Cities · Georgia
We buy houses for cash in Atlanta — get your offer in 24 hours
One of the most active cash buyer metros east of Texas — strong demand across the OTP suburbs and intown teardowns alike.
Lockwood Home Buyers makes a fair cash offer on your Atlanta house — usually within 24 hours, often the same day. You review it. You pick the closing date. You close, or you walk. No fees either way.
Lockwood Home Buyers makes cash offers directly to homeowners — no fees, no commissions, and no obligation to accept. We are not a real-estate agent or broker; we buy houses for cash.
Selling a house in Atlanta: what's different here
Atlanta sits in Fulton County, GA (with part of the city in DeKalb County).
Atlanta straddles two counties, and which side of the line a house sits on changes the tax bill and the closing paperwork — we sort that out as part of title work.
Intown neighborhoods carry early-1900s bungalows where renovators compete aggressively, while the OTP suburbs are a deep buy-and-hold rental market.
How closings work in Georgia
Georgia law requires closings to run through a licensed closing attorney rather than a title or escrow company. It doesn’t slow a cash sale much — attorney-run cash closings in two to three weeks are normal.
Seller taxes and fees in Georgia
Georgia’s transfer tax is modest — $1.00 per $1,000 of the sale price, customarily paid by the seller.
If you're behind on the mortgage in Georgia
Georgia is a non-judicial state with one of the fastest timelines anywhere: sales happen on the courthouse steps the first Tuesday of the month after about 30 days of published notice. A foreclosure can go from first notice to auction in a single month.
Situations we handle in Atlanta
Property types we buy in Atlanta
Atlanta sellers — common questions
Ready to see what your Atlanta house is worth in cash?
Lockwood Home Buyers makes cash offers directly to homeowners — no fees, no commissions, and no obligation to accept. We are not a real-estate agent or broker; we buy houses for cash.