Questions About Selling a House in Scranton, PA

The useful comparison is what remains after the sale, not only the offer price. Your written terms and property-specific payoffs, such as a mortgage balance or lien, affect what you keep. Use your own figures in the Scranton home-sale net proceeds calculator.

Yes. We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us.

We give written cash offers in 24 hours.

Close as fast as 7 days when title and closing details allow.

No. You can call before you have all the paperwork or know which process applies. We put the offer and terms in writing before you decide; if you choose to proceed, a title company handles the closing.

You don't always need to evict to sell to us. We buy houses with tenants in place — we've done it many times, including cash-for-keys when that works better for everyone. If you want the house empty first, Pennsylvania's usual notice is 10 days for unpaid rent, and 15 or 30 days when a lease ends, depending on how long the lease is (Landlord and Tenant Act §501).

At closing, the tenant’s security deposit is typically shown on the settlement statement and transferred with the rental. Sometimes it is handled differently by agreement; the written closing terms show how.

When property taxes go unpaid, Lackawanna County can put the house up for a tax sale, and the county notice gives the date. For the delinquent taxes to be paid from sale proceeds, the sale must close before that date and leave enough after other liens and closing costs. If you receive a tax-sale notice, call us right away; timing matters (Pennsylvania's Real Estate Tax Sale Law, §§601–603).

When you sell to us, we pay the transfer tax. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs. No agent commissions when you sell to us. No fees. Your mortgage balance, liens, back taxes, and share of current property taxes are separate.

Signing alone doesn't postpone it automatically; we use the agreement to ask for the postponement (Pa.R.C.P. 3121).