Cash home buyers in the Triangle
We buy houses in Raleigh and Durham, NC, and out to Chapel Hill, Cary and Wake Forest.
Want to sell your house fast in Raleigh? We buy in Durham and Chapel Hill as well, and we write up a cash offer on the house as it is today, with the old roof, the dated kitchen and whatever is still in the closets. You set the closing date, anywhere from about seven days away (given a clear title) to six months out.
- 01Buying houses since 2015More than 700 bought with family money by owners Parker and Casey Stiles, who still run it.
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- 03Nothing to fix or cleanNo commission comes out of your check, and we often pay the closing costs and attorney fees too.
Get your Triangle cash offer
Send the street address and what shape the house is in. Someone on our team will ring you back to go through it.
Where we buy in the Triangle
From Oakwood to Old West Durham, here is what holds Triangle houses back.
We buy in every part of Wake, Durham and Orange counties, and we have bought houses in both Raleigh and Durham. Each part of the region has different houses, and a different thing that stalls a sale once an inspector or lender shows up.
Historic Oakwood and Boylan Heights, Raleigh
Oakwood still has many of its 19th-century houses, from Queen Anne and Italianate to later bungalows and foursquares. Boylan Heights, one of Raleigh's first planned suburbs, was built out between 1907 and about 1935 beside the old Dorothea Dix Hospital grounds. Both are city historic overlay districts, so exterior changes need the city's Certificate of Appropriateness up front, and a buyer with big plans has to wait on that. Wake County.
NC State and Hillsborough Street, Raleigh
Hillsborough Street runs through NC State's main campus, with shops along the north side and university buildings on the south. Closer to downtown, the larger houses of Cameron Park went up between about 1910 and 1935. We buy rentals near campus with tenants in them, so send the lease end date and tell us who holds the deposits. Wake County.
Hi-Mount, Longview Gardens and postwar Raleigh
Hi-Mount, about two miles north of downtown, filled in mostly after World War II with small Minimal Traditional, Cape Cod and ranch houses. In Longview Gardens, a mile and a half east of downtown, ranch houses from the late 1940s through the mid-1960s make up most of the neighborhood. One that never got updated may still have its first bathroom, wiring and windows, and a buyer's inspector will list every one. Wake County.
Trinity Park and Duke's East Campus, Durham
East Campus is where Trinity College started out before it grew into Duke, and Trinity Park sits right beside it. The houses there went up from the 1890s to about 1960, including Queen Anne houses and Craftsman bungalows. We buy owner-occupied homes and rentals close to Duke. Durham County.
Old West Durham, Ninth Street and East Durham
Old West Durham grew up around the Erwin Cotton Mills in the 1890s, and rows of frame mill houses still line streets near Ninth Street. East Durham began as its own mill-area community outside the city before Durham annexed it, and most of its houses date from about 1890 to 1955. A house that old usually shows its age in the floors, the plumbing and the crawlspace. Durham County.
Chapel Hill, near UNC
Chapel Hill is mostly in Orange County, with a small piece in Durham County. Near the UNC campus, Franklin-Rosemary, Cameron-McCauley and Gimghoul are town historic districts, and any project that changes how a house looks from outside needs a Certificate of Appropriateness. We buy those older homes, rentals near campus and houses in every other part of town.
Estates across county lines
In the Triangle, the city on an address may not match the county.
The cities here have grown past the old county lines. Raleigh is the Wake County seat, yet a small part of the city sits in Durham County. Durham reaches into both Wake and Orange counties. Chapel Hill is mostly in Orange County with a small piece in Durham County, and Cary and Morrisville each have sections outside Wake.
That matters most when a house is part of an estate. In North Carolina, the estate opens in whichever county the owner made their home, before that county's clerk of superior court. The clerk issues letters testamentary when there is a will, or letters of administration when there is none, and the person named in those letters is the personal representative. Notice to creditors runs in the paper weekly for four weeks, and creditors get at least three months from the first run to make a claim.
When a sale by the heirs comes less than two years after the death, expect the personal representative to sign the deed too. North Carolina has no estate or inheritance tax to plan around.
When your parent lived in the house itself, its tax bill usually names the county that handles the estate, though the estate's attorney should confirm it. We can see the house and write an offer while the paperwork moves, then close once the estate can sell.
How a sale works in the Triangle
It takes four steps to go from a phone call to a signed deed.
An attorney handles every closing here. For an estate house, the owner's home county decides which clerk of superior court oversees the estate, whether that is Wake County in Raleigh, Durham County in Durham or Orange County in Hillsborough.
