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Sold to a Long Island cash buyer? Four different things can happen to your contract before closing. Here is how to tell which one you signed.
After a fire in Mount Vernon, is it smarter to rebuild with the insurance money or sell as-is? The honest arithmetic, side by side.
Clutter rarely stops a Yonkers house sale, blocked access does. What a cash buyer must reach, what the city checks, and what to leave in place.
Siblings, a parent still in the house, a name on an old deed: who legally has to agree before a long-held Long Island house can be sold.
No law says a Brooklyn house must be empty to sell. Here is what is actually required, what is not, and when clearing it out is worth it.
Facing foreclosure on Staten Island? Four situations where a cash sale is the wrong move, and the two where it genuinely is the right one.
Quick answer: New York’s property condition disclosure statement is a signed form in which a seller of a one- to four-family home shares conditions known to the seller, delivered before the buyer signs a binding contract. Selling as-is does not by itself remove the requirement, though some transfers, such as certain estate sales, are exempt.…
Quick answer: A New York seller usually pays the state transfer tax, the city transfer tax in the five boroughs, any mortgage payoff or liens, their own attorney and any agent’s commission, mostly from the sale proceeds. Your own attorney reviews the contract and confirms the exact figures before closing. Before you choose how to…
Quick answer: Yes, a New York owner can generally sell a house with tenants in place, and the buyer usually takes the property subject to the existing leases. Before you sell, gather each lease, the rent ledger and the security deposit records, and ask a New York real estate attorney which rules apply to each…
Quick answer: Yes, you can sell a New York condo to a cash buyer, and Fair Offer NY buys condos as-is. Before you accept any offer, ask the managing agent for a statement of unpaid common charges and check the building’s declaration and bylaws for a right of first refusal. What a cash sale of…