Metro Detroit’s Home Prices Highest in Decades

Metro Detroit home prices have increased, up 14.6 percent in February when compared to last year. The increase is the highest they’ve been in decades. The managing director for S&P Dow Jones Indices has gone on record saying they’re in the top decile of growth for Detroit over 30 years of tracking. The country is also showing the highest increases on record, up 19.8 percent. Detroit metro’s median increase is 5.1 percent, higher than the 4.7 percent national median. Read estate brokers agree that home ownership is becoming out of reach for new buyers and people of color.