Bloomfield, NJ, NJ
Sell your house fast in Bloomfield, NJ.
We buy Bloomfield houses as-is for cash. Estate colonials, Watsessing two families, oil tanks, flood history, any condition.
$635,000
Median Bloomfield sale
36 days
Avg market days
+2.9%
YoY change
About the area
Why Bloomfield sellers call us.
Bloomfield is the Essex County town that has always been between things, and its housing shows it. Watsessing at the south end, along the Third River and the Newark line, has the two family frames and the small colonials built for the Westinghouse and General Electric workers a century ago. Bloomfield Center and the blocks off Broad Street have the Victorians and the apartment buildings. Brookdale and Halcyon Park to the north, against the Montclair and Glen Ridge lines, have the postwar colonials and capes on fifty foot lots that the GIs bought in the 1950s and their children are inheriting now. The Italian families who filled the town for two generations are still here, joined since the 1990s by Brazilian, Dominican, Filipino, and Bangladeshi families, and by buyers priced out of Montclair who discovered the same train. We have been buying houses in the NY metro area since 2000, and Bloomfield sellers call us because an estate colonial in Brookdale with an oil tank in the yard and a 1968 kitchen, or a Watsessing two family that took water from the Third River in Ida with a tenant who stopped paying, is a hard sale to a bank and a normal one to us. For background on the township, see this Bloomfield community profile.
Nick York handles acquisitions for EZ Home Buyers, and Bloomfield is a market he reads neighborhood by neighborhood. A brick colonial in Halcyon Park is a different sale than a cape in Brookdale, and both are different from a two family in Watsessing with a cited basement and a flood history. If you are thinking about selling your house in Bloomfield, you deserve a number that reflects which of those you own, with the math shown. No agent fees, no repair demands, no financing that collapses at the appraisal or the oil tank test.
Why financed buyers walk away from Bloomfield houses
A financed buyer’s appraiser walks into a Brookdale colonial that has not been updated since the original owners moved in: original kitchen, original bath, a boiler from the 1980s, a fuse panel, a roof that has been layered rather than replaced, and an underground oil tank the family forgot was there. The inspection report reads like a demolition order, the buyer asks for thirty thousand dollars in credits, and the lender wants the tank pulled and the soil tested before it will close. Or the appraiser walks into a Watsessing two family with a basement apartment that was never permitted, knob and tube behind the plaster, and a water line in the cellar from 2021, and the lender declines. The seller who waited three months for the appraisal is back at the beginning.
We close that gap. We buy with cash, we buy as-is, and the oil tank, the basement unit, the wiring, and the wet cellar are line items in our offer instead of reasons the deal dies. Our guide to selling a house with code violations explains how the township’s system works, and selling a house with water damage covers how we price Watsessing.
The Bloomfield sellers we hear from most
Estates come first. Bloomfield’s postwar neighborhoods were bought by families who stayed fifty and sixty years, and when a parent passes the children are often in Morris County, in Florida, or in the Carolinas with an Essex County probate to manage from a distance and a house full of a lifetime of belongings. We work with executors and heirs constantly, we can wait out the Surrogate paperwork, and we buy inherited houses exactly as they sit. If the heirs live out of state, we walk through what New Jersey withholds from nonresident sellers at closing; see our guide to the New Jersey exit tax and to selling an inherited house in New Jersey.
Landlords in Watsessing are second. A two family with a basement unit is three rents on paper and a full time job in practice, and many Bloomfield landlords inherited the job rather than chose it. When a landlord is done, we buy the building with tenants in place, at the actual rent roll, and handle everything after closing ourselves.
Downsizing owners are third. The colonial was the right house in 1985 and it is not the right house now, but the thought of clearing it, repairing it, and showing it for four months is what keeps people in a house too big for them. We visit once, make a written offer, and let you take whatever you want and leave the rest. Our guide to selling when you downsize covers how we handle the belongings.
