
Tevin Jackson, founder of Rebuild Detroit
Rebuild Detroit buys houses in Fenton, 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 Fenton
How much would Rebuild Detroit pay for a Fenton 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 Fenton house worth $235,900 fixed up that needs a new roof and a furnace, that is about $124,000. 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 Fenton?
Some Metro Detroit towns require a sale inspection or certificate before closing and others do not. Ask Fenton's building department before you list. Fenton City Hall is at 301 S Leroy St., (810) 629-2261.
What if I am behind on property taxes in Oakland County?
Unpaid taxes go to the Oakland County Treasurer ((248) 858-0611) 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 Fenton 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.
Next door
Cash offers near Fenton
- Rose Township $345K median
- Holly Township $241K median
- Tyrone Township $371K median
- Holly $192K median
- Deerfield Township, Livingston County $327K median
- Hartland Township $378K median
- Groveland Township $343K median
- Highland Township $331K median
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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.
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates
- Michigan Department of Treasury, foreclosing governmental units
- Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds, recording
- Michigan Department of Treasury, the property tax foreclosure process
- Michigan Department of Treasury, auctions and claimants (Form 5743, MCL 211.78t)
- Michigan Legislature, State Real Estate Transfer Tax Act, MCL 207.526
- Michigan Legislature, county real estate transfer tax, MCL 207.505
- Fenton City Hall, official site