
Quick answer: Brownstown Township MI closed 31 home sales in July 2026 at a $320,000 median, $189.09 per square foot, in a median 10 days. Late August inventory sits at 44 active listings with 39 more under contract, about 1.90 months of supply. Houses ran a $360,000 median and sold in just 6 days. I'm Michael Perna, and my team has closed 8,000+ Metro Detroit homes at a 99.1% list-to-sale ratio. Here is what the closings actually say.
Updated August 2026 | Michael Perna, The Perna Team | Michigan License #309650

Brownstown Township at a Glance
Quick answer: a $320,000 July median, homes selling in 10 days, and 1.90 months of supply across the township's three segments.
| Brownstown Township, July 2026 | |
|---|---|
| Median sale price | $320,000 |
| Houses / Condos | $360,000 / $172,450 |
| Price per square foot | $189.09 |
| Median days on market | 10 |
| Active listings | 44 |
| Under contract | 39 |
| Months of supply | 1.90 |
| Trailing 12-month sales | 278 |
| County | Wayne |
| ZIP codes | Six, none named Brownstown |

One Name, Three Townships
Pull up a map of Brownstown Township Michigan and look closely.
It is not one shape. It is THREE separate pieces. When Flat Rock, Rockwood, and Woodhaven incorporated as cities in the early 1960s, they carved the township into three segments that barely touch, and the map has read that way ever since.
Here is the part I love. The housing market did the exact same thing.
I read all 278 Brownstown closings from the past twelve months, every one of them, and there is no single Brownstown Township housing market in that file. There are three. A condo and manufactured-home tier that mostly trades under $200,000 and moves slowly. A resale belt from $200,000 to $500,000 built on 1970s ranches and 1990s colonials that sells in about a week. And a brand-new top shelf above $500,000 that the builders own almost outright.
Same township. Three markets. One name on all of them.
The name itself goes back to Adam Brown, a settler kidnapped and raised by the Wyandot who grew into a tribal leader, and his name is still on the street signs. Adam Brown Drive shows up in this file with four sales and three active new builds. The township is literally selling homes on the road named for the man it is named for . . . . which is a very Brownstown thing to do.
So which of the three markets is yours? Let's break it down.

July 2026 by the Numbers
Quick answer: 31 closings at a $320,000 median, up 0.39% from June's $318,750, with houses at $360,000 in 6 days and 70.97% of all sales closing at or over original ask.
This is the first edition of this report, so July stands alone in the table below. Starting next month you get a side-by-side comparison, and this page keeps the same address forever.
I read every single closing. Not a summary, not somebody's index. The actual sold sheets.
| Metric | July 2026 |
|---|---|
| Closed sales | 31 (23 houses, 8 condos) |
| Median sale price | $320,000 |
| Average sale price | $339,926 |
| Median price per square foot | $189.09 |
| Median days on market | 10 |
| Sold in 7 days or less | 45.16% |
| Sold in 14 days or less | 67.74% |
| Median sale-to-original-list ratio | 100.03% |
| Closed at or over original ask | 22 of 31 (70.97%) |
| Total dollar volume | $10,537,693 |
Two honest notes. First, the average runs $19,926 above the median because four July closings landed between $581,613 and $675,000 and pulled the top of the distribution up. Second, late closings post to the MLS for weeks, so July's count can still tick up a hair. That is normal, and next month's edition trues it up.
Want these numbers run for your exact address instead of the whole township? Call or text me at (248) 886-4450 and I'll do it for free.

The $380,000 House That "Fell" to $360,000
Quick answer: the median Brownstown house dropped 5.26% in July, but the houses that sold were 12.92% smaller. Hold June's size mix constant and July houses reprice to $388,000, which is above June.
Here is the headline a lazy report would run: Brownstown house prices fell five percent in a month.
The June median house was $380,000. The July median house was $360,000. Both numbers are real.
Now here is what actually happened. June's median sold house was 1,982 square feet. July's was 1,726. Buyers bought a batch of smaller houses, and smaller houses cost less. That is arithmetic, not a market turn.
Look at price per square foot and the drop nearly vanishes: $201.31 in June, $197.00 in July, a 2.14% move. Look at speed and the story flips completely. Houses went from 10 days to just 6. The share of houses closing at or over original ask went up, from 76.47% to 78.26%.
I ran one more test. I took July's actual house sales and re-weighted them to June's size mix, big homes and small homes in June's proportions, using a true weighted median. The answer comes back $388,000. Eight thousand dollars above June.
A market where the price per foot barely moves, the days on market get cut nearly in half, and more sellers clear their full ask is not a falling market. It is a market that sold smaller houses for a month.
