Canarsie, Brooklyn, NY
Sell your house fast in Canarsie, Brooklyn.
We buy Canarsie houses as-is for cash. Semi attached two families, Sandy flooded basements, estates held for fifty years, any condition.
$890,000
Median Canarsie sale
110 days
Avg market days
+0.1%
YoY change
About the area
Why Canarsie sellers call us.
Canarsie is the southeastern corner of Brooklyn, a neighborhood of homeowners pressed between the Belt Parkway and Jamaica Bay, and it was built almost entirely in one push after the war. The blocks between Flatlands Avenue and Seaview Avenue are semi attached and detached brick and frame houses, one and two family, on modest lots with driveways and backyards, laid out for the Italian and Jewish families who came from Brownsville and East New York in the 1950s and bought by the Caribbean families who make up most of the neighborhood today. The same tenure pattern holds: a very large share of Canarsie houses are still owned by the families who bought them in the 1970s and 1980s, or by their estates. And Canarsie is low ground. The blocks south of Flatlands drain into the bay, Sandy in 2012 put water into basements across the neighborhood, and the federal flood maps were redrawn afterward. We have been buying houses in the NY metro area since 2000, and Canarsie sellers call us because a two family with a finished basement that flooded, a tenant who stopped paying, and a new flood zone designation is a hard sale to a bank and a normal one to us. For background on the neighborhood, see this Canarsie community profile.
Nick York handles acquisitions for EZ Home Buyers, and Canarsie is a market he reads with the flood map open. A semi attached two family on East 92nd Street on the higher ground near Flatlands is a different sale than the same house on East 108th Street three blocks from the bay, and both are different from a detached colonial near Canarsie Park that an estate has been carrying since the pandemic. If you are thinking about selling your house in Canarsie, 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 when the flood certification comes back.
Water, the flood map, and why financed buyers walk away
After Sandy the federal flood maps put much of southern Canarsie in a zone where a lender requires flood insurance and will not waive it. The insurance quote alone has ended more Canarsie sales than any inspection. Then the appraiser walks downstairs and finds a basement that was finished as an apartment, flooded, gutted, and rebuilt in a hurry without permits, and the lender pulls back further. The houses themselves are seventy years old, with cast iron drains, original electrical panels, and roofs that have been layered rather than replaced. Every one of those is a reason for a bank to say no.
We close that gap. We buy with cash, we buy as-is, and we carry the flood insurance ourselves after closing, so the flood map is a line item in our offer instead of a reason the deal dies. A basement with a water line on the wall, a sewer backup valve that was never installed, a furnace replaced by a cousin and never inspected, none of it stops us. Our guide to selling a house with water damage covers how we price it.
The Canarsie sellers we hear from most
Estates come first. Canarsie was bought by families who stayed forty and fifty years, and when a parent passes the children are often in Georgia or Florida or on Long Island with a Kings County Surrogate’s Court 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, furniture and all.
Flood weary owners are second. Some rebuilt after Sandy with insurance money or federal help and do not want to face it again. Some never fully rebuilt, and the basement has been a concrete box for a decade. Some simply saw the new insurance bill and did the math. We buy houses with flood history, repaired or not, and we price them for what they are.
Landlords are third. A two family with a basement unit is three rents on paper and a full time job in practice, and many Canarsie landlords inherited the job rather than chose it. We buy occupied houses with tenants in place and handle everything after closing ourselves. And, as everywhere in east Brooklyn, owners being worked by wholesalers and door knockers: if anyone has asked you to sign a deed or a power of attorney outside a closing with your own attorney present, stop and call us.
Liens, the tax lien sale, and the paperwork side of Canarsie
New York City sells unpaid property taxes and water charges into its annual tax lien sale, and the lien holder’s interest compounds quickly. Add open Department of Buildings violations on a basement rebuild that was never permitted, an ECB judgment that became a lien, and a certificate of occupancy that describes a house without the finished basement, and the title report runs long. We deal with tax liens, code violations, and title problems as part of the purchase. Our attorneys pull 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, Kings County foreclosures take three years or more, and selling during pre-foreclosure is almost always still an option.
What Canarsie houses are actually selling for
The median sale price in Canarsie is around $890,000, up roughly 0.1% over the past year, with houses averaging about 110 days on the market. First time buyers priced out of Flatbush and Long Island have kept demand steady on the higher blocks, and a renovated two family with a dry basement sells. But the headline number assumes a dry lot and a house that can pass an appraisal. A two family near the bay with a water line in the basement, a roof at the end of its life, and a new flood zone designation does not get the median. It gets a flood insurance quote that scares off every financed buyer, price cuts, 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 Canarsie
Semi attached and detached one and two family houses, houses with basement units legal or not, houses with flood damage repaired or not, mixed use buildings on Flatlands Avenue, Rockaway Parkway, and Avenue L, condos, and vacant lots. We do not buy cooperative apartments, which rules out the Bay View towers. Most of what we see in Canarsie is the postwar two family with a finished basement and a story about water, but if you own something unusual, call us anyway and we will take a look.