Liens, oil tanks, and the paperwork side of Bloomfield
Bloomfield sells unpaid taxes and water as tax sale certificates, and the liens compound quickly. Add an underground oil tank that was never decommissioned, open permits from a deck or a finished basement, a rental that was never registered, the township’s certificate of occupancy inspection required before any sale, or an insurance claim from Ida that was paid but never closed out, and a traditional sale becomes a maze. We deal with tax liens and title problems as part of the purchase. Our attorneys run the municipal searches and payoff letters every week, and our offer accounts for what has to be satisfied at closing. If you are behind on the mortgage as well, New Jersey’s court process is slow enough that selling during pre-foreclosure is almost always still an option; our guide to the New Jersey sheriff sale timeline walks through every stage.
What Bloomfield houses are actually selling for
The typical single family home value in Bloomfield is around $635,000, up roughly 2.9% over the past year, with houses averaging about 36 days on the market. Buyers priced out of Montclair and Glen Ridge have discovered Brookdale Park and the Watsessing and Bloomfield train stations, and a renovated colonial with a new kitchen sells in a weekend. But the headline number assumes a house that can pass an appraisal. An estate colonial with an oil tank, a fuse panel, and a 1968 kitchen, or a Watsessing two family with a cited basement and a flood history, does not get the median. It gets price cuts, a financed buyer who disappears at the inspection, and months of carrying costs. We price the house for what it is, show you the math at the kitchen table, and leave the decision with you.
What we buy in Bloomfield
Colonials, capes, and split levels across Brookdale, Halcyon Park, and the north end, two to four family frame houses in Watsessing and near the Newark line, Victorians around Bloomfield Center, houses with basement units legal or not, houses with flood history repaired or not, mixed use buildings on Broad Street and Bloomfield Avenue with a store below, and vacant lots. We do not buy cooperative apartments. If you own something unusual, call us anyway and we will take a look.
How to reach us
Bloomfield is part of our Essex County coverage. Next door we buy houses in Belleville NJ and in Nutley, up the hill we can help you sell your house fast in Montclair, and to the south we buy in Newark and East Orange. Every Essex County town we buy in is listed on our we buy houses in Essex County page, and our full New Jersey coverage is on the we buy houses in New Jersey page.
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 a week of thinking.
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 Bloomfield is part of our core New Jersey coverage. Call us at (516) 964-7222, email info@ezhomebuyers.com, or fill out the form on this page. Nick York will be in touch quickly, usually the same business day. We 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.
Looking just beyond Bloomfield? You can also sell your house fast in Belleville NJ or sell a house fast in Nutley NJ, and you can read about how we buy houses in Montclair NJ.
Many Bloomfield homeowners also ask us how to sell a house when downsizing, sell a house fast when relocating, or sell a house in probate.
Recent Bloomfield transaction
A Brookdale Colonial With an Oil Tank and a 1968 Kitchen, Sold by Three Siblings in Three States
Their parents had bought the colonial in 1968, the year their father came home from the Army, and had never left. When their mother passed at ninety, the three siblings were in Charlotte, Denver, and Boca Raton, the house had its original kitchen and bath, a fuse panel, a boiler from 1991, and a basement that held fifty years of everything. The agent they called first walked the property, found the fill pipe for an underground oil tank beside the driveway, and told them that no lender would close until the tank was pulled, tested, and cleared, and that if the soil test came back bad, the cleanup could run into the tens of thousands.nnThe siblings did not agree on much. One wanted to list and wait. One wanted to sell to the first investor who knocked. One wanted to keep it and rent it from Denver. Nobody wanted to fly to New Jersey every other week to manage contractors.nnNick York walked the house on one of the Charlotte sister's trips up, went through the basement and the side yard, and sat with her at the kitchen table with the tank issue and the estate paperwork laid out. The offer accounted for the tank as it was, unknown soil and all, along with the panel, the boiler, the roof, and the reality of a house that had not been touched in fifty years. It was a real number, it did not depend on any test result, it went to all three siblings and the estate attorney the same evening, and the reasoning was written out.nnIt took the family ten days to agree. We closed five weeks later, once the Essex County Surrogate paperwork was complete, with all three signing remotely and the New Jersey nonresident withholding handled at the table. The tank, the soil, and the basement full of belongings became our problem. The Charlotte sister said afterward that the offer letter was the first document all three of them had read all the way through.
