Cities · Washington
We buy houses for cash in Seattle — get your offer in 24 hours
Higher-priced market — cash offers compete strongly on quality property and on inherited estate inventory.
Lockwood Home Buyers makes a fair cash offer on your Seattle 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 Seattle: what's different here
Seattle sits in King County, WA.
Seattle land values mean even heavy-fixer houses on decent lots draw serious cash interest as remodel or rebuild projects.
Older Seattle houses commonly carry moisture-related items (roofs, drainage, basements) from the wet climate — all standard assessment points we price routinely.
How closings work in Washington
Washington sales close through escrow companies; cash escrows commonly run about two weeks.
Seller taxes and fees in Washington
Washington’s real estate excise tax (REET) is a graduated, seller-paid tax starting at 1.1% — one of the more significant seller-side transfer taxes in the country. We account for it in the net-proceeds math up front.
If you're behind on the mortgage in Washington
Washington is a non-judicial trustee-sale state — after a notice of trustee sale, the auction can be held in roughly 120 days, with mandated mediation options for homeowners along the way.
Situations we handle in Seattle
Property types we buy in Seattle
Seattle sellers — common questions
Ready to see what your Seattle 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.