Paterson, NJ, NJ
Sell your house fast in Paterson, NJ.
We buy Paterson houses as-is for cash. Two families, three families, fire damage, any condition.
$550,000
Median Paterson sale
63 days
Avg market days
-5.6%
YoY change
About the area
Why Paterson sellers call us.
Paterson grew up around the Great Falls, the waterfall that powered the silk mills and made this the first planned industrial city in America. The housing that got built for mill workers and their families is still what fills the city today: dense blocks of two family and three family wood frames, many of them well over a century old, in neighborhoods like Sandy Hill, the Eastside, Totowa section, and Hillcrest. Selling one of those houses the traditional way, with inspections and bank financing, is where a lot of Paterson owners get stuck. We have been buying houses in the NY metro area since 2000, and we buy in Paterson for cash, as-is, on your timeline. For background on the falls and the city’s history, see the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park page from the National Park Service.
Nick York handles acquisitions for EZ Home Buyers, and Paterson is a market where experience matters more than almost anywhere else. The difference between a solid three family on the Eastside and one two blocks away with a compromised foundation is invisible from the curb. If you are thinking about selling your house in Paterson, you deserve someone who walks the property, prices it honestly, and puts the number in writing. That is how we work. No agent fees, no repair lists, no buyer financing that falls apart the week of closing.
Old frames, hard inspections, and why cash matters here
Paterson’s housing stock is among the oldest in New Jersey, and the classic problems come with it: balloon framing that makes insurers nervous, roofs layered over decades, aging boilers, and electrical panels that predate every modern code. Financed buyers and their banks routinely walk away from houses like this even when the price is fair, because the lender will not close on a house with open inspection issues. Fire damage is a real part of this market too. These frames burn fast, and a family that has been through a fire is usually dealing with the insurance company, the city, and the damaged house all at once. We buy fire damaged houses in Paterson as they stand, and we can move while the insurance questions are still being sorted out.
The Paterson sellers we hear from most
Landlords lead the list here more than anywhere else we buy. Paterson is a city of small multifamily buildings, and the economics of being a small landlord have gotten harder every year: tenants who stop paying, units that need work between every turnover, registration and inspection requirements, and a court process that takes months when things go wrong. When you are done, we buy the building with tenants in place, paying or not, and everything after closing is our problem.
Estates are second. A parent who worked in Paterson their whole life leaves the family house on 10th Avenue or up in Hillcrest to children scattered across three states, and the Passaic County probate process starts while the house sits and the water bill keeps arriving. We buy inherited houses exactly as they sit, coordinate directly with estate attorneys, and wait out the paperwork when the estate needs time.
Falling behind on the mortgage rounds out the list. New Jersey foreclosures run through the courts and take a long time, which is stressful but also means there is almost always still a window to act. Selling during pre-foreclosure protects your credit and recovers equity the sheriff sale would erase. The same goes for the city’s tax sale process: unpaid taxes and water bills in Paterson become tax liens that compound quickly, and we buy houses carrying them, clearing the liens out of the proceeds at closing.
What Paterson houses are actually selling for
The median sale price in Paterson is around $550,000, down about 6 percent over the past year. Buyers priced out of Bergen County still compete for move-in ready houses here, though the market has cooled from its recent peak. But that median describes houses that can pass a bank’s inspection. A three family with an old roof, a nonpaying tenant, and an open violation trades in a different market, one where the offers come from investors and the good ones are separated from the bad ones by whether the math is shown. We show ours. Comparable sales, repair costs, lien payoffs, all of it on the table.
Violations, illegal units, and city paperwork
Paterson enforces aggressively: certificates of occupancy on every sale and rental turnover, inspections, and violations that stack up on older buildings. Many houses carry a converted basement or attic unit that was never permitted. Traditional sales stall on exactly these things. We do not. We buy houses with open violations and unpermitted units, and we handle the city’s requirements after closing as the new owner.
What we buy in Paterson
Single family homes, two to four family houses, condos, vacant land, and mixed use buildings. We do not buy cooperative apartments. The heart of this market is the two and three family frame, but whatever you own in Paterson, call us and we will look at it.
How to reach us
Paterson is one of four New Jersey markets we serve. Down in Essex County you can sell your house fast in Newark NJ, and in Hudson County we buy houses in Jersey City NJ and you can get a cash offer in Bayonne NJ.
Our written offers stay open for seven days, no pressure attached. Take the number to your family, your attorney, or a competing buyer and compare freely. Offers built on real math do not fear the week of thinking, and ours never expire mid-conversation as a pressure tactic.
EZ Home Buyers is a family-owned company based in Great Neck, NY 11021. We have been operating across the NY metro area since 2000, and Paterson is part of our core New Jersey coverage. Call us at (516) 964-7222, email us at info@ezhomebuyers.com, or fill out the form on this page. Nick York will be in touch quickly, usually within the same business day. We will schedule a walkthrough at your convenience, make a cash offer within 24 hours of seeing the property, and close on a timeline that works for you. No pressure, no obligations, no lengthy back and forth.
Looking just beyond Paterson? You can also sell your house fast in Newark NJ or sell a house fast in Jersey City NJ, and you can read about how we buy houses in Bayonne NJ.
Many Paterson homeowners also ask us how to sell a fire damaged house, sell a house when downsizing, or sell a house fast when relocating.