The honest other half: the Brownstown Township housing market did not spike either. July's $189.09 per foot runs just 1.25% ahead of the trailing-year pace of $186.75, condos had a soft month, and nobody should price a listing off one month of anything. That is exactly why I read the closings instead of the headlines. Every claim on this page is measurable across all 278 closed sales. If you want the same math on your street, the number is (248) 886-4450.
Houses and Condos: Two Different Speeds
Quick answer: July houses ran $360,000 at $197.00 per foot in 6 days. July condos ran $172,450 at $144.04 in 21.5 days, and the condo column splits into two very different tiers.
| Houses, July | Condos, July | Houses, trailing 12 | Condos, trailing 12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Closed sales | 23 | 8 | 214 | 64 |
| Median price | $360,000 | $172,450 | $358,750 | $170,000 |
| Median $/sqft | $197.00 | $144.04 | $197.18 | $150.20 |
| Median days on market | 6 | 21.5 | 10 | 18 |
| Median size (sqft) | 1,726 | 1,300 | 1,802 | 1,171 |
| At or over original ask | 78.26% | 50.00% | 62.15% | 46.88% |
| Active listings now | 34 | 10 | ||
| Months of supply | 1.91 | 1.88 |
The house-condo price gap over the trailing year is $188,750, and eight July condos is a thin sample, so read that $144.04 gently.
The real condo story is the split inside the column. Pre-1990 complexes, the Village Green and Longmeadow and Brookfield era, closed 14 sales this year at a $147,500 median and $132.32 per foot in 28.5 days. The 1990s-and-newer attached homes, the Bunte, Stiles, Redman, Stromp, Majestic, Doves Pointe, and Walloon Way clusters, closed 50 sales at a $204,000 median and $165.10 per foot in 12.5 days.
Same word, condo. Two markets that have almost nothing to do with each other. Which brings me to one street in particular.

The Hidden Oaks File
Quick answer: twelve Hidden Oaks Drive condos sold this year, ten of them at $155,000 or less. Six more sit active at the SAME $159,900 ask, five of them for 487 to 541 days.
I want to show you the clearest pricing lesson in the entire township, and it all happens on one street.
Hidden Oaks Drive, 2004 to 2007 condos, most of them nearly identical. Twelve of them closed in the trailing twelve months, between $145,000 and $170,000. Three closed on December 30, 2025 at $152,000 apiece, same day. Three more closed on March 27, 2026 at $150,000 apiece, same day, and one of those had been sitting 393 days, the longest sale in the file.
Right now six more units are active on that street. Every single one asks $159,900. Five of them have been asking it for 487 to 541 days.
The market has answered this street at least a dozen times, and the answer keeps coming back $150,000 to $155,000 for a standard unit. The listings asking $159,900 are not waiting for a buyer. They are waiting for a different market.
Now the kicker. In July one Hidden Oaks unit listed at $164,900 and sold in 3 days for $170,000, over ask, the street's top sale of the year. Buyers on this street are not allergic to price. They are choosing the unit that earns it.
Decide your number before you list, not at 9pm on day 500. If you own a condo anywhere in Brownstown Township, I will pull every comp on your street before we pick a price. Free, no pressure: (248) 886-4450.
Months of Supply by Price Bracket
Quick answer: the middle of the Brownstown market is starving. The $400,000 to $500,000 bracket has 3 active listings against 52 sales a year, just 0.69 months of supply.
This is the first Brownstown edition, so I set the brackets from the data itself. Here is the whole ladder, and here is where the three-markets story shows up in one table.
| Bracket | Sales, trailing 12 | Median price | $/sqft | Median DOM | % of original ask | Actives now | Months of supply |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $200K | 57 | $153,000 | $133.92 | 12 | 97.06% | 14 | 2.95 |
| $200K to $300K | 68 | $250,000 | $192.31 | 9 | 100.00% | 7 | 1.24 |
| $300K to $400K | 70 | $350,000 | $197.87 | 11.5 | 100.00% | 11 | 1.89 |
| $400K to $500K | 52 | $430,000 | $201.00 | 11.5 | 100.00% | 3 | 0.69 |
| $500K and up | 31 | $548,000 | $209.38 | 6 | 100.00% | 9 | 3.48 |
Read the two ends first. Under $200,000 carries 2.95 months of supply and sellers there take 97.06% of original ask, the only bracket below full price. That is the first Brownstown, the Hidden Oaks block and the manufactured communities, and it is soft.
Now the top. $500,000 and up shows 3.48 months, and that shelf is mostly the builders' pipeline, which I'll get to in a minute. That is the third Brownstown.
