Aretha Franklin’s Detroit-area home has found a buyer after spending years on and off the market.
Located about 25 miles northwest of Detroit, the Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, house first hit the market in October 2018 for $800,000 and was relisted in July 2019 for $1.2 million, Mansion Global reported at the time. When it found a buyer on Tuesday, it was asking $849,000.
Franklin, who grew up in Detroit, owned the home when she died in August 2018, records showed at the time, but now the homeownership is under the lawyers managing her estate. It isn’t clear when the “Queen of Soul” bought the house or how much she paid.
Spanning about 4,100 square feet on a 1-acre lot, the house sports a brick exterior and has renovated interiors, according to the listing with Kathy Broock of Max Broock Realtors. She didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
A double-height marble foyer with a crystal chandelier leads into a great room with equally high ceilings, a fireplace and glass doors that lead out to one of the two back decks.
There are five bedrooms and five and a half bathrooms, including a main-floor primary suite with a bathroom featuring a large soaking tub and dual vanities.
Detroit rose in the ranks as one of the hottest luxury markets in the U.S. during the third quarter. At that time, the metro area’s luxury median listing price was $750,289.
Franklin, who was 76 when she died, won 18 Grammy Awards, and in 1987, she became the first female performer to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Another former Detroit home of hers recently underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation, done by a couple who purchased it in 2023, according to the Detroit Free Press, and a Los Angeles-area property once owned by Franklin is also up for sale.