How to reach us
Canarsie is part of our east Brooklyn coverage alongside East New York and East Flatbush. We buy houses in East New York and in East Flatbush, and across the bay we buy storm damaged houses in Rosedale and Far Rockaway as well. Our full borough coverage is on the we buy houses in Brooklyn 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 Canarsie is part of our core Brooklyn 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 at a New York attorney’s office on a timeline that works for you.
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Many Canarsie homeowners also ask us how to sell a house when downsizing, sell a house fast when relocating, or sell a house in probate.
Recent Canarsie transaction
A Semi Attached Two Family on East 105th Street, Sold Twelve Years After Sandy
The owner had bought the two family in 1988, raised three children on the first floor, and rented the second floor to the same family for twenty years. He finished the basement himself in the 1990s as a den with a small bedroom for his mother. In October 2012 the water came up through the floor drain and the back door at the same time and reached the third step. His insurance did not cover it. Federal help paid for the gutting. The basement stayed a concrete box.nnTwelve years later he was seventy four and ready to move to his daughter's in Atlanta. Two agents had walked through. Both said the same thing: the flood map put the house in a zone where a buyer's lender would require flood insurance, the quote would be high, the basement would have to be either rebuilt with permits or disclosed as damaged, and the roof would come up at inspection. One suggested spending thirty thousand dollars first. He did not want to spend it on a house he was leaving.nnNick York walked the house on a weekday afternoon and went to the basement first. He looked at the water line, the floor drain, the panel, and the roof from the yard. The offer accounted for the flood zone and the insurance a future owner would carry, the basement as it stood, the roof, and the reality of a tenant on the second floor at a rent that had not moved in a decade. The reasoning was written out on one page.nnWe closed in three weeks at his attorney's office on Flatlands Avenue. The tenant stayed with a new owner responsible for the building, the insurance became our problem, and he left for Atlanta the following month with cash and no more storms to watch. He said afterward that nobody else had gone to the basement first.
Common reasons Canarsie sellers call us.
A basement that flooded in Sandy
Rebuilt or not, a flood history and a new hazard zone designation scare off financed buyers and their lenders. We buy with cash, price the flood risk honestly, and carry the insurance ourselves after closing.
Inherited a house from parents who bought it in the 1970s
Managing a Kings County Surrogate sale from Georgia or Long Island is exhausting, and the house is full of a lifetime of belongings. We work with executors and heirs through the process, buy the house exactly as it sits, and close at an attorney's office when the estate is ready.
Ready to leave for the South or Long Island
The children have been asking for years and the house is the last thing holding you here. We visit once, make a written offer, and let you pick a closing date that lines up with the move.
A basement rebuild that was never permitted
A basement fixed in a hurry after the storm without permits kills financed deals at the appraisal. It is a line item for us. We buy the house as it is and handle the city after closing.
Tired landlord with a tenant on the second floor
A Canarsie two family is a full time job. We buy occupied houses as-is, tenants in place, at the actual rent roll, and take the whole situation off your hands at closing.
Tax lien sale notice in the mail
Once the city sells your unpaid taxes and water into the lien sale, the interest compounds fast. We buy Canarsie houses carrying tax liens and clear them from the proceeds at closing.
Behind on the mortgage
Kings County foreclosures take three years or more, and until the referee's auction you can still sell. Selling before the sale protects your credit and recovers equity foreclosure would take.
Wholesalers and door knockers pressuring you
East Brooklyn gets more postcards and cold calls than almost anywhere in the city, and some cross the line into deed theft. We never ask for a signature outside a closing with your own attorney present. Show us the number you were offered and we will tell you honestly if it is fair.
Frequently asked questions about selling in Canarsie.
How do I sell my house fast in Canarsie?
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 two to three weeks out. No agents, no repairs, no fees, and no obligation to accept.
How fast can you close on a Canarsie house?
In most cases we close in two to four weeks from the offer. We pay cash, so there is no bank timeline and no flood elevation certificate holding things up. New York closings happen at an attorney's office with your own lawyer present.
My basement flooded in Sandy and was never rebuilt. Does that change your offer?
It is a factor we price in, not a reason to walk away. We look at what was repaired and how, the current flood zone, and the insurance a future owner will carry. Financed buyers struggle with all three. We pay cash and carry the insurance ourselves, so we can still make a real offer.
I inherited a house in Canarsie and I live out of state. How does that work?
We handle the process remotely. We coordinate with the Kings County Surrogate's Court paperwork and your estate attorney, buy the house as it sits with whatever is inside, and close when the estate is ready. New York withholds estimated income tax from nonresident sellers at closing, and we walk you through that number before you commit.
There is a tenant on the second floor. Do they have to leave first?
No. We buy occupied Canarsie houses regularly, with the tenant in place. They keep their home with a new owner responsible for the building, and you never have to go through an eviction.
There are open DOB violations from the basement work. Is that a problem?
Not for us. Violations transfer with the property and we resolve them after closing. An ECB judgment that has become a lien is paid from the sale proceeds at closing. You do not need to clear anything before we can make an offer.
How do you decide what to offer for a Canarsie property?
We look at recent comparable sales on the surrounding blocks, the elevation and flood history of the lot, the condition of the house and basement, 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 Canarsie?
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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