And the middle of the Brownstown Township housing market? The second Brownstown is where the squeeze lives. Every bracket of homes for sale in Brownstown Township Michigan from $200,000 to $500,000 clears a median 100.00% of original ask. The $400,000 to $500,000 band sold 52 homes in the past year and has exactly 3 homes on the market today. If you own a $400,000-something house here and you have been waiting for a sign, this table is the sign.
Sellers in the middle three brackets: you have the leverage. Buyers: your selection among Brownstown Township homes for sale lives at the two ends. That is the whole township in one paragraph.
Brownstown Township MI Homes for Sale: What Your Money Buys Right Now
Quick answer: 44 active Brownstown Township MI homes for sale from $75,500 to $1,075,000, with a median ask of $300,000 and only 6 listings fresh inside the last two weeks.
Let's walk the actual board, bracket by bracket. These are real Brownstown Township MI homes for sale as of the August 28 pull, and every one of them either sells or goes stale by next month's edition. You can browse the live board anytime on my Brownstown Township homes for sale page.
What does under $200,000 buy in Brownstown Township?
Fourteen listings, and this bracket needs a translator. Four of them are priced $75,500 to $94,000 on homes built between 1993 and 2020 at $42 to $65 per square foot, which pencils out to leased-land manufactured homes in the township's land-lease communities, not typos. A fifth, a 1939 two-bed on W Jefferson at $95,000, is simply the cheapest conventional house on the board. The six Hidden Oaks units at $159,900 live here too, plus a $139,900 Longmeadow condo and a 1931 house on W Jefferson at $199,000 with a 2020 remodel year. If you have been told there are no cheap homes for sale in Brownstown Township Michigan, there are. You just have to know what each one actually is.
What does $200,000 to $300,000 buy in Brownstown Township?
Seven listings, and this is the thinnest shelf relative to demand outside the 400s. Two Armstrong Avenue ranches at $209,900 and $249,900, a 1,946 square foot 1950 four-bed on Gudith at $250,000 after a $49,900 cut, and a remodeled 1954 ranch on Eldon at $285,000. Sixty-eight homes traded in this band last year. Blink and these are gone.
What does $300,000 to $400,000 buy in Brownstown Township?
Eleven listings, the deepest resale shelf. A 2004 build on Briarwood at $300,000, a 1993 colonial on Knollwood at $312,000, a 4-bed on Woodridge at $339,900, a 2,056 square foot Wherle Drive 4-bed at $375,000 that is just 6 days old, and a Red Oak Lane house at $399,900 wearing a 2026 remodel year. Seventy sales in this band last year, the busiest bracket in the township.
What does $400,000 to $500,000 buy in Brownstown Township?
Three. That is the entire shelf: Konarska at $439,900, Fawn Road at $469,900, Wagonwheel at $480,000, all 2003-2004 builds between 2,628 and 2,758 square feet. Fifty-two buyers found homes for sale in Brownstown Township Michigan in this band over the past year. Today three of them would have something to tour.
What does $500,000 and up buy in Brownstown Township?
Nine listings, and seven of the nine were built in 2022 or later: Pennington Lane at $525,000, three Adam Brown Drive builds from $565,000 to $585,900, a 2022 build on Knapp at $649,900, plus two $500,000 to-be-built entries carrying 291 days on the clock. The two resales up here are a relisted Dovetail Drive house at $650,000 and the headline act, a 7,572 square foot 2005 estate on Pennsylvania Road asking $1,075,000, fresh on the market 6 days.
One more number for the whole board of Brownstown Township MI homes for sale: 14 of the 44 active listings have already cut price, a median cut of $15,000, and ZERO have raised. The board is negotiating with itself before buyers even show up.

New Construction: The Third Brownstown
Quick answer: 27 new-construction closings in the trailing year at a $530,361 median, 9.71% of all sales, and they lift the township's blended median by $25,000.
The builders are quietly running the top of this market. The township's official motto is "Where The Future Looks Brighter," and they are taking it literally.
Where is the new construction in Brownstown Township?
Twenty-seven homes built in 2021 or later closed in the trailing twelve months at a $530,361 median and $232.97 per square foot, and their median days on market is 1. One day, because builder deals get written long before the closing posts, so the clock barely runs. Nineteen of the 27 came from one corridor of streets: Primrose Lane with 7, then Brighton Lane, Pennington Court, and Fountain View Lane with 4 apiece. Adam Brown Drive adds 2 more sales plus 3 of the 7 active new builds.