Common reasons Bloomfield sellers call us.
An estate colonial untouched since the 1960s
Original kitchen, fuse panel, old boiler, a basement full of belongings, and heirs in three states. We work with executors and heirs through the Surrogate process, buy the house exactly as it sits, and close when the estate is ready.
An underground oil tank in the yard
Lenders will not close until a tank is pulled and tested, and a bad soil result can cost tens of thousands. We buy with the tank as it is, unknown soil and all, and handle the removal ourselves after closing.
A Watsessing two family with a cited basement
Most south end two families have a basement unit, and once the township has cited it, financed deals are over. It is a line item for us. We buy the house as it is, tenant included, and handle the township after closing.
A cellar that flooded from the Third River
Rebuilt or not, a flood history in Watsessing scares off financed buyers and their lenders. We buy with cash, price the flood risk honestly, and carry the insurance ourselves after closing.
Tired landlord with a tenant who stopped paying
A Bloomfield two family is a full time job, and a tenant who stopped paying makes it a lawsuit. We buy occupied buildings at the actual rent roll, nonpaying tenants included, and take the whole situation off your hands at closing.
Tax sale certificates piling up
Unpaid taxes and water become liens with punishing interest. We buy Bloomfield houses carrying tax sale certificates and clear them from the proceeds at closing. You do not have to pay them off first.
Behind on the mortgage
New Jersey foreclosure is a court process and it moves slowly, which means there is usually still time to act. Selling before the sheriff sale can protect your credit and recover equity foreclosure would take.
Downsizing from a house that got too big
The colonial was right in 1985 and is not right now, but clearing it and showing it for four months is what keeps people stuck. We visit once, make a written offer, and let you take what you want and leave the rest.
Frequently asked questions about selling in Bloomfield.
How do I sell my house fast in Bloomfield?
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 Bloomfield house?
In most cases we close in two to three weeks from the offer. We pay cash, so there is no bank timeline and no oil tank test holding things up. If you need longer, for example to finish probate, we set the closing date around your schedule.
There is an underground oil tank at my Bloomfield house. Can you still buy it?
Yes. We buy houses with oil tanks in the ground regularly, including tanks that have never been tested. The tank is a line item in our offer, our purchase does not depend on any soil result, and we handle the removal and any cleanup after closing.
My tenant has not paid since the pandemic. Do I have to evict them before selling?
No. We buy occupied Bloomfield buildings with nonpaying tenants regularly. We price the building on the actual rent roll, the landlord tenant case transfers to us, and you never have to finish the eviction.
There are tax liens on my Bloomfield house. Can you still make an offer?
Yes. Bloomfield sells unpaid taxes and water as tax sale certificates, and we buy houses carrying them regularly. The liens are paid from the sale proceeds at closing and our attorneys handle the payoff. You do not need to resolve them first.
I inherited a house in Bloomfield and I live out of state. How does that work?
We handle the process remotely. We coordinate with the Essex County Surrogate paperwork and your estate attorney, buy the house as it sits with whatever is inside, and close when the estate is ready. New Jersey withholds an estimated tax from out of state sellers at closing, and we walk you through that number before you commit.
How do you decide what to offer for a Bloomfield property?
We look at recent comparable sales in your specific neighborhood, since Halcyon Park and Watsessing sell nothing alike, the condition of the house and its systems, any oil tank or flood history, the rent situation if it is occupied, and every lien and violation that has to be settled at closing. Nick York walks the property and gives you a straight number with the reasoning explained.
Do I pay commissions or fees when I sell to EZ Home Buyers in Bloomfield?
No agent commissions and no listing fees. We cover standard closing costs on our side. The offer we present is what you walk away with, minus any existing mortgage or liens paid off at closing. No surprise deductions on closing day.
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