We buy houses for cash in New York

New York markets we buy in

Days on market are medians from our own New York deal records; rents are HUD Fair Market Rent for those ZIP codes. Updated 2026-09-14.

New York, by the numbers

Rochester is our New York market, and the median recorded sale is $170,000, the median is $79 per square foot, the typical house was built in 1920. Half of those sales fall between $110,000 and $260,000 — a spread wide enough that a statewide average would be useless on your street. The full ZIP-by-ZIP breakdown is on the Rochester page.

The median Rochester listing in our records sits 14 days on market before it is even under contract, and a financed closing adds another 30 to 45 after that. That gap is the entire argument for a cash sale here.

Why we pay cash in New York

We buy, hold and resell these properties ourselves — we are the buyer named on the contract. Our offer is based on what the property is worth to us after repairs — and it means we can close without a lender. Read how the offer is calculated before you talk to anyone.

How a closing actually works in New York

New York closings customarily involve attorneys on both sides, and the state has some of the highest effective property tax rates in the country — on a vacant or inherited property that carrying cost is usually the real deadline.

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 Rochester 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.