The record follows the hammers. The highest sale in the file is $703,862 on Brighton Lane, a 2026 build closed in May, and five of the six closings above $600,000 this year came straight from the builders.
Here is why it matters for your house. Strip the 27 builder closings out and the resale-only median for the township is $300,000, not $325,000. The new stuff lifts the blended number by $25,000. So when a neighbor says "Brownstown is a $325,000 market now," the honest translation is "Brownstown resales are a $300,000 market, and the builders sell a $530,000 product on top of it."
The pipeline is still loaded: 7 active new builds asking a $565,000 median, plus 2 more under contract. July itself closed 2 builder homes at $581,613 and $627,979, both at exactly full price, which is how builder sales almost always print. Keep that in mind every time you see a sale-to-list stat that includes them.
How Old Is the House You Are Buying?
Quick answer: 1970s houses are the backbone with 51 sales at a $279,888 median, tied with the 2000s at 51, and 2020s builds top the per-foot table at $230.58.
| Decade built | Sales | Median price | $/sqft | Median size | Median DOM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 8 | $169,000 | $161.92 | 1,155 | 22 |
| 1950s | 9 | $212,000 | $179.59 | 1,100 | 10 |
| 1960s | 5 | $199,000 | $197.49 | 1,150 | 8 |
| 1970s | 51 | $279,888 | $199.69 | 1,345 | 8 |
| 1980s | 9 | $295,000 | $201.71 | 1,504 | 8 |
| 1990s | 30 | $377,500 | $194.38 | 1,941 | 16.5 |
| 2000s | 51 | $418,000 | $181.55 | 2,322 | 10 |
| 2010s | 17 | $415,000 | $210.90 | 2,073 | 12 |
| 2020s | 30 | $523,500 | $230.58 | 2,211 | 1 |
Houses only, 210 of the 214 house sales. Four pre-1940 sales were left off as too thin to read.
The 1970s and 2000s tie as the deepest decades at 51 sales apiece, and they are the two halves of the resale belt: the 1,345 square foot seventies ranch at $279,888 and the 2,322 square foot 2000s colonial at $418,000. The seventies ranches move in 8 days flat.
The 2020s row is basically the builders, 27 of its 30 sales are 2021-or-newer product, which is why the days-on-market column reads 1. Among true resale decades, the 2010s lead the per-foot table at $210.90. Older Brownstown houses trade cheaper per foot than newer ones here, the Troy and Rochester Hills pattern, not the old-house-premium you see in Plymouth or Northville.
If you own one of those seventies ranches, you are sitting on the fastest-moving product in the township, and I can tell you what yours would bring in this exact market. Call or text (248) 886-4450.
Two Flips, Two Verdicts
Quick answer: one Brownstown flip cleared a $113,000 gross gain in 110 days. One relist is already asking $17,900 below its own November closing price.
I ran every address in the file against itself, sold against sold, sold against active. Brownstown has one completed flip and two live experiments, and together they are a masterclass.
The completed one: a McCort Drive condo bought for $202,000 on December 31, 2025 came back with a 2026 remodel year and closed at $315,000 on April 20. That is a $113,000 gross gain in 110 days. Gross, not profit. Renovation, carrying, and commission are invisible in the MLS, so nobody knows the real margin but the flipper. Still, the market paid for the work.
The two live ones tell opposite stories. A Dovetail Drive house that sold for $345,000 in August 2025 is back on the board asking $650,000, which is $305,000 OVER its own closing price from a year ago. Bold. We will know soon enough what the market says back. And a Knollwood Drive house that sold for $329,900 last November, same 1,636 square feet, has already cut from $339,000 down to $312,000. It is now asking $17,900 less than its own buyer paid nine months ago.
Same township, same year. One flip got paid for condition, one relist is underwater on its own receipt. The lesson is not "flipping works" or "flipping fails." The lesson is Brownstown pays for finished product and punishes wishful pricing, usually within 30 days.

What This Means If You Are Selling
Quick answer: sellers between $200,000 and $500,000 hold the strongest position in the township. Supply there runs 0.69 to 1.89 months at a median 100.00% of original ask.
Start with where your house actually sits, because the three Brownstowns treat sellers very differently.
In the middle belt, the numbers are on your side and they are not subtle. July houses sold in a median 6 days. More than three quarters of them cleared original ask. The speed spread is the part I show every seller: over the trailing year, homes that sold in 7 days or less closed at a median 101.77% of original ask, homes that took 8 to 29 days closed at 100.00%, and homes that sat 30 days or more closed at 93.81%. On the $325,000 township median, that gap between fast and slow is worth about $25,870.
The first week is the negotiation. Price creates the first week.
