We buy houses in Essex County, NJ
Sell your house fast in Essex County, NJ, for cash and as-is.
An Essex County house can hold years of family history and a repair list you can't afford to finish. We buy houses for cash across the county, from Newark and East Orange to Bloomfield, Montclair and Livingston. You can sell your house fast without getting it ready for showings.
Tell us what's happening with the property. Maybe the upstairs apartment is empty, the basement smells damp, or you're paying to heat a house you no longer live in. We'll give you a cash offer within 24 hours. You sell as-is, leave the cleanup to us and choose a settlement date that fits your plans.
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Essex County housing by the numbers
- 863,002
- Residents
- $524,100
- Median home value
- 1958
- Typical home built
- 44.9%
- Owner-occupied homes
Essex County's median year built is 1958, so an older roof or worn heating system can be a real part of your sale. With 44.9% of homes owner-occupied, renters make up the larger share, and maintaining a rental can become more work than you want. The median home value of $524,100 doesn't tell you what your house needs, so we look at its condition before making an offer.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.
The kinds of Essex County houses we buy
Essex County has different kinds of houses within a short drive. Newark's Ironbound has attached homes and small multifamily properties, while East Orange and Irvington have older houses with separate upstairs and downstairs apartments. In Montclair and South Orange, you may be selling a larger older home with wood floors, a deep porch and rooms that haven't changed in years. Bloomfield and Nutley also have compact single-family homes where replacing the kitchen can mean opening up old plumbing and wiring.
Further west, a house in West Orange, Livingston or Roseland may have a garage, more yard and a basement filled with things you meant to sort. We look at the whole property, including additions, worn finishes and repairs that were started but never completed. You don't have to make an old house look new to get an offer. We buy single-family houses and small multifamily homes in their present condition, including properties that have been empty.
The Essex County situations we buy in
An older heating system
An older Montclair or South Orange house may still have radiators and a boiler you've been keeping alive through every New Jersey winter. If the heat is unreliable or the windows leak, another winter is a real expense. We look at the equipment as it stands and include the work in our offer.
A Newark or East Orange rental
Owning a two-family house means dealing with more than your own living space. An upstairs leak, a vacant apartment or calls about the shared basement can eat into your evenings. We buy Essex County rentals with tenants still there. Tell us about the leases and condition, and we'll work out the next steps with you.
Water in the basement
Rain and melting snow can leave an Essex County basement wet, with peeling walls or belongings you can't use anymore. You may have tried a sump pump and still dread the next storm. We can make an offer with the water problem included. You don't need to dry everything out or replace the flooring before reaching out.
Behind on the mortgage
New Jersey foreclosures go through court first, then the sheriff schedules an auction. In Essex County, the sale is advertised for four weeks before it happens. Call us with the address and the sale date. If we buy before that date, the lender is paid off at settlement and the sale is stopped.
An inherited house full of belongings
You may have inherited a house in Belleville or Caldwell while living somewhere else. Sorting every drawer and arranging repairs can keep pushing the sale back. We buy with the furniture and unwanted belongings left inside. We can discuss an offer while the estate paperwork is being completed and arrange settlement when you're able to sign.
Moving while the house still needs work
If your move is already planned, you may not have time to paint bedrooms or replace the back steps. Paying for two places makes the unfinished work harder to face. We can close in 30 days or less, or on your chosen date. Tell us when you need to move so we can plan around it.
How selling for cash works in Essex County
Start with a call or the form and give us your Essex County property address. We review the house and send an offer within 24 hours. Once you accept, a title company handles settlement, checks the title and arranges the mortgage payoff. You pick the date. There are no closing costs, and you don't need to schedule repairs or open houses.
New Jersey foreclosures go through court. The lender files a case in Superior Court, and if the lender wins, the court directs the sheriff to schedule a sale. Essex County sheriff's sales run every other Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in the 14th Floor Conference Room of the Leroy F. Smith, Jr. Public Safety Building, 60 West Market Street in Newark.
