Takes about two minutes. Or call
(313) 710-6129 — we answer.
How selling to us works in Lansing
Tell us about the house
The address is enough to start in Lansing. If you know the condition, the roof age or
what is owed, that gets us to a firmer number faster.
Get a written offer in 24 hours
A real number on paper, with the comparable sales and the repair estimate it came
from. No obligation and nothing to sign.
You pick the closing date
Seven days if you need it, ninety if you do not. We buy as-is, cover standard closing
costs, and take the house with whatever is still in it.
The Lansing market, by the numbers
From our own transaction records and HUD data for Lansing ZIP codes.
Updated 2026-09-14.
Lansing · MI
3 bed / 2 bathTypical home we buy
1,554 sq ftMedian size
1910Median year built
46 daysMedian days on market
8ZIP codes we buy in
Across the Lansing properties in our records, the median time on market is 46 days. A cash sale skips that window entirely — there is no listing period, no showings, and no financing contingency that can collapse at day 30.
The typical Lansing home we look at was built in 1910, which means roof age, original electrical, and HVAC are the items that most often blow up a retail contract after inspection. We buy those as-is and price the repairs into the offer instead of asking you to make them.
Lansing turns over on a state-government and university calendar, and the housing stock is early-century. One wrinkle specific to Michigan: taxable value uncaps on transfer, so the buyer's tax bill is not the one on your statement — worth understanding before you judge any offer.
Local viewLansing, MichiganPhoto: Andrew Martin · CC BY 3.0 · Cropped and resized for web
Water bills and municipal liens attach to the property
Unpaid water and sewer charges follow the deed here, not the person. They are payable out of closing proceeds — but a lender will usually walk once they surface on title.
Open code citations and the inspection cycle
Open citations follow the property and several municipalities escrow funds at closing until they are corrected. We treat that as a normal line item rather than a surprise at the table.
ZIP codes we buy in around Lansing
4882048906489104891148912489154891748933
That is 8 ZIP codes across Lansing — including 48820, 48906, 48910 and 48911. Not listed? We still look at it — Michigan deals outside these ZIPs come through regularly.
What homes are actually selling for in Lansing
From 907 recorded sales in the Lansing ZIP codes we buy in. Most “we buy houses” sites will not show you this, which makes it very hard to judge whether an offer you receive is reasonable.
Recorded sales · Lansing
$177,000Median sale price
$128Median per sq ft
907Sales analysed
1953Median year built
The middle half of Lansing sales ran $111,000 to $253,579. A range that wide is why condition and block matter more than square footage when we price a property.
Home size
Median sale price
Sales
2-bedroom
$108,000
215
3-bedroom
$191,200
500
4-bedroom
$268,000
161
Recorded sales in our own comparable-sales database for these ZIP
codes. Sale prices reflect what buyers paid for homes in their condition at the time —
they are not an appraisal of your property and not an offer.
Lansing by ZIP code
We underwrite by ZIP, not by city. Here is what each one looks like in our data:
ZIP
Median sale
Per sq ft
Sales
HUD 3BR rent
48906
$195,000
$138
159
—
48910
$145,200
$124
230
—
48911
$180,000
$126
137
—
48912
$145,000
$125
131
—
48915
$115,000
$100
85
—
48917
$270,000
$140
163
—
Look at the gap between 48917 ($270,000) and 48915 ($115,000). Same city, roughly 135% apart. Anyone quoting you a citywide price per square foot is not looking at your block.
Sale figures are medians of recorded sales in our comparable-sales
database; rent is HUD Fair Market Rent for that ZIP. A dash means we do not hold enough data
for that ZIP to publish a number we would stand behind.
Neighborhoods we buy in around Lansing
We underwrite by block, not by city line. These are the Lansing neighborhoods where we hold enough recorded sales to publish a median:
The gap between Groesbeck ($285,200) and New Neighbors United ($80,000) is 256% — inside one city. That spread is the whole reason we will not quote a number off the address alone.
Also buying in
We buy across Lansing, including these. We do not hold a mapped boundary for them, so rather than estimate a median we show the ZIP each one sits in — and the per-ZIP medians are in the table further up this page.