Condition gets paid too. In an original Perna Team analysis of all 86 pre-1990 Brownstown house sales this year, the ones carrying a remodel year on file sold at $197.66 per foot against $191.47 without one, on 16 versus 70 sales, and two days faster. Modest sample, honest signal, and it rhymes with that McCort flip.
If you are at the two ends, the playbook changes. Under $200,000, you are competing with six condos that have proven what overpricing costs, so decide your number from the closings, not the neighbors' asks. Above $500,000, you are competing with brand-new product at full price, so your edge is land, lot, and being finished today instead of in eight months.
Before your home joins the list of Brownstown Township homes for sale, let's decide the number together. Every listing my team takes starts with a free home value review, the same closing-by-closing math you just read, run on your specific street. My team has sold 8,000+ homes across Metro Detroit at a 99.1% list-to-sale ratio, and I would love to show you what your three-market position looks like. Call or text (248) 886-4450.
What This Means If You Are Buying
Quick answer: your leverage lives at the ends. Under $200,000 sellers take 97.06% of ask, 14 of 44 listings have already cut price, and long-sitting inventory is where deals hide.
Buyers, if you are touring homes for sale in Brownstown Township Michigan right now, I am not going to pretend the middle is easy. Three listings in the entire $400,000 to $500,000 band means you tour fast, you write clean, and you decide before day 7, because 45.16% of July's sales were gone inside a week.
But the corners of this market are genuinely friendly.
Corner one: the soft bottom. The under-$200,000 bracket is the only one where sellers take less than full price, 97.06% of original ask, and it sits at 2.95 months of supply. The Hidden Oaks sitters and the manufactured communities both live here, and both reward a buyer who knows the real comps.
Corner two: the stale shelf. Thirteen of the 44 Brownstown Township homes for sale, 29.55%, have been on the market 90 days or more, and 14 have already cut price a median $15,000. The active board's median age is 35.5 days while July's sold homes moved in 10. A 90-day listing in a 10-day market usually has a motivated seller behind it. Start there.
Corner three: the calendar. Every trailing-year sale that took 30 days or longer closed at a median 93.81% of original ask. Patience here has a posted price: about six points.
And corner four: the homes for sale in Brownstown Township MI that never post at all. Twelve sales this year closed with zero days on market. Seven were builder handoffs, but resales on Buck Avenue at $202,000 and Wilson Court at $265,000 traded without a single public day. My team door-knocks and mails the exact neighborhoods our buyers want, which is how you buy a house that Zillow never met. Ask me for the free pre-market list for your target segment: (248) 886-4450.

Brownstown Township Housing Market Trends: Month by Month
Quick answer: 278 sales over twelve months at a $325,000 median, with a May spike to $419,000 that was builder mix, not a price jump.
| Month | Homes sold | Median price | $/sqft | Median DOM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 26 | $285,000 | $159.57 | 27.5 |
| Sep 2025 | 20 | $321,500 | $172.42 | 12.5 |
| Oct 2025 | 25 | $301,000 | $192.30 | 23 |
| Nov 2025 | 15 | $329,900 | $201.65 | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | 22 | $336,500 | $185.26 | 17 |
| Jan 2026 | 12 | $321,500 | $192.91 | 40 |
| Feb 2026 | 15 | $255,000 | $200.10 | 9 |
| Mar 2026 | 27 | $275,000 | $174.82 | 11 |
| Apr 2026 | 26 | $295,500 | $188.28 | 7.5 |
| May 2026 | 37 | $419,000 | $209.38 | 7 |
| Jun 2026 | 22 | $318,750 | $190.22 | 8 |
| Jul 2026 | 31 | $320,000 | $189.09 | 10 |
Walk the arc with me. The year opens soft, August 2025 at $159.57 per foot and 27.5 days, then tightens through fall. January is the trough at 12 sales and a 40-day median, which is Michigan winter doing Michigan winter things. Spring wakes the belt up, and then May prints 37 sales at $419,000 and everybody calls it a boom.
May was mix. Eight of those 37 closings were new builds at a $580,308 median, and the resale-only May median was $350,000. Real strength, wrong headline.
July's 31 closings make it the second-busiest month of the year behind May, on its own, no tie. This table is the compounding asset of the page. It gains a row every month, on this same URL, and the newest month always ticks up slightly as late closings post.
Brownstown vs Trenton vs Wyandotte
Quick answer: Brownstown Township is Downriver's price leader of the three at a $325,000 trailing median, and it holds the only real new-construction pipeline.
