**Updated Oct 9, 2026

The Farmington MI housing market closed 15 homes in September 2026 at a $318,000 median, $207.98 per square foot and a 10-day median time on market. As of October 8 there are 22 active listings, 6 homes under contract, 2 coming soon & 2.05 months of supply, City of Farmington only. I'm Michael Perna, Michigan License #309650, leader of The Perna Team, and I checked every one of these addresses against the city map before a single number went on this page. Call or text (248) 886-4450.

Updated October 9, 2026 | Michael Perna, The Perna Team | Michigan License #309650

Farmington at a Glance

Metric September 2026
Homes sold 15 (13 houses, 2 condos)
Median sale price $318,000
Median…

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Detroit development projects scheduled to open in 2027 total more than $2.5 billion: the Hudson's Detroit tower, the JW Marriott Detroit Water Square, the University of Michigan Center for Innovation, Fisher 21 Lofts and the Henry Ford Health research center. AlumniFi Field follows in 2028, the Henry Ford hospital tower in 2029, and Renaissance Center demolition begins in summer 2027.

Detroit development projects are entering one of the busiest finishing stretches in the city's modern history, and the $2.5 billion scheduled to open in 2027 does not even count the three biggest items on the board: the $2.2 billion Renaissance Center overhaul, Detroit City FC's AlumniFi Field and the $2.2 billion Henry Ford Hospital patient tower. Every one of these sits…

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**Updated Oct 6, 2026

Quick answer: The Northville housing market slowed down in September 2026 but it did not get cheaper. 56 homes closed at a $602,000 median (August final: $600,000), $262.45 per square foot, and a 26-day median on market, the slowest month of the past twelve. Sales closed at 96.80% of original ask and 17 of the 56 got full price or better. 122 homes are for sale with 70 under contract, which is 2.90 months of supply. Michael Perna, The Perna Team, Michigan License #309650.

Updated September 2026 | Michael Perna, The Perna Team | Michigan License #309650

Last refreshed October 7, 2026 with September 2026 closings reported through October 6, 2026. This page is updated every month on this same URL, and the next refresh adds…

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**Updated 10/06/2026

The Plymouth MI housing market closed 45 homes in September 2026 at a $521,000 median, $254.60 per square foot and a 16-day median time to contract, with 92 homes for sale, 47 under contract, 1 coming soon and 2.04 months of supply across the City of Plymouth & Plymouth Township. The township sold in 7.5 days. The city took 31. Michael Perna, Michigan License #309650, reads every Plymouth closing for The Perna Team: 8,000+ transactions, a 99.1% list-to-sale ratio and 3,159 online reviews.

Updated September 2026 | Michael Perna, The Perna Team | Michigan License #309650

Plymouth at a Glance: September 2026

Quick answer: Plymouth Michigan closed 45 homes in September 2026 at a $521,000 median, and the market now carries…

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What is a mortgage? It is a loan that lets you buy a home with the house as collateral, so the lender can take the property if payments stop. That security keeps mortgage rates well below credit card rates. This first-time home buyer Q&A covers payments, amortization, rates, loan terms, low down payment loans, and missed payments.

What is a mortgage, really, and what are you agreeing to when you sign one? Every first-time home buyer in Metro Detroit asks some version of that question, usually right after the pre-approval and right before the nerves kick in. The Perna Team has spent 24 years and more than 8,000 home sales across Oakland, Wayne, Macomb, Washtenaw, and Livingston Counties answering it at kitchen tables, and the questions below come…

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**Update Oct 5, 2026

Canton closed 80 homes in September 2026 at a $378,000 median, $208.27 per square foot and 24 days on market, with 205 active listings, 101 under contract, 5 coming soon and 2.44 months of supply. The blended median fell 3.69% from August. The median HOUSE fell five hundred dollars. Condos were 47.5% of everything that closed, the highest share in twelve months. I'm Michael Perna, 24+ years selling Metro Detroit, 8,000+ career transactions, 99.1% list-to-sale price ratio.

Updated September 2026 | Michael Perna, The Perna Team | Michigan License #309650

Canton at a Glance

  September 2026
Homes sold 80 (42 houses, 38 condos)
Median sale price $378,000
Median price per square foot …

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**Updated Oct 5, 2026

Quick answer: Livonia homes sold at a $315,000 median in September 2026, down 3.08% from August, on 106 closings and a median 10.5 days on market. Price per square foot came in at $231.44, which is still 1.18% ABOVE the trailing twelve month pace of $228.74 and the third highest reading of the past year. There are 144 active listings, 111 homes under contract, 6 coming soon, and 1.48 months of supply. I am Michael Perna, founder of The Perna Team, and I read all 106 closings before I wrote a word of this.

Updated October 6, 2026 with September 2026 closings | Michael Perna, Founder and CEO of The Perna Team, Novi MI | Michigan Real Estate License #309650 | Reviewed every one of the 106 September closings personally

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**Updated Oct 5, 2026


Halloween events in Metro Detroit run from mid-September through the first full weekend of November across Oakland, Wayne, Macomb, Washtenaw and Livingston counties. The season covers more than a dozen haunted attractions, a run of Halloween pop-up bars, downtown bar crawls, lantern-lit family walks and trick-or-treating in nearly every downtown. Halloween falls on a Saturday in 2026.

When Do Halloween Events in Metro Detroit Start and End?

Quick answer: The season opens in mid-September and the last haunts close November 7, and Halloween itself lands on a Saturday in 2026, the first Saturday Halloween since 2020 and before that 2015.

That one calendar fact reshapes the month. The bar crawls stack onto Friday…

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**Updated Sep 4, 2026

Farmington Hills sold 70 homes in September 2026 at a $409,000 median, $198.23 per square foot, with a 12-day median time on market. There are 186 homes for sale in Farmington Hills MI right now, 85 more under contract and 3 coming soon, which works out to 3.18 months of supply. Michael Perna, founder of The Perna Team at eXp Realty, is a licensed Michigan Realtor (License #309650) with 24+ years and 8,000+ career transactions across Metro Detroit.

Farmington Hills at a Glance, September 2026

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Measure September 2026 August 2026 (final)
Homes sold 70 77
Median sale price $409,000 $375,600
Median price per square foot $198.23 $206.23
Median days on market 12 15

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**Updated Oct 02, 2026


Novi sold 55 homes in September 2026 at a $449,900 median, down from $510,000 in August . . . . and almost none of that drop is price. The median Novi house actually ticked UP to $628,050, and citywide price per square foot rose 2.04% to $245.67. Condos took 40.0% of the closings and only one home over $1M closed, against five in August. Homes sold in a median 13 days at 99.20% of original ask. There are 136 Novi MI homes for sale right now, 45 under contract, 2.63 months of supply. Michael Perna, The Perna Team, 24+ years, 8,000+ transactions.

Updated September 2026 | Michael Perna, The Perna Team | Michigan License #309650

Novi at a Glance

Quick answer: Novi, Michigan is a 55-sale-a-month market running a…

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