We buy houses in Mayfair
Mayfair is one of the markets where we most often tell a seller to list instead. Here is when that is true and when it is not.
- A written cash offer, usually within one business day
- No commission and no repairs — we buy it as it stands
- Liens, back taxes, tenants and probate are all workable
- You pick the settlement date
Get your Mayfair cash offer
Two minutes. No fee, no obligation.
What the housing stock is
Interwar and post-war brick rowhomes, many with driveways or garages, small front lawns, and owners who have looked after them. Compared with much of the city, Mayfair has a deep pool of retail buyers who can get a mortgage on the house as it stands.
When you should list, not call us
If your Mayfair house is in ordinary condition, you can live with showings, and you are not working against a deadline, the open market will usually net you more than a cash offer even after commission. That is not modesty, it is arithmetic: our number is below retail because we take on speed, certainty and condition risk. Where none of those are your problem, you are paying for something you do not need.
When a cash sale genuinely is the better move
- A sheriff sale date is on the calendar and a listing will not beat it
- The house has a real condition problem — roof, structure, fire or water damage — that knocks out financed buyers
- You inherited it, it is full, and nobody in the family lives close enough to empty it
- You are starting a job in another state and cannot carry two housing payments while it sits
- There are liens on it that you cannot pay off before settlement
Ask us either way. A free number you do not take is still the cheapest way to find out what your house is worth in cash, and we will tell you straight when an agent would serve you better.
Where Mayfair ends
People use “Mayfair” loosely, and the advice above does not travel far past the real boundaries. Cross Frankford Avenue toward the river and you are in Tacony & Wissinoming, where the houses are older, the lots are wider and the thing that stalls a sale is usually a covenant or an exception recorded against the parcel rather than the condition of the building. West of Roosevelt Boulevard you are in Oxford Circle & Castor Gardens, where a much larger share of houses are rentals and unpermitted basement conversions are common enough that we price for them. South-west of that is Frankford, where clouded title and heir property are the recurring problem.
Each of those is a genuinely different sale, so each has its own page. If you are not sure which one your block is in, tell us the address and we will tell you.
If you do sell to us
No commission, no repairs, no cleanout, and you pick the settlement date — two weeks or three months, whichever fits the rest of your move.
How selling to us works
Tell us about the house
Two minutes on the form or one phone call. Address, rough condition, and what is going on. You do not need to have anything cleaned up or figured out first.
We check the numbers
We pull the comparable sales, the tax and lien position, and whatever else is on record for the property. Usually same day, always within one business day.
You get a real cash offer
A written, no-obligation number with the math behind it, so you can see how we got there. No fee to hear it and no pressure to take it.
You pick the closing date
Two weeks, two months, or after the holidays. We settle at a title company, you get certified funds, and you leave whatever you do not want behind.
Situations we handle in Mayfair
None of these are unusual to us. Most of the houses we buy come with at least one.
Facing foreclosure
Stop the clock. We can close before the sheriff sale date and settle what you owe.
See how this works →Inherited a property
A house you did not ask for, in a city you may not live in. We handle it end to end.
See how this works →Administering an estate
Executor duties, probate, and a house to deal with while you are still grieving.
See how this works →Liens, judgments & title problems
Tax liens, water bills, old mortgages, clouded title. We own a title company.
See how this works →House needs work
Roof, water damage, full gut, hoarder cleanout. We buy it exactly as it stands.
See how this works →Problem tenants
Not paying, will not leave, trashing the place. Sell it with them still in it.
See how this works →Squatters
Someone is living in your property who has no right to be. We deal with it.
See how this works →Moving to senior care
Free up the equity to pay for care, on a timeline that fits the move-in date.
See how this works →Out-of-state owner
You do not have to fly in. Everything can be handled remotely and notarized where you are.
See how this works →Relocating for work
A start date in another state and a house that has not sold yet.
See how this works →Mayfair questions
How fast can you close on a house in Mayfair?
Usually the offer comes back the same day or the next business day, and most purchases settle in under 30 days. It can be as quick as about a week. It runs longer when there is something to untangle first — an estate that has not been opened, a large payoff, or a title defect. We tell you which one you are in before you commit to anything.
What gets paid off at settlement on a Mayfair property?
In Mayfair the usual ones are delinquent City of Philadelphia real estate tax, unpaid water and sewer, and open Licenses & Inspections violations. Judgments and old unreleased mortgages turn up regularly too. All of them are recorded against the parcel and all of them are paid or resolved at settlement out of the sale proceeds — you do not normally bring money to the table. Our own title company, Prosperity Abstract, does that work rather than sending it out.
Do I need an inspection or repairs to sell in Mayfair?
No. The City of Philadelphia does not require a municipal resale inspection to transfer a property, and we do not ask for a buyer's inspection contingency in Mayfair or anywhere else. We buy the house in the condition it is in.
Nearby
We buy across the city and the surrounding counties. These are the closest markets to Mayfair.
Northeast Philadelphia
Post-war rows, twins and singles on bigger lots, held by long-tenured owners now downsizing.
See how we buy in Northeast Philadelphia →Tacony & Wissinoming
Solidly built river-ward rows and twins, long-held by one family — and old deed restrictions that surprise people at settlement.
See how we buy in Tacony & Wissinoming →Oxford Circle & Castor Gardens
Post-war rows with driveways and garages, heavy rental conversion, and more quiet basement apartments than anywhere else in the Northeast.
See how we buy in Oxford Circle & Castor Gardens →Find out what your Mayfair house is worth in cash
It takes about two minutes to ask and there is no fee for the answer. If a cash sale is not your best move, we will say so.