Austin Black II, a broker and owner of City Living Detroit, says he is amazed at how many executives have decided that it's time to live in Detroit, because for years they would house-hunt only in the nicer suburbs, where there were 217 million-dollar homes that sold in 2014 and 229 through October, Realcomp data shows. Inventory in the city has been low for months, Black said, with only a few homes for sale in prime neighborhoods. It's gotten so tight, he said, that he has gone door to door in a few neighborhoods seeking homeowners who want to sell.