Recent Paterson transaction
A Sandy Hill Three Family, Two Tax Liens, and a Landlord Who Was Done
The owner had bought his three family near the Sandy Hill section in the early 2000s, when he was working double shifts and the building was going to be his retirement plan. For fifteen years it mostly worked. Then it slowly stopped working. A tenant in the second floor unit fell behind during a job loss and never caught up. The first floor turned over three times in four years, and every turnover cost him a month of rent and a contractor bill. The boiler was replaced once, patched twice. When the city's inspection flagged the basement unit his father in law had finished decades earlier, the fines started stacking on top of everything else.
By the time he called us, there were two tax sale certificates on the property from years he had prioritized the boiler over the tax bill, the second floor tenant owed eleven months, and he had stopped opening letters from the city. An agent had told him to resolve the tenant situation and the violations before listing. His lawyer told him what resolving the tenant situation would cost and how long it would take. He is a proud man and he described that week to us honestly: he felt like the building owned him.
Nick York walked all three units and the basement on a Saturday morning so the owner would not have to take off work. The offer priced the boiler, the roof, the lien payoffs, the violation exposure, and the realistic rent roll. Nothing was disguised. He took the written offer to his brother and his lawyer, and called back inside the week.
We closed in 24 days. The tax certificates and municipal charges were paid out of proceeds at the closing table, the tenants stayed housed under new ownership, and he walked away with cash and his evenings back. He told us afterward that the number was almost exactly what his lawyer predicted a fair cash sale should net, which is the only compliment we need. That is how we buy in Paterson.
Common reasons Paterson sellers call us.
Landlord done with a three family
Paterson's small multifamily economics have gotten brutal: missed rent, turnover costs, inspections, court delays. We buy occupied buildings as-is and the headaches transfer to us at closing.
Inherited the family house on the Eastside
Passaic County probate plus a house full of fifty years of belongings is heavy from out of town. We buy estate houses as they sit and close on the estate's schedule.
Fire damage, insurance still open
Paterson's old frames burn fast and leave families juggling the city, the insurer, and a damaged house. We buy fire damaged properties as they stand and can move before everything is settled.
Tax sale certificates compounding
Unpaid taxes and water bills become liens with punishing interest here. We buy houses carrying them and clear the liens from proceeds at closing.
Pre-foreclosure anywhere in Paterson
New Jersey's court run foreclosure gives you time most states do not. Selling before the sheriff sale protects credit and recovers equity.
Violations and an unpermitted unit
Certificate of occupancy issues and open violations stall traditional sales cold. We buy with paperwork problems open and resolve them after closing as the new owner.
A vacant house drawing trouble
An empty frame house in Paterson deteriorates fast and attracts exactly what you fear. We buy vacant and boarded houses in any condition, no cleanout needed.
Divorce and a jointly owned house
When both sides need it done cleanly and fast, we can close in as little as two weeks with proceeds split however the parties have agreed.
Frequently asked questions about selling in Paterson.
How do I sell my house fast in Paterson?
Call (516) 964-7222 or submit the short form on this page. We visit the property, make a written cash offer within 24 hours, and you pick the closing date, often seven to fourteen days out. No agents, no repairs, no fees, and no obligation to accept.
How fast can you close on a Paterson house?
Two to three weeks is typical once we make an offer, because we pay cash and no bank is involved. If your situation needs more time, probate, a tenant matter, insurance on a damaged house, we set the closing date around it.
My Paterson three family has tenants who stopped paying. Can I sell it anyway?
Yes. We buy occupied buildings, including buildings where tenants are behind on rent or in court. You do not have to finish an eviction to sell. We take the building as it stands, and the tenant situation becomes ours to resolve after closing.
The house had a fire. The insurance is not settled. Will you still buy it?
Yes. We buy fire damaged houses in Paterson as they stand, boarded or not. We can move forward while insurance questions are still being worked out, and in many cases closing the sale actually simplifies what is left to settle. Call us before you spend anything on demolition or repairs.
There are tax liens and water liens on the property. Is that a problem?
No. Paterson sells unpaid taxes and water charges as tax sale certificates, and we buy houses carrying them all the time. The liens are paid out of the sale proceeds at closing, handled by the attorneys. You do not need to pay them off before selling.
The basement apartment was never permitted. Will the city block the sale?
Not with us. Unpermitted basement and attic units are everywhere in Paterson's older stock, and they routinely stall traditional sales over certificate of occupancy issues. We buy the house as it is and take responsibility for the city's requirements after closing.
I inherited my parents' house in Paterson and live out of state. What does the process look like?
We handle it remotely. We coordinate with the Passaic County Surrogate paperwork and your estate attorney, buy the house exactly as it sits, contents included, and close when the estate is ready. New Jersey withholds an estimated tax from out of state sellers at closing, and we explain what that means for your net before you commit.
I am behind on the mortgage. Is it too late to sell my Paterson home?
Usually not. New Jersey foreclosure is a court process that takes many months, and until the sheriff sale completes you generally still have the right to sell. Selling first protects your credit and recovers equity the foreclosure would consume. The earlier you call, the more options you have.
Do I pay commissions or fees when I sell to EZ Home Buyers in Paterson?
No agent commissions and no listing fees. We cover standard closing costs on our side. The number we offer is the number you walk away with, minus any mortgage or liens paid off at closing. No surprise deductions.
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