All five boroughs of New York City (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island), each of which is its own county: New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx and Richmond.
In New York City the hard part of selling is rarely finding interest; it's the paperwork, the tenants and the repairs. A cash buyer who knows the boroughs can take a house with open violations, family in the upstairs unit or an estate still in court, and close without you fixing a thing first.
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Selling a house in New York City
Outside Manhattan the city's houses are mostly attached brick and frame rowhouses, brownstones and two- and three-family houses, with detached houses in eastern Queens and on Staten Island. Old boilers and oil tanks, leaking flat roofs and parapets, crumbling stoops, illegal basement or cellar units and lead paint are the usual problems.
Buyers make offers on houses across the City of New York, including:
- Bedford-Stuyvesant
- East New York
- Canarsie
- Jamaica
- South Ozone Park
- Far Rockaway
- Mott Haven
- Williamsbridge
- Harlem
- Port Richmond
Common situations in City of New York
How each one works locally — and why a cash sale can help. General information, not legal advice.
Probate and inherited houses
Each borough has its own Surrogate's Court (Kings County Surrogate's Court for Brooklyn, Queens County Surrogate's Court for Queens, and so on). The executor or administrator that court appoints is the one who can sign the deed.
More on probate and inherited houses →Behind on the mortgage
Foreclosures are filed in the New York State Supreme Court for the borough's county, and after a judgment a referee auctions the house. Owner-occupants go through settlement conferences first, so these cases often run for years. You own the house until the sale, so you can usually still sell.
More on behind on the mortgage →Behind on property taxes
The New York City Department of Finance bills property taxes, and unpaid taxes and water and sewer charges can be sold in the city's tax lien sale, after which the lien holder can foreclose.
More on behind on property taxes →Code violations and city orders
The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) issues housing maintenance code violations, and the Department of Buildings handles construction, unsafe-building and illegal-conversion violations. Open violations stay on the record until they are cleared.
More on code violations and city orders →Tired of being a landlord
Evictions are heard in Housing Court, the housing part of the Civil Court of the City of New York, in each borough. You can sell with tenants in place — paying, behind, or mid-eviction.
More on tired of being a landlord →No fees or commissions, no showings or repairs, and buyers never see your contact details until you choose one. How DealSherpa works.
Selling for cash in New York City: questions
My Brooklyn two-family has a tenant who won't leave and open HPD violations. Can I still sell it?
Yes. Investors buy occupied houses with open violations in every borough. The tenancy and the violations go with the house, and the buyer prices them in instead of asking you to clear them before closing.
How fast can I sell my house for cash in New York City?
New York sales are usually handled by attorneys for both sides; the closing pays off the mortgage, the taxes and any liens before you're paid. Once you accept an offer, most the City of New York cash sales close in one to three weeks — sooner if there's no estate or lien paperwork to clear, or later on a date you choose.
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