I found this article on Curbed interesting. They are looking for first-person stories about people who have purchased a house through the auction. I found it particularly interesting that the young man profiled, who bought a house in the Marygrove neighborhood, did so after

"seemingly endless disappointments trying to find a home in the so-called glamorous neighborhoods closer to downtown."

While its just one person's story, any evidence that the midtown/downtown growth is slowly finding its way to other neighborhoods is nice to hear.

http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2...nk-auction.php