We buy houses in North Philadelphia
North Philadelphia is where the paperwork is usually harder than the building. That is the part we are built for.
- A written cash offer, usually within one business day
- No commission and no repairs — we buy it as it stands
- Liens, back taxes, tenants and probate are all workable
- You pick the settlement date
Get your North Philadelphia cash offer
Two minutes. No fee, no obligation.
What the housing stock is
Brick rowhomes, a great many of them pre-war, on blocks that range from fully occupied and well kept to half vacant. Strawberry Mansion, Nicetown-Tioga, Brewerytown, Fairhill and the blocks around Temple all behave like separate markets, and values move street by street rather than by section.
The three things that stop sales here
- Vacancy. A house nobody has lived in for years attracts break-ins, copper theft and people with no right to be there, and it deteriorates fast once the roof goes.
- Tax delinquency. Years of unpaid real estate tax plus unpaid water and sewer, all recorded against the parcel and all of it due at settlement.
- Heir property. An owner who died without an estate ever being opened, and a family who assumed the house was simply theirs.
Any one of those is enough to make a financed buyer impossible. All three at once is a normal Tuesday for us.
How we handle it
Liens are paid at settlement out of the proceeds — you do not bring money to the table. Title work, heir tracing and lien clearance are done by our own title company rather than sent out. And because we pay cash, we can commit to the purchase while that work is still in progress instead of waiting for a lender to be satisfied.
If the property is in the city's tax foreclosure pipeline, time matters. Call before a sale date is set, not after — the options shrink fast in the last month.
How selling to us works
Tell us about the house
Two minutes on the form or one phone call. Address, rough condition, and what is going on. You do not need to have anything cleaned up or figured out first.
We check the numbers
We pull the comparable sales, the tax and lien position, and whatever else is on record for the property. Usually same day, always within one business day.
You get a real cash offer
A written, no-obligation number with the math behind it, so you can see how we got there. No fee to hear it and no pressure to take it.
You pick the closing date
Two weeks, two months, or after the holidays. We settle at a title company, you get certified funds, and you leave whatever you do not want behind.
Situations we handle in North Philadelphia
None of these are unusual to us. Most of the houses we buy come with at least one.
Facing foreclosure
Stop the clock. We can close before the sheriff sale date and settle what you owe.
See how this works →Inherited a property
A house you did not ask for, in a city you may not live in. We handle it end to end.
See how this works →Administering an estate
Executor duties, probate, and a house to deal with while you are still grieving.
See how this works →Liens, judgments & title problems
Tax liens, water bills, old mortgages, clouded title. We own a title company.
See how this works →House needs work
Roof, water damage, full gut, hoarder cleanout. We buy it exactly as it stands.
See how this works →Problem tenants
Not paying, will not leave, trashing the place. Sell it with them still in it.
See how this works →Squatters
Someone is living in your property who has no right to be. We deal with it.
See how this works →Moving to senior care
Free up the equity to pay for care, on a timeline that fits the move-in date.
See how this works →Out-of-state owner
You do not have to fly in. Everything can be handled remotely and notarized where you are.
See how this works →Relocating for work
A start date in another state and a house that has not sold yet.
See how this works →North Philadelphia questions
How fast can you close on a house in North Philadelphia?
Usually the offer comes back the same day or the next business day, and most purchases settle in under 30 days. It can be as quick as about a week. It runs longer when there is something to untangle first — an estate that has not been opened, a large payoff, or a title defect. We tell you which one you are in before you commit to anything.
What gets paid off at settlement on a North Philadelphia property?
In North Philadelphia the usual ones are delinquent City of Philadelphia real estate tax, unpaid water and sewer, and open Licenses & Inspections violations. Judgments and old unreleased mortgages turn up regularly too. All of them are recorded against the parcel and all of them are paid or resolved at settlement out of the sale proceeds — you do not normally bring money to the table. Our own title company, Prosperity Abstract, does that work rather than sending it out.
Do I need an inspection or repairs to sell in North Philadelphia?
No. The City of Philadelphia does not require a municipal resale inspection to transfer a property, and we do not ask for a buyer's inspection contingency in North Philadelphia or anywhere else. We buy the house in the condition it is in.
Nearby
We buy across the city and the surrounding counties. These are the closest markets to North Philadelphia.
Kensington
Dense pre-war rowhomes, heavy investor traffic, and blocks that change character in fifty feet.
See how we buy in Kensington →Germantown
Big old twins, stone singles and Victorians — beautiful, enormous, and expensive to carry.
See how we buy in Germantown →Hunting Park & Nicetown
The single busiest market in our closed files — dense rows, real vacancy, and deep tax arrears.
See how we buy in Hunting Park & Nicetown →Find out what your North Philadelphia house is worth in cash
It takes about two minutes to ask and there is no fee for the answer. If a cash sale is not your best move, we will say so.