REO Town 48910
Waverly 48917
Neighborhood boundaries from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Sale figures are medians of recorded sales in our own comparable-sales database for those boundaries — they describe the area, not your house, and they are not an offer.
What that means for an offer in Lansing
So you can check anyone's numbers, including ours: here is the standard calculation applied to a median-priced Lansing home.
After-repair value — what it sells for once renovated
$177,000
− Repairs to get it there
−$21,000
− Holding, closing and resale costs
−$17,500
− The buyer's margin
−$21,000
= Illustrative cash offer
$117,500
This is an illustration, not an offer on your house. Treat it as a sanity check on any offer you receive, ours included. The arithmetic is standard; what varies is honesty about the repair number.
If your house is in good condition, this is also the calculation that tells you to
list it instead. We will say so. The full breakdown of
how the offer is built covers where the line falls.
How a closing actually works in Michigan
Michigan closings are typically handled by a title company. The wrinkle worth knowing is that taxable value uncaps on transfer, so the buyer's tax bill will not match the one on your statement — and in Detroit specifically, city rental certification and any open blight tickets have to be cleared before a file closes.
On our side the sequence is the same every time: title search, payoff figures ordered on
any existing mortgage, liens and municipal balances identified, then funds and deed recorded.
Nothing about a cash sale skips title work — what it skips is the lender, the appraisal
and the financing contingency, which is where most retail contracts on Lansing houses
actually die.
General information about how these transactions typically proceed, not
legal or tax advice. Your closing agent or attorney is the authority on your specific file.
Our offer versus listing it in Lansing
Listing with an agent
Our cash offer
Agent commission
About 6% of the sale price
None
Repairs before closing
Buyer and appraiser both have a say
None — we buy as-is
Cleaning and showings
Open houses and strangers in the house
Neither
Time to close
46 days on market, then another 30–45 to close
7–14 days once title is clear
Financing falls through
The most common reason a sale collapses
No lender involved
Closing costs
Customarily paid by the seller
We cover the standard ones
Certainty of the number
Offers can be renegotiated after inspection
The written number is the number
The listing timeline is the median days on market for Lansing in our own records, plus a typical financed closing. Commission is the customary 6% and varies by agreement.
Three days to change your mind
If you accept an offer, you have three days after signing to walk away for any reason
at all, with nothing owed and no explanation needed. We would rather lose a deal than
have someone feel cornered into one.
Sometimes you should not sell to us
If the house is in good shape and you are not in a hurry, listing it will almost
always net you more than we can offer. That is not us being modest — we buy at a
discount because we take on the repairs, the carrying costs and the risk.
We will tell you when that is your situation. It is a faster conversation for both of
us than pretending otherwise.
Why Lansing sellers call us
Most people who reach out are not shopping for the highest number — they are solving
something with a deadline attached. These pages cover what changes in each case:
The house has been vacant through a winter. Do you still want it?
Yes. Frozen and burst pipes are one of the most common things we see, and the resulting water damage is exactly what removes retail buyers from the pool.
How fast can you close in Lansing?
Typically 7-14 days once title is clear, because there is no lender underwriting. For comparison, the median Lansing listing in our records sits 46 days before it is even under contract, and closing runs another 30-45 days after that.
What about delinquent property taxes?
Delinquent taxes get paid from the sale proceeds. If the county has already begun forfeiture there is a deadline involved, so tell us early and we will check where it actually stands.
What fees or commissions will I pay?
None. There is no agent commission, no listing fee, and we cover standard closing costs. The number on the offer is what you net, minus any existing mortgage payoff or liens.
Get your Lansing cash offer
Send the address and we will come back within a day with a written number and the comps
it came from. If listing would net you more, we will tell you that instead.
Takes about two minutes. Or call
(313) 710-6129 — we answer.
Also from Restar
Want the data behind all of this?
Restar Acquisitions is the acquisitions arm of Restar — a housing-market analytics
platform tracking 180+ metrics across every U.S. market, with composite scores and 12-month
price forecasts. The numbers on this page come from the same work.
