South Lyon, MI Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around South Lyon, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what South Lyon sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of October 2026.

The snapshot

• •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 160
• •Median sold price, last 6 months: $240,000
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $156
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $156,500 and $425,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 160 closed sales in South Lyon over the last six months, with a median closing price of $240,000. 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 $156,500 and $425,000. 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 160 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $118 and $194 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in South Lyon, MI (October 2026)

The median home price in South Lyon is $240,000, measured across the 160 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $156,500 and $425,000.

Where South Lyon sale prices land

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in South Lyon 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 $156,500 and $425,000. Among the 78 Michigan markets with a published band, South Lyon's middle-half spread ($156,500 to $425,000) ranks 75th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 95th percentile of the 2,230 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of October 3, 2026.

How long a sale takes here

• •Listed to under contract: a median of 13 days, across 100 South Lyon closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
• •Contract to closing: a median of 23 days, across 99 South Lyon closings Resideline tracked in the last six months

The South Lyon angle

A band running from $156,500 to $425,000 this wide tells you that the citywide median is a weak anchor for a specific South Lyon address. $240,000 summarises the record, but it does not describe the house you are looking at, and the gap between the ends of the band is broader here than in most markets we track. What helps is volume. 160 closings is a solid base, so the right move is to stop leaning on the citywide figure and build a comp set that matches on type, size and condition. Neither direction holds more of the band's width than the other.

South Lyon market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for South Lyon ZIP codes: 48178.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. 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, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR 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 South Lyon 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: South Lyon, MI
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 2675100
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 160
Median sold price: $240,000
Median sold $/sqft: $156 (160 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 South Lyon over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the South Lyon city limits 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 18% of the 160 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $220,000.