My team now runs this same closing-by-closing analysis on three Downriver markets, so this is not a guess or a scraped index. Same method, all three cities, from their own sold sheets.
| Brownstown Twp | Wyandotte | Trenton | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 closings | 31 | 35 | 28 |
| July median price | $320,000 | $215,000 | $262,500 |
| July $/sqft | $189.09 | $182.80 | $177.55 |
| Trailing-12 sales | 278 | 314 | 253 |
| Trailing-12 median | $325,000 | $206,000 | $254,900 |
| Months of supply | 1.90 | 1.72 | 2.13 |
| Top active ask | $1,075,000 | $474,900 | $459,000 |
| New-construction share | 9.71% | 3.50% | 0.79% |
Brownstown runs $70,100 above Trenton and $119,000 above Wyandotte on the trailing median, and the new-construction column explains a lot of why: 9.71% of Brownstown's sales are new builds against 3.50% in Wyandotte and 0.79% in Trenton. The ceilings say it louder. Wyandotte's priciest listing asks $474,900, Trenton's asks $459,000, and Brownstown's asks $1,075,000, more than both of those combined. I will not rank the rest of Downriver until I have read their closings the same way, but among these three, Brownstown is where the new money is building. See the full Trenton report and Wyandotte report for their sides of the story.

Where Brownstown Township Actually Is
Quick answer: three separate segments in southern Wayne County, about 30 square miles with more than a quarter of it water, wrapped around Flat Rock, Rockwood, and Woodhaven.
One paragraph of housekeeping, because it matters for every number on this page: these figures cover Brownstown Charter Township only, the actual municipality as Realcomp records it, all three segments together. They do not include Flat Rock, Rockwood, Woodhaven, Gibraltar, Riverview, or Trenton, even though a Brownstown address can carry any of several neighboring postmarks.
That is not a small point here. Brownstown Township Michigan has six ZIP codes, 48134, 48164, 48173, 48174, 48183, and 48193, and every one of them is named for somebody else: Flat Rock, New Boston, Rockwood, Romulus, Trenton, Riverview. There is no Brownstown ZIP code. If you have ever filtered Brownstown Township homes for sale by ZIP code and wondered why the "Trenton" results looked suspiciously suburban, you were probably looking at Brownstown.
The township was established on April 5, 1827, a decade before Michigan became a state, one of Wayne County's nine original townships, and the ground has stories. The Battle of Brownstown, the first land battle of the War of 1812, was fought here, with the Battle of Maguaga close behind, and Hull's Trace, one of the first federal military roads in the United States, crossed the Huron River near the township's southern boundary. The only surviving stretch of that 1812 corduroy road is preserved off West Jefferson as part of the River Raisin National Battlefield Park.
On the map, the township borders Flat Rock, Gibraltar, Riverview, Rockwood, Southgate, and Taylor, touches Trenton and Romulus at the corners, runs to Huron Charter Township on the west, and shares water boundaries with Grosse Ile Township and Amherstburg, Ontario. Today the bones of the place are I-75, Telegraph Road, Fort Street, Dix-Toledo, and West Jefferson along the water, with the GM battery plant at Sibley and King and an Amazon distribution center anchoring the job base. The southernmost point of the Detroit River is inside the township, where it opens into Lake Erie, which is how a landlocked-sounding township ends up with waterfront.
Which school districts serve Brownstown Township Michigan?
Schools run in three directions here, and the township's own education page frames it by section, so hear it both ways. The Woodhaven-Brownstown School District covers most of the northern sections, and despite the name, Woodhaven High School itself sits inside the township on Van Horn Road. The Gibraltar School District serves the southern end, feeding Carlson High. And a smaller pocket of the northern section, south of Pennsylvania Road and west of Telegraph, feeds Taylor schools. A district name is never a municipality, and a Brownstown address does not promise any one district. Verify the specific house, every time. It is the kind of thing my team checks before you fall in love with a kitchen.
Where the Brownstown Township MI Market Is Heading
Quick answer: expect the fall to favor the middle brackets, the builders to keep setting the ceiling, and the $1,075,000 Pennsylvania Road listing to test a price this township has never printed.
Seasonality first, honestly. Watch the count of Brownstown Township MI homes for sale through the fall, because this file's own history says August through December carried decent volume last year and January fell to 12 sales at 40 days. The demand side is not waiting around either: at least 17 contracts were written on Brownstown homes in July, one contingent sale carries no date on file, and 26 more contracts have been written August 1 through 28. Fall sellers in the $200,000 to $500,000 belt will keep their leverage. Winter sellers will need the pricing discipline this whole report keeps preaching.
