We Buy Houses in Camden County, NJ

Who buys houses for cash in Camden County?

Vivid Properties does. We are a local, family-owned real estate investment company at 2614 Amber St in Philadelphia's Kensington and Fishtown area, a few minutes from the Betsy Ross Bridge. We buy houses directly from owners for cash. We are not agents, and we never list your house.

Here that means houses in any condition: a Collingswood twin still full of a parent's things, a Lindenwold rental with tenants in it, a Camden rowhome with a violation notice, or a Cherry Hill single that needs a roof. You get a fair written offer, usually within 24 hours, with no repairs, no cleaning, no commissions and no fees from us, and you pick the closing day. We pay all the closing costs, and your written offer shows exactly what you walk away with before you sign. When you call, you talk to our family team, people like Michael Neavson and Jen Gorsen, not a call center.

Towns and neighborhoods we buy in

Camden County runs from the old river towns across from Philly, through the Haddons along the PATCO line, out to newer subdivisions near the Pinelands. Mailing names cross town lines here, so look for the name on your mail as well as the one on your tax bill.

Camden County towns we know especially well

These towns have their own pages, with their inspection rules, housing and neighborhoods in more detail.

What are the houses like, and what can hold up a sale?

Camden County's housing is the oldest of the three South Jersey counties we buy in. Census estimates for 2020 to 2024 put the median home at 1967, and about 4 in 10 were built before 1960. The closer to the river, the older it gets: the median year is about 1950 in Camden City, 1945 in Gloucester City and 1941 in Collingswood, and 1939 or earlier in Haddonfield, Audubon, Brooklawn and Woodlynne. Gloucester Township, Voorhees and Winslow have medians from 1979 to 1984.

About 1 in 6 homes in the county is a twin, rowhome or townhouse, and about 1 in 3 occupied homes is rented. In Camden City and Lindenwold it is roughly two in three.

In houses this age, three things tend to slow a sale down:

• Old permits. Towns check permit records before they sign off. Pennsauken will not issue its resale certificate until open permits are closed, including permits for past work that was done without one.
• Lead paint in rentals. New Jersey requires rentals built before 1978 to be inspected for lead paint hazards every three years or at tenant turnover, and a selling landlord must give the buyer any lead-safe certificates.
• Heating oil tanks. About 4 percent of occupied homes here still heat with oil, and houses that switched to gas can still have an old tank in the ground. Only DEP-certified firms may work on underground heating oil tanks, and the county's environmental health unit takes tank inspection requests online.

Does my town require an inspection before I sell?

Often, yes. New Jersey lets each town decide whether to require its own resale certificate of occupancy (CO), which is a town's sign-off that a house is safe to live in. A few Camden County examples, from each town's own website:

Everywhere in New Jersey, a one- or two-family house needs working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms, signed off by the town (usually the local fire official), before it is sold or rented. Since February 2025 state law no longer requires a fire extinguisher for that check, and a house with a secondary power source needs a warning label within 18 inches of the main electric panel and meter.

A long inspection report does not have to stop an as-is sale. In Pennsauken, as in some other New Jersey towns, the buyer can take on the repairs in writing and close on a temporary CO. Tell us your town early and we will plan the inspection around the closing day you pick.

Where does probate happen in Camden County?

At the Camden County Surrogate's Court, the county office that handles wills and estates. It is at Forrest Hall, 509 Lakeland Road in Blackwood, (856) 225-7282. In-person visits are by appointment only, and you can also mail papers or use the drop box there.

You can bring the will in any time after the death, but probate and the executor's letters are issued only after the 11th day. If there is no will, the Surrogate appoints an administrator, and the surviving spouse has the first right to serve. The executor or administrator needs those letters before signing anything for the estate. Our guide to selling an inherited house in New Jersey walks through the whole process.

How do sheriff sales work in Camden County?

A sheriff sale is the public auction at the end of a foreclosure. New Jersey foreclosures go through the court, and after the final judgment the court issues a writ telling the county sheriff to sell the house.

In Camden County the sales are held the first and third Wednesday of each month at noon, in the Camden City Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall, 520 Market Street. The sheriff posts a sales list online but warns that the schedule changes a lot as the date gets close. Before the sale, the owner can ask the sheriff for up to two adjournments of up to four weeks each, by a written, notarized request, with a $28 fee for each.

After the sale, the owner has 10 days to redeem, which the courts describe as buying the house back or selling it. If the house sells for more than the judgment and costs, the extra goes to the court's Trust Fund Unit, pays other liens first, and anything left can go to the former owner. If you are going to sell, it is far easier before the sale date than in those 10 days. Free court mediation is also available. Read our New Jersey foreclosure guide before the date gets close.

What will the Realty Transfer Fee cost me?

New Jersey charges the seller a Realty Transfer Fee when the deed is recorded with the County Clerk, which in Camden County is Room 102 at 520 Market Street. The fee is figured per $500 of the price and the rate rises as the price does:

By law the fee is the seller's. When you sell to us, we pay all the closing costs, and your written offer shows exactly what you walk away with before you sign.

How does selling to us work here?

1. Tell us about the house. Call or text (267) 551-5554, or use the form. A real local person answers.
2. We look at it with you. Condition, tenants, your town's resale rules, and any estate or sheriff sale deadline.
3. You get a written cash offer. Usually within 24 hours, built the way we explain on how we calculate our offer.
4. You pick the closing day. No repairs, no cleaning, and you can leave behind what you do not want.

Straight talk on price: a cash, as-is offer is usually below what the same house would bring after a full renovation on the open market. The gap pays for the repairs, our risk, the taxes and utilities we carry while we fix it, and the speed and certainty of the sale. What you save is the commission, the repair bills and the months of showings. If your house is in good shape and you have time, listing may net you more, and we will say so. See cash sale vs listing, and our guides to selling as-is and selling with tenants. Looking across the county line? See Burlington County, Gloucester County or all of South Jersey.

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Camden 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.