The sheriff advertises each property for four weeks before the sale, so your listed date gives us a deadline to work toward. If we buy before the auction, the lender is paid off at settlement and the sale is stopped. Send us any foreclosure papers early so the title company has time to arrange the payoff.
How it works
Three steps to a cash sale.
Tell us about the house
Fill out the short form or give us a call. Share the address, the condition and what's going on. That's all we need to get started.
Get your cash offer
We review the house and send you a fair cash offer within 24 hours. You'll see how we got to the number, and you're under no obligation to take it.
Close on your date
You pick the closing date. We can close in 30 days or less, or later if you need more time. A title company handles the paperwork and you walk away with cash.
Run the numbers on a Essex County sale
Our cash offer will come in under what your house would list for. Anyone who tells you otherwise is setting up a renegotiation after you have already committed.
What counts is what you walk away with. The median home in Essex County is worth about $524,100. List a house like that and a six percent commission is $31,446 before you pay for a single repair. Add whatever the buyer's inspection asks you to fix, plus months of mortgage, taxes, insurance and utilities while it sits. Then put our number next to that.
Sometimes listing still comes out ahead, and when it does, you should list. We'd rather tell you that than buy a house you end up wishing you had kept on the market.
A simpler way to sell your Essex County house
Selling with a real estate agent
- Six percent in commissions off your sale price
- Repairs, cleanup and staging before it lists
- Showings with strangers walking through your home
- Two to three months on the market, then a wait to close
- Deals that fall through when the buyer's loan does
Selling to MalBuysHouses Nationwide
- A cash offer within 24 hours
- Close in 30 days or less, on your schedule
- No repairs and no cleanup. Sell it as-is
- No agent commissions and no closing costs
- One honest offer and no pressure to take it
What sellers say about working with Mal
"Malachi saved us from losing everything. We closed in 9 days and walked away with cash in hand. He was honest the whole way through — no pressure, no games."
"I was three months behind and didn't know what to do. Memorable Home Buyers explained everything clearly and made a fair offer the same day I called. Highly recommend."
"Malachi was a pleasure to work with. We inherited a home that we could not pay the repairs on. He gave us a fair price, and closed exactly when he said he would. Was a quick, easy and very convenient process."
"I had only 8 days left to stop my foreclosure. Malachi came in and showed me what options I had left, and once we agreed on me selling he purchased the home and was able to prevent that stuff on my record. I appreciate him for helping us."
"Me and my husband had a property we just didn't want to deal with anymore. It had leaks in the roof, needed a new water heater and a bunch of other stuff we didn't have the energy to fix anymore. Mal gave us a fair cash offer and made our downsizing process simple"
Our promise to you
What you can hold us to when you sell
You deal with Mal from the first call to closing day. These are the four things we promise on every house.
The number holds
The offer we agree on is the number on your settlement statement, as long as the house matches what you told us on the phone. If the walkthrough turns up something big that never came up, we show you exactly what changed before anything moves forward.
A contract you can read
Our purchase agreement is written in plain English. Take it home, show it to family, and ask us about any line before you sign.
You pick the date
Tell us the closing date you need on the first call. If we can't make it, we'll say so right then, before you've committed to anything.
The truth, even if we lose the deal
If your house would sell for more with an agent, we'll tell you. Some people don't need a cash buyer, and we'd rather you hear that from us.
Where we buy in Essex County
- Newark
- East Orange
- Orange
- Irvington
- Bloomfield
- Belleville
- Nutley
- Montclair
- Glen Ridge
- South Orange
- Maplewood
- West Orange
- Livingston
- Roseland
- Caldwell
- West Caldwell
- Cedar Grove
- Verona
- Fairfield
- Essex Fells
Nearby areas we also buy in
Essex County sellers ask us these
Straight answers, no sales pitch.
Get your cash offer today.
Send us the address and a rough idea of the condition. You'll get a fair cash offer with no obligation, and there's nothing to fix or clean first.