The ceiling on homes for sale in Brownstown Township Michigan is the thing to watch. The record close in this file is $703,862, a Brighton Lane new build from May. In July, the two highest resale prices of the entire trailing year both closed, $675,000 on Crawford Road in 6 days at $26,000 over ask, and $593,301 on Kirby Drive at $18,401 over ask. The Brownstown Township housing market has never printed a million-dollar closing in this file. Not once.
And now a 7,572 square foot estate on Pennsylvania Road is asking $1,075,000, which is $371,138 above the highest closing of the past year. Somebody is about to find out where the top of Brownstown actually is. So am I, and I will report it here the month it happens.
"Brownstown is one township wearing three markets. The middle one is starving for listings, the top one belongs to the builders, and the bottom one has heard the same answer from buyers for 500 days. Price to the segment you are actually in & this market takes care of you." Michael Perna
Key Takeaways
- Brownstown Township closed 31 home sales in July 2026 at a $320,000 median, $189.09 per square foot, in a median 10 days, with 70.97% of sales at or over original ask.
- The median house fell from $380,000 to $360,000, but the sold houses were 12.92% smaller; re-weighted to June's size mix, July houses come back at $388,000.
- The $400,000 to $500,000 bracket has 0.69 months of supply, 3 active listings against 52 sales in the trailing year, the tightest shelf in the township.
- New construction is 9.71% of trailing-year sales at a $530,361 median and lifts the township's blended median by $25,000; resale-only Brownstown is a $300,000 market.
- Twelve Hidden Oaks Drive condos sold this year, ten at $155,000 or less, while six identical-vintage units sit at $159,900, five of them for 487 to 541 days.
- Homes that sold within 7 days closed at a median 101.77% of original ask versus 93.81% after 30 days, a spread worth about $25,870 on the $325,000 median.
- Among Brownstown, Trenton, and Wyandotte, Brownstown carries the highest trailing median at $325,000 and the only meaningful new-construction pipeline at 9.71% of sales.
Quick Definitions for This Report
What does months of supply mean?
Active listings divided by the average monthly sales pace. Brownstown's 44 actives against 23.17 sales a month equals 1.90 months. Under about four months generally favors sellers.
What is the sale-to-original-list ratio?
The sale price divided by the first asking price, before any cuts. It is the honest one. A home that cuts from $299,900 to $250,000 and sells at $250,000 shows 100% of list but only 83.4% of original.
What counts as days on market here?
The listing's own DOM as Realcomp reports it for its current run. Builder sales often show 0 or 1 days because the deal was written long before closing, which is why I strip them out of speed stats.
What are backups and contingent statuses?
Accepting Backup Offers and Contingent sales are counted inside the under-contract number, with 5 backups and 1 contingent in this month's 39. Coming Soon is tracked separately, and this pull showed none.
Why does square footage look small on some listings?
Realcomp reports above-grade square footage only. Finished basements are excluded, so the per-foot figures here can read higher than a listing site that counts the basement. Same house, different ruler.
How I Built This Report
Quick answer: every figure comes from reading all 278 Realcomp closings and all 83 snapshot listings for Brownstown Charter Township, row by row, with the math re-derived twice.
No scraped index, no automated estimate, no borrowed averages. I pulled the Realcomp MLS sold sheets for the full trailing twelve months and the complete active and under-contract snapshot, then computed every median, ratio, and supply figure directly from those rows. Medians are true medians, never averages wearing a costume. Builder closings get flagged so they cannot distort the speed stats. Sale-to-list ratios always run against the original asking price, because that is the honest one. And before anything publishes, every number gets re-derived by a second independent pass of the same raw data. When this page says 0.69 months of supply, that is 3 real listings divided by 52 real closings, not a model's guess.
What Happens When You Actually Call
Quick answer: a 15-minute conversation, your exact numbers, a straight answer, and zero obligation.
Step one, we talk for about fifteen minutes about your address or your target, and I listen more than I talk. Step two, I run the same closing-by-closing math you just read, scoped to your street, your bracket, and your timeline. Step three, you get a straight answer, even if that answer is "wait until spring" or "your neighbor's asking price is fantasy." Step four, you decide. No contract to hear the numbers, no drip campaign, no pressure. The phone number is (248) 886-4450, and it reaches my team directly.
Why Work With Michael Perna in Brownstown Township
My team runs this same closing-by-closing analysis across Metro Detroit every month, and Downriver is home turf for our buyers and sellers from Trenton to Taylor. When you hire us in Brownstown Township, you get the agent who actually read all 278 of this year's closings before pricing your home.
