Takes about two minutes. Or call
(313) 710-6129 — we answer.
How selling to us works in Youngstown
Tell us about the house
The address is enough to start in Youngstown. 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 Youngstown market, by the numbers
From our own transaction records and HUD data for Youngstown ZIP codes.
Updated 2026-09-14.
Youngstown · OH
3 bed / 2 bathTypical home we buy
1,602 sq ftMedian size
46 daysMedian days on market
6ZIP codes we buy in
Across the Youngstown properties in our records, the median time on market is 46 days. A cash sale skips that window entirely — there is no listing period, no showings, and no financing contingency that can collapse at day 30.
Youngstown has the lowest entry prices in our footprint, which means the repair number, not the sale price, decides whether a deal works at all. We will show you that math rather than lead with a number we later retrade.
Local viewYoungstown, OhioPhoto: Dblcut3 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped and resized for web
Open code citations and the inspection cycle
Open citations follow the property and several municipalities escrow funds at closing until they are corrected. We treat that as a normal line item rather than a surprise at the table.
Winter vacancy is the most common damage we see
A vacant house through one heating season is how most of the water damage in this region happens. Burst supply lines are routine for us and disqualifying for a mortgage buyer.
ZIP codes we buy in around Youngstown
445054450944511445124451444515
That is 6 ZIP codes across Youngstown — including 44505, 44509, 44511 and 44512. Not listed? We still look at it — Ohio deals outside these ZIPs come through regularly.
What homes are actually selling for in Youngstown
We pulled 730 recorded sales across the Youngstown ZIP codes we work in. Publishing it is the point: you cannot tell whether an offer is fair without knowing what the finished product sells for.
Recorded sales · Youngstown
$190,000Median sale price
$130Median per sq ft
730Sales analysed
1958Median year built
Between $128,000 and $259,125 covers half of all Youngstown sales in our data. Anyone quoting you a firm number before seeing the property is guessing inside that range.
Home size
Median sale price
Sales
2-bedroom
$118,250
66
3-bedroom
$187,100
481
4-bedroom
$231,500
156
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.
Youngstown 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
44505
$161,700
$102
58
—
44509
$100,000
$82
82
—
44511
$180,500
$125
140
—
44512
$235,000
$135
180
—
44514
$242,500
$149
131
—
44515
$200,000
$141
139
—
Look at the gap between 44514 ($242,500) and 44509 ($100,000). Same city, roughly 142% 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 Youngstown
We underwrite by block, not by city line. These are the Youngstown neighborhoods where we hold enough recorded sales to publish a median:
Neighborhood
Recorded sales
Median sale
Per sq ft
Forest Glen Estates
6
$355,000
$132
87% above city median
Also buying in
We buy across Youngstown, 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.
Brier Hill 44509
Hazelton 44505
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 Youngstown
Below is the same maths every cash buyer runs, using the median Youngstown sale price as the starting point.
After-repair value — what it sells for once renovated
$190,000
− Repairs to get it there
−$23,000
− Holding, closing and resale costs
−$19,000
− The buyer's margin
−$23,000
= Illustrative cash offer
$125,000
This is an illustration, not an offer on your house. A property needing less work than the median moves the number up; one needing a roof and mechanicals moves it down. If a buyer will not walk you through these four lines on your specific property, that is the moment to be suspicious.
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 Ohio
Ohio closings go through a title agency, and several municipalities here require a point-of-sale inspection with funds escrowed at closing until violations are corrected. County treasurers also run delinquent tax certificate sales, which puts a hard clock on some properties.
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 Youngstown 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 Youngstown
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
46 days on market, 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
The listing timeline is the median days on market for Youngstown in our own records, plus a typical financed closing. 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 Youngstown 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:
Delinquent taxes get paid from the sale proceeds. If the county has already begun forfeiture there is a deadline involved, so tell us early and we will check where it actually stands.
How fast can you close in Youngstown?
Typically 7-14 days once title is clear, because there is no lender underwriting. For comparison, the median Youngstown listing in our records sits 46 days before it is even under contract, and closing runs another 30-45 days after that.
There are unpaid water bills and code violations. Is that a problem?
No. Water and sewer balances and code citations attach to the property and are paid out of the proceeds at closing. They are a normal line item for us and a deal-breaker for a lender.
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 Youngstown 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.
