Sell Your Old, Outdated House in Scranton PA Fast for Cash

We’re Scranton PA's leading cash home buyer. We have the training, expertise and, most importantly, the experience to close the sale on your old house.

Some cash buyers will promise you anything to buy your property, but they can’t deliver on those promises when it’s closing time.

We offer you the following advantages of working with us:

1. You sell quick
2. You sell for cash
3. You sell “AS IS”
4. No extra expenses
5. No endless showings
6. No waiting months for a buyer

When you need to sell your old house in Scranton, you have several options.

The Easy Way:

1. Contact us, and we’ll come to your house.
2. We’ll make a cash offer.
3. If you accept our offer, we’ll open escrow.
4. Within an average of 3-30 days from the time you sign the sales contract, we’ll close escrow, and you’ll have your cash.
5. We’ll even pay your closing costs! You can also leave any unwanted items in the house for us to handle.

The Hard Way:

1. Locate a real estate agent who has experience marketing and selling older homes. This may take some research since some agents won’t list very old homes, especially with damages, since they must also disclose known issues and damages on the seller’s property disclosure.
2. Sign the listing contract and complete the property disclosure.
3. Market your house. This step might include holding your house open to the public.
4. Wait for a buyer who qualifies to purchase your house.
5. Sign the sales contract and open escrow.
6. Open your house for professional inspections and an appraiser hired by your buyers.
7. Wait for your buyer’s mortgage to be approved by the lender. Buyers of old homes many times have lenders fail to approve loans on older properties due to old wiring and plumbing.
8. If the lender backs out, wait for your buyer to find a new lender who will write a loan for your house.
9. Hold your breath waiting for the official lender’s appraisal price to match your home’s sale price. This may not be a match, particularly in older home sales. Wait for a second appraisal when that happens – or wait for your buyer to ask to negotiate the sales price.
10. Wait for your buyer to locate a hazard insurance company to issue a policy on the house. Insurers aren’t excited about writing policies on old houses with old plumbing and electric wiring.
11. Close escrow and pay your agent, transfer fees, and all the other closing costs.

When you need to sell your old house in Scranton fast, you really have one practical option.

We close quickly, and we pay cash. Cash speeds the buying process and eliminates a number of steps during the closing process.

Contact us for a non-obligation cash offer on your old house. It’s free!

Yes, Pennsylvania law requires you to disclose any material damage when selling an old home in Scranton.

Homeowners need to complete a seller’s property disclosure and provide that to all prospective buyers or their real estate agents.

If homeowners don’t disclose known damage when selling an old home, they’re on the hook for potential legal actions from the buyers.

This could mean your buyers walk away from the sale when they discover the damage, or it could mean you’re sued by the buyers after the sale closes and they find the problems.

Unfortunately, yes: selling an old house in Scranton can be extremely hard. Most buyers want homes with few problems, and older homes typically have many, even when they’ve been well maintained by the owners.

After you’ve found a buyer who will purchase your old house, many lenders and hazard insurance companies balk at working with buyers of old homes.

They aren’t interested in lending on or insuring homes with old plumbing, wiring, roofs and mechanicals.

Even when the fixtures and mechanicals are in good condition, they still pose a greater hazard compared with newer homes. Unless you’ve updated all the systems and utility services in your home, your buyers will find it difficult to locate a lender to write a loan for your house.

When your home has deferred maintenance or damage, it’s less likely your buyers will be able to find a lender or insurer for their new purchase.