Takes about two minutes. Or call
(313) 710-6129 — we answer.
How selling to us works in Birmingham
Tell us about the house
The address is enough to start in Birmingham. If you know the condition, the roof age or
what is owed, that gets us to a firmer number faster.
Get a written offer in 24 hours
A real number on paper, with the comparable sales and the repair estimate it came
from. No obligation and nothing to sign.
You pick the closing date
Seven days if you need it, ninety if you do not. We buy as-is, cover standard closing
costs, and take the house with whatever is still in it.
The Birmingham market, by the numbers
From our own transaction records and HUD data for Birmingham ZIP codes.
Updated 2026-09-14.
Birmingham · AL
3 bed / 1 bathTypical home we buy
1,277 sq ftMedian size
1952Median year built
$1,400/moHUD Fair Market Rent, 3BR
11ZIP codes we buy in
The typical Birmingham home we look at was built in 1952, which means roof age, original electrical, and HVAC are the items that most often blow up a retail contract after inspection. We buy those as-is and price the repairs into the offer instead of asking you to make them.
HUD sets Fair Market Rent for a 3-bedroom in Birmingham at $1,400/month. That number is why we can pay cash here: many of these homes work as long-term rentals for us, so we are not dependent on reselling quickly to make the numbers work.
Birmingham's older neighborhoods vary block by block far more than the city-level numbers suggest, so we underwrite by street rather than by ZIP here.
We will tell you that on the first call. A clean, structurally sound house with 60-90 days of patience usually nets more on the open market even after commissions.
New construction competes with your resale
Population growth means retail buyers exist — and it means builders are discounting down the road. A dated house is being shopped against an incentive package, which is why it sits.
That is 11 ZIP codes across Birmingham — including 35204, 35205, 35206 and 35207. Not listed? We still look at it — Alabama deals outside these ZIPs come through regularly.
What homes are actually selling for in Birmingham
Here are 713 recorded Birmingham sales from our comparable-sales database. Every number below is what someone actually paid — not an estimate, and not our opinion of your house.
Recorded sales · Birmingham
$119,000Median sale price
$81Median per sq ft
713Sales analysed
1955Median year built
Quartiles put Birmingham at $72,750 and $175,000. That gap, not the median, is what a walkthrough is for.
Home size
Median sale price
Sales
2-bedroom
$60,000
80
3-bedroom
$110,350
500
4-bedroom
$154,500
107
Recorded sales in our own comparable-sales database for these ZIP
codes. Sale prices reflect what buyers paid for homes in their condition at the time —
they are not an appraisal of your property and not an offer.
Birmingham by ZIP code
We underwrite by ZIP, not by city. Here is what each one looks like in our data:
ZIP
Median sale
Per sq ft
Sales
HUD 3BR rent
35204
$85,500
$50
24
$1,280
35205
$284,250
$161
40
$1,750
35206
$102,300
$77
150
$1,440
35207
$78,650
$64
14
$1,280
35208
$86,225
$62
74
$1,340
35211
$100,833
$79
83
$1,440
35214
$139,500
$90
84
$1,380
35215
$146,000
$96
155
$1,580
35217
$72,000
$65
33
$1,300
35221
$56,800
$42
10
$1,400
35228
$76,250
$62
46
$1,440
Look at the gap between 35205 ($284,250) and 35221 ($56,800). Same city, roughly 400% apart. Anyone quoting you a citywide price per square foot is not looking at your block.
Sale figures are medians of recorded sales in our comparable-sales
database; rent is HUD Fair Market Rent for that ZIP. A dash means we do not hold enough data
for that ZIP to publish a number we would stand behind.
Neighborhoods we buy in around Birmingham
Also buying in
We buy across Birmingham, including these. We do not hold a mapped boundary for them, so rather than estimate a median we show the ZIP each one sits in — and the per-ZIP medians are in the table further up this page.
Avondale 35205
Neighborhood boundaries from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Sale figures are medians of recorded sales in our own comparable-sales database for those boundaries — they describe the area, not your house, and they are not an offer.
What that means for an offer in Birmingham
Every legitimate cash offer is the same four-line calculation. Here it is run on the median Birmingham sale price, so you can see the shape of it before anyone calls you.
After-repair value — what it sells for once renovated
$119,000
− Repairs to get it there
−$14,500
− Holding, closing and resale costs
−$12,000
− The buyer's margin
−$14,500
= Illustrative cash offer
$78,000
This is an illustration, not an offer on your house. Your repair number is the line that moves most. A house that only needs cosmetics lands well above this; one with structural or mechanical work lands below. Ask any buyer to show you their four lines.
If your house is in good condition, this is also the calculation that tells you to
list it instead. We will say so. The full breakdown of
how the offer is built covers where the line falls.
How a closing actually works in Alabama
Alabama closings typically run through a title company or closing attorney depending on the county. Ad valorem tax prorations and any municipal liens are settled at the table.
On our side the sequence is the same every time: title search, payoff figures ordered on
any existing mortgage, liens and municipal balances identified, then funds and deed recorded.
Nothing about a cash sale skips title work — what it skips is the lender, the appraisal
and the financing contingency, which is where most retail contracts on Birmingham houses
actually die.
General information about how these transactions typically proceed, not
legal or tax advice. Your closing agent or attorney is the authority on your specific file.
Our offer versus listing it in Birmingham
Listing with an agent
Our cash offer
Agent commission
About 6% of the sale price
None
Repairs before closing
Buyer and appraiser both have a say
None — we buy as-is
Cleaning and showings
Open houses and strangers in the house
Neither
Time to close
60–90 days, then another 30–45 to close
7–14 days once title is clear
Financing falls through
The most common reason a sale collapses
No lender involved
Closing costs
Customarily paid by the seller
We cover the standard ones
Certainty of the number
Offers can be renegotiated after inspection
The written number is the number
Listing timelines are typical rather than measured; commission is the customary 6% and varies by agreement.
Three days to change your mind
If you accept an offer, you have three days after signing to walk away for any reason
at all, with nothing owed and no explanation needed. We would rather lose a deal than
have someone feel cornered into one.
Sometimes you should not sell to us
If the house is in good shape and you are not in a hurry, listing it will almost
always net you more than we can offer. That is not us being modest — we buy at a
discount because we take on the repairs, the carrying costs and the risk.
We will tell you when that is your situation. It is a faster conversation for both of
us than pretending otherwise.
Why Birmingham sellers call us
Most people who reach out are not shopping for the highest number — they are solving
something with a deadline attached. These pages cover what changes in each case:
Every offer on this site is underwritten by a person, not a form. If the
numbers do not work for you, say so and I will tell you what would.
Common questions from Birmingham sellers
Do you buy houses with an HOA?
Yes. We pull the estoppel and any unpaid dues or violations get settled at closing.
Can you buy if I still owe on the mortgage?
Yes. The payoff comes out of the proceeds at closing. The only situation that gets difficult is owing more than the house is worth, and we will tell you that immediately.
Am I obligated to accept the offer?
No. The offer is written, free, and yours to walk away from. We would rather you compare it against a listing than feel pushed into it.
Get your Birmingham cash offer
Send the address and we will come back within a day with a written number and the comps
it came from. If listing would net you more, we will tell you that instead.
Takes about two minutes. Or call
(313) 710-6129 — we answer.
Also from Restar
Want the data behind all of this?
Restar Acquisitions is the acquisitions arm of Restar — a housing-market analytics
platform tracking 180+ metrics across every U.S. market, with composite scores and 12-month
price forecasts. The numbers on this page come from the same work.