- Give us the street address.
Call (704) 966-7355 or fill in the form near the top. Mention who lives in the house now and anything you already know is broken or worn out.
- We ask a few questions, then look once.
A specialist phones you back to learn about the house. Then we set one visit, or work from your photos if you live far from the Triangle.
- Read the offer on paper.
We price what the house needs, how old its roof and heating and air are, and what comparable houses in your part of Wake, Durham or Orange County sold for. You can say no without owing us a thing.
- Pick the day, and the attorney closes it.
A North Carolina attorney searches the title and runs the closing. A clean title lets us wrap up in roughly seven days, and a later date up to six months away works too.
Triangle questions
What Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill owners want to know first.
My house is in Oakwood. Do I have to get repairs approved before you buy it?
No. Exterior work in Raleigh's historic overlay districts needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the city before it starts. Since we buy the house as it sits, you make no repairs, and any approval for work after closing is ours to get.
Can you buy my rental near NC State, Duke or UNC while the lease is still running?
Yes. The lease stays in place after the sale. Before closing, the deposits either transfer to us, with written notice to the tenants, or go back to the tenants as refunds. Tell us when the lease ends and what the rent is, and we will plan the closing around the people living there.
Dad lived inside Durham city limits, but his tax bill says Wake County. Which clerk handles his estate?
It goes by the county where he lived. If he lived in that house, the Wake County clerk of superior court in Raleigh handles the estate, even with a Durham address. City limits here do not always follow county lines, so have the estate's attorney confirm it before filing.
My Durham house has a foreclosure hearing on the calendar. Can I still sell it?
Yes, if the closing can happen before the courthouse sale. The clerk holds the hearing first and the sale comes later, so there is usually time if you call right away. At closing, your lender is paid in full out of our purchase price, and that stops the foreclosure. Calling when the 45-day notice first shows up gives you far more room.
Would I do better listing my Cary house than selling it to you?
Sometimes, yes. A house in good shape with time to sell may bring more if you list it, and we will say so up front. We can also show you our Equity Protection Program or a proposal to list it. A cash sale to us fits a house that needs work, comes with tenants or must sell by a set date.
Towns around Raleigh and Durham
We also buy in Cary, Apex, Wake Forest, Hillsborough and the rest of the Triangle.
Most of these towns are in Wake County, though a few cross into Chatham, Durham or Franklin counties, and Hillsborough is in Orange. For an estate, the county the owner called home is the one whose clerk of superior court takes the case.
Cary
Cary began as a railroad village in the 1850s, and the Page-Walker Hotel from around 1868 still stands. Most of the town is in western Wake County, with neighborhood-sized sections in Chatham County and small pieces in Durham County. We buy older houses near downtown and newer ones out in the subdivisions.
Morrisville
Morrisville sits just south of Raleigh-Durham International Airport. It was named in 1852 for Jeremiah Morris, who gave land to the North Carolina Railroad for a depot. It is mostly in Wake County, with a small part in Durham County, so check the county before an estate is opened.
Apex
Apex got its name from the highest point on the old Chatham Railroad. A 1911 fire burned most of the business district, the town center was rebuilt, and downtown became a historic district in 1994. The town is mostly in Wake County and reached into Chatham County for the first time in 2022.
Garner and Knightdale
Garner sits entirely in Wake County and grew from a wood-and-water stop on the North Carolina Railroad. Knightdale, east of Raleigh along US 64 Business, is named for Henry Haywood Knight, who gave land for a railroad depot. Estates in both towns go to the Wake County clerk in Raleigh.
Wake Forest
Wake Forest College started here and moved to Winston-Salem in 1956. The town lies just north of Raleigh, almost entirely in Wake County, with a small part in Franklin County. If the owner lived on the Franklin County side, the estate goes to the clerk in Louisburg.
Fuquay-Varina
Fuquay Springs and Varina merged in 1963 into one town in southern Wake County. The mineral spring that drew visitors for decades is now a small park.
Hillsborough
The Orange County seat was founded in 1754 on the Eno River and keeps more than 100 buildings from the late 1700s and 1800s. The Orange County clerk's estates office is in the courthouse here, and it handles estates for owners who lived anywhere in the county, Chapel Hill included.
Elsewhere in North Carolina
Is your house outside the Triangle?
We buy all over the state. Start with our North Carolina page, or go straight to Charlotte, the Triad or Fayetteville.
Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill
Get a number on your Triangle house before you spend a dollar on it.
Reach us by phone or text with the address and the story behind the house. You get the offer in writing, and if you take it, you pick the closing day.