We Buy Houses in Burlington County, NJ

Do you buy houses everywhere in Burlington County?

Yes. Vivid Properties is a local, family-owned real estate investment company in Philadelphia's Kensington and Fishtown area, a short drive from the Betsy Ross and Tacony-Palmyra bridges. We buy houses directly from owners for cash. We are investors, not agents, and we never list your house.

Burlington County is a lot of different places under one name, and we buy in all of them: a rowhome near the river in Burlington City, a Willingboro house with tenants, a Marlton townhouse after a job transfer, or a house on a well in Tabernacle. If you have military orders out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, you can set the closing for the date that works around your report date. You get a fair written offer, usually within 24 hours, with no repairs, no cleaning, no commissions and no fees from us. We pay all the closing costs, and your written offer shows exactly what you walk away with before you sign.

Towns and neighborhoods we buy in

Many Burlington County towns have no ZIP code name of their own, so people go by mailing names like Riverton, Riverside, Mount Holly and Vincentown that cover several towns at once. Here is how the county breaks down.

Which towns inspect a house before it sells?

A good number of them. New Jersey lets each town decide whether a sale needs its own certificate of occupancy (CO), which is the town's sign-off that a house is safe to live in. These come from each town's own website:

On top of any town CO, every one- or two-family sale needs working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms signed off by the local fire official. State law dropped the fire extinguisher requirement in February 2025, but some town checklists still list one, so follow your town's current form.

If an inspection report comes back long, send it to us. We buy houses as they are, and the report simply becomes part of the plan for closing.

Is your house on a well, near a flood zone, or heated with oil?

Each of these has a New Jersey rule behind it that applies to any sale, including a cash sale to us.

• Private wells. If the house gets its drinking water from a well on the property, New Jersey's Private Well Testing Act requires the sale contract to include a water test, and closing cannot happen until both buyer and seller have received and reviewed the results. The law does not say who pays, so the contract settles it.
• Flood zones. Every New Jersey seller must disclose on the state's property condition disclosure form, before the buyer is bound by a contract, whether the property is in a FEMA Special or Moderate Risk Flood Hazard Area (the 100-year and 500-year floodplains) and anything the seller actually knows about flooding there. If you live near the Delaware River or a creek, look up your address before you talk to any buyer.
• Oil heat. Census estimates show about 1 in 15 occupied homes in the county still heats with fuel oil. If yours does, or once did, find out whether a tank is buried in the yard. New Jersey's Department of Community Affairs notes that insurance and mortgage companies are pushing removals of old underground tanks, and removing or abandoning one takes a town permit and a DEP-certified contractor.

What are the houses like in Burlington County?

Newer than across the line in Camden County, on the whole. Census estimates for 2020 to 2024 put the median Burlington County home at 1977, more homes were built in the 1970s than in any other decade, and about 3 in 4 occupied homes are lived in by their owners.

The river towns are the oldest. The median home dates to about 1950 in Burlington City and Riverside, 1957 in Palmyra and Delanco, and 1939 or earlier in Riverton and Bordentown City. Willingboro's median is 1964, and Moorestown's and Maple Shade's is 1969. Evesham (1986), Mount Laurel (1987) and Burlington Township (1991) are newer, and Chesterfield's median is 2004. Near the base, rentals are common: more than half of occupied homes in New Hanover, North Hanover and Wrightstown are rented.

Where do I handle probate and the deed?

Both are on Rancocas Road in Mount Holly. The Burlington County Surrogate's Court, the county office that handles wills and estates, is at 50 Rancocas Road, first floor. It works by appointment, so call (609) 265-5005 first. Probate and administration appointments are in person for executors and administrators who live in New Jersey.

Deeds are recorded at the County Clerk's main office, also at 50 Rancocas Road. If an inherited house will sit empty for a while, the Clerk offers a free Property Fraud Alert that tells you when a document is filed in your name, a simple guard against deed theft. Sign up online or call (609) 265-5122. For the estate steps from start to finish, see our guide to selling an inherited house in New Jersey.

How do sheriff sales work in Burlington County?

A sheriff sale is the auction at the end of a New Jersey foreclosure. Here the sheriff holds them on Thursdays at 12:00 p.m. in the County Administration Building, 49 Rancocas Road, Mount Holly. Since March 1, 2026, each sale notice is posted on the county website for four Thursdays, and the house is sold on the fifth Thursday unless the sale is adjourned.

Under state law the owner can ask for two adjournments, one at a time, by written letter, and the lender's attorney can ask for two as well. After the sale there is a ten-day period to object in court or redeem the property. The sheriff's bulletin also points owners to free help: the courts' foreclosure mediation program and Legal Services of New Jersey at 1-888-576-5529. New Jersey's Community Wealth Preservation Program has separate rules for owners, next of kin and tenants who want to buy at the sale, and the sheriff posts those requirements online.

The earlier you act, the more choices you have, including selling before the sale date. Our New Jersey foreclosure guide walks through every step.

What will the transfer fee be on my sale?

The seller pays New Jersey's Realty Transfer Fee when the deed is recorded. On a $325,000 sale it is $1,910 at the standard rate, which is the state's own worked example. Above $350,000 a higher rate table applies to the whole price, so a $400,000 sale comes to $3,215. Qualifying sellers who are 62 or older, blind or disabled can claim a reduced rate by filing Form RTF-1. On sales over $1 million there is also a Graduated Percent Fee of 1% to 3.5% of the full price, and the seller is responsible for that one too.

We pay all the closing costs, and your written offer shows exactly what you walk away with before you sign.

Is a cash sale the right move for you?

Sometimes it is not, and we will say so. A cash, as-is offer usually comes in below what a fully repaired house would sell for on the open market, because we take on the repairs, the risk, the months of carrying costs and a closing on your schedule. If your house is updated and you have time, listing with an agent may net you more. If it needs a lot of work, has tenants, is tied up in an estate, or you are facing orders or a sale date, a cash sale can make sense. Compare both on our cash sale vs listing page, see how we calculate our offer, and read our guides to selling as-is and selling with tenants. We also buy in Gloucester County and the rest of South Jersey.

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Burlington County seller questions

This page is general information, not legal or tax advice. For your situation, talk to a New Jersey attorney or tax professional.