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August 21, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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Shelby Township, MI Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Shelby Township: a median closing price of $397,750 across 629 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Shelby Township, MI Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

Shelby Township produces a steady stream of closings but little consensus: sales over the last six months span a range wide enough that the median is a midpoint between different markets, not a going rate. The distribution below matters more than the headline.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 629
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $397,750
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $175
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $275,500 and $592,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 629 closed sales in Shelby Township over the last six months, with a median closing price of $397,750. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $275,500 and $592,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 626 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $139 and $214 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Shelby Township, MI (September 2026)

The median home price in Shelby Township is $397,750, measured across the 629 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $275,500 and $592,000.

Where Shelby Township sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Shelby Township
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $276k to $592k
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$140k to $230k: 59 sales$140k$230k to $320k: 135 sales135sales$320k to $410k: 106 sales$320k$410k to $500k: 78 sales$500k to $590k: 56 sales$500k$590k to $680k: 63 sales$680k to $770k: 35 sales$680k$770k to $860k: 25 salesMedian $398k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Shelby Township over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $275,500 and $592,000. Among the 78 Michigan markets with a published band, Shelby Township's middle-half spread ($275,500 to $592,000) ranks 73rd from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Shelby Township monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, Apr 2026 to Aug 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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Apr 2026: $172 per square foot across 101 sales$172AprMay 2026: $162 per square foot across 129 sales$162MayJun 2026: $175 per square foot across 128 sales$175JunJul 2026: $179 per square foot across 92 sales$179JulAug 2026: $181 per square foot across 90 sales$181Aug

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 12 days, across 428 Shelby Township closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 25 days, across 460 Shelby Township closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 629 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Shelby Township angle

Deep coverage paired with a broad middle half gives you both the problem and its remedy. The width means $397,750 is a weak anchor for any single address. The upper half of the band is the wider half, so the top of the range is the more scattered part. A subject that belongs up there should be priced from closings that also sit up there, not from anything pulled out of the middle, and the result is more honest as a range than as a point value.

From market read to offer price

A spread this wide means the citywide number cannot price a specific address; the step that matters is the property-level read. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Shelby Township address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Shelby Township, MI
Geography: charter township (minor civil division), Census county subdivision 2609972820
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 629
Median sold price: $397,750
Median sold $/sqft: $175 (626 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Shelby Township over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track across Shelby Charter Township are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 11% of the 629 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $410,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Shelby Township?

The median sold price in Shelby Township over the last 6 months is $397,750, measured across 629 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Shelby Township last month?

Resideline tracked 91 closed sales in Shelby Township in August 2026, out of 629 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Shelby Township?

The middle half of Shelby Township sales over the last six months closed between $275,500 and $592,000, with a median of $397,750.

What is the typical price per square foot in Shelby Township?

Among qualifying Shelby Township closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $175, measured across 626 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

How do I narrow Shelby Township's wide price band?

With filters, not adjustments. That matched set should produce the number, with $397,750 used only as a check. Subjects above $397,750 sit in the wider half and deserve a stated range.

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