In the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro, investors accounted for 10.6% of home purchases in Q2 2025, essentially flat year over year. What sets Detroit apart is pricing. The median investor purchase price was $106,000, compared with $252,000 for the overall median sale-an eye-popping 58.0% discount. That gap is the widest among the 50 largest metros tracked, underscoring how strongly investors are targeting entry-level and undervalued housing stock in the region.
According to the report, 10.8% of all homes purchased in Q2 2025 were bought by real estate investors, up 0.1 percentage point compared to a year prior. However, this is still below the peak of 12.1% reported in Q2 2022. In total, during the first half of 2025, investors purchased roughly 257,000 homes, down 1.8% year-over-year. Overall home sales fell by 3.8% during the same time period.