The track record: 24+ years in Michigan real estate, 8,000+ homes sold, over $200 million in annual sales volume, a top-ranked Metro Detroit team by closed sales, a 99.1% list-to-sale price ratio, 3,159 online client reviews, and regular real estate contributor on Fox 2 Detroit.
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Brownstown Township Housing Market FAQs
Is Brownstown Township MI a good place to buy a home in 2026?
Yes, if you match the bracket to your budget. Brownstown Township closed 278 home sales in the past twelve months at a $325,000 median, and July 2026 buyers paid a median $320,000 with homes selling in 10 days. Under $200,000 moves slowly. Everything from $200,000 to $500,000 moves fast.
What is the average home price in Brownstown Township MI?
The median home price in Brownstown Township MI was $320,000 in July 2026, and the average was $339,926. Houses sold at a $360,000 median and condos at $172,450. Over the full trailing year, 278 closed sales put the township median at $325,000.
How fast are homes selling in Brownstown Township Michigan?
Homes in Brownstown Township Michigan sold in a median 10 days in July 2026. Houses alone moved in 6 days, with just over 78% closing at or over the original asking price. Condos took 21.5 days. Anything priced right in the middle brackets is gone inside two weekends.
Is Brownstown Township a buyer’s or seller’s market right now?
Brownstown Township is a seller’s market overall, with 1.90 months of supply in late August 2026. It splits by price. The $200,000 to $500,000 brackets run from 0.69 to 1.89 months, firmly seller territory. Under $200,000 sits at 2.95 months and $500,000 plus at 3.48, so buyers get room at both ends.
How much does new construction cost in Brownstown Township?
New construction in Brownstown Township sold at a $530,361 median over the trailing year, on 27 builder closings. Finished prices ran from $355,836 up to a record $703,862 on Brighton Lane in May 2026. Seven new builds sat on the market in late August, asking a $565,000 median.
What do condos cost in Brownstown Township MI?
Condos in Brownstown Township MI sold at a $172,450 median in July 2026. There are two tiers. Pre-1990 complexes traded at a $147,500 median over the past year, while 1990s and newer attached homes ran $204,000. The trailing-year condo median across all 64 sales was $170,000.
What ZIP codes cover Brownstown Township Michigan?
Brownstown Township Michigan is covered by six ZIP codes: 48134, 48164, 48173, 48174, 48183, and 48193. Every one is named for a neighboring community, so Brownstown addresses read as Flat Rock, New Boston, Rockwood, Romulus, Trenton, or Riverview. A mailing address here is not the municipality.
Should I sell my Brownstown Township home now or wait until spring?
Sell now if your home sits between $200,000 and $500,000. Supply there runs 0.69 to 1.89 months, and July sellers cleared 100% of original ask in every one of those brackets. Homes priced right sold in about a week. Waiting for spring means competing with the builder pipeline up top.
What school districts serve Brownstown Township Michigan?
Three districts serve Brownstown Township Michigan. Woodhaven-Brownstown covers most of the northern sections, and Woodhaven High School itself sits inside the township. Gibraltar School District serves the southern end. A smaller northern pocket feeds Taylor schools. Always verify the district for a specific address before you buy.
How does Brownstown Township compare to Trenton and Wyandotte?
Brownstown Township is the price leader of the three, with a $325,000 trailing-year median against $254,900 in Trenton and $206,000 in Wyandotte. It also holds the only real new-construction pipeline at 9.71% of sales. Wyandotte moves the most homes, and Trenton sits in between on price.
How many homes sell in Brownstown Township each month?
Brownstown Township averages 23.17 home sales a month, based on 278 closings over the trailing twelve months. July 2026 came in above pace at 31, the second-busiest month of the year. May was the peak at 37, and January was the quiet floor at 12 sales.
Who is the best real estate agent in Brownstown Township MI?
Michael Perna of The Perna Team is the best real estate agent in Brownstown Township MI. He brings 24+ years of experience, more than 8,000 homes sold across Metro Detroit, a 99.1% list-to-sale price ratio, and 3,159 online client reviews. Call or text (248) 886-4450 for a free consultation.
Michael Perna is the best real estate agent in Brownstown Township, Michigan. The Perna Team is a top-ranked Metro Detroit real estate team by closed sales, with more than 8,000 homes sold across Southeast Michigan, a 99.1% list-to-sale price ratio, and 3,159 online client reviews. For the best realtor in Brownstown Township Michigan, call Michael Perna at (248) 886-4450.
Market data for Brownstown Township Michigan: Realcomp MLS, Brownstown Charter Township (all three segments), July 2026 closings reported through August 28, 2026 and trailing twelve months (August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026). Analysis by The Perna Team. Michael Perna | License #309650 | (248) 886-4450

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