We buy houses in Tacony & Wissinoming
Tacony and Wissinoming houses were built to last and most of them have. What slows a sale here is rarely the building. It is what is recorded against it.
- 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 Tacony & Wissinoming cash offer
Two minutes. No fee, no obligation.
What the housing stock is
Tacony was laid out as a company town around the Disston saw works, and it shows — brick and stone twins and rows on wider lots than most of the city, with real front setbacks, porches and back yards. Wissinoming next door is a similar vintage with more straight rows and a larger share of houses that have been split into apartments over the years.
The bones are good. Roofs, heaters and electrical panels are the usual worn items, and a lot of these houses still have their original windows and plaster.
The deed restrictions nobody mentions until settlement
A good number of older Tacony deeds carry restrictive covenants written in the nineteenth century and never removed. Most are harmless now and some are no longer enforceable, but they are still recorded, and a title examiner has to read them, raise them, and decide what to do about them before anyone can close. A buyer's lender sees an exception on the title commitment and the file stops while somebody works out what it means.
We own Prosperity Abstract, so that reading happens in-house and early rather than three days before a settlement that then gets moved. And because we are paying cash, there is no lender to satisfy on top of it.
What we see most often here
- Estates where the house has been in one family since the mills were running
- Older recorded covenants, unreleased mortgages and other title exceptions on long-held parcels
- Unpermitted second-floor and basement apartments in Wissinoming, and the L&I file that comes with them
- Heirs living out of state who do not want to manage a cleanout from three hours away
- Small landlords finished with one or two rentals off the Torresdale Avenue corridor
The honest version
A Tacony twin in ordinary shape, cleaned out and empty, will usually do better on the open market than it will with us — retail buyers like these houses and lenders will fund them. Call us when the file is the problem rather than the house: a title exception nobody can explain, an estate that was never opened, a tenant who stopped paying, or a house you have not been inside since your father died.
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 Tacony & Wissinoming
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 →Tacony & Wissinoming questions
How fast can you close on a house in Tacony & Wissinoming?
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 Tacony & Wissinoming property?
In Tacony & Wissinoming 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 Tacony & Wissinoming?
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 Tacony & Wissinoming 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 Tacony & Wissinoming.
Frankford
Older rows and twins, a high share of rentals, and title histories that take real work to untangle.
See how we buy in Frankford →Mayfair
Well-kept Northeast rowhomes with strong retail demand — where a listing often beats us, and we say so.
See how we buy in 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 →Find out what your Tacony & Wissinoming 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.