Cities · South Carolina
We buy houses for cash in Charleston — get your offer in 24 hours
Lower-country cash-buyer demand is consistent — both for in-town historic property and outer-island inventory.
Lockwood Home Buyers makes a fair cash offer on your Charleston 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 Charleston: what's different here
Charleston sits in Charleston County, SC.
Flood zones and elevation drive both insurance and buyer appetite across the lowcountry — we assess that on day one.
Historic-district property carries Board of Architectural Review constraints; cash buyers experienced with them close where retail deals stall.
How closings work in South Carolina
South Carolina requires an attorney to conduct the closing. A cash sale still closes on a normal two-to-three-week timeline.
Seller taxes and fees in South Carolina
South Carolina’s deed recording fee works out to $1.85 per $500 of the price (0.37%), customarily a seller cost.
If you're behind on the mortgage in South Carolina
South Carolina is a judicial-foreclosure state — the lender files suit and the case runs through the court to a judicial sale, which typically takes many months. More runway than trustee-sale states, but costs accrue throughout.
Situations we handle in Charleston
inherited
in Charleston
probate
in Charleston
foreclosure
in Charleston
divorce
in Charleston
behind on payments
in Charleston
tenant occupied
in Charleston
vacant house
in Charleston
damaged house
in Charleston
job relocation
in Charleston
medical bills
in Charleston
downsizing retirement
in Charleston
back taxes
in Charleston
Property types we buy in Charleston
Charleston sellers — common questions
Ready to see what your Charleston 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.