Cities · Florida
We buy houses for cash in St. Petersburg — get your offer in 24 hours
Active in both the Tampa-bay-side and beach-side neighborhoods, with cash buyers ranging from local flippers to portfolio operators.
Lockwood Home Buyers makes a fair cash offer on your St. Petersburg 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 St. Petersburg: what's different here
St. Petersburg sits in Pinellas County, FL.
Pinellas is Florida's most densely built-out county, so there is little new construction competing with resales — older houses carry the market.
Flood and storm-surge zones shape both insurance and buyer appetite here; being upfront about past water intrusion gets a faster, firmer offer.
How closings work in Florida
Florida closings are typically handled by a title agent or closing attorney depending on the county; either way a cash sale commonly closes in two to three weeks.
Seller taxes and fees in Florida
Florida charges documentary stamp tax on the deed — $0.70 per $100 of the sale price in most counties (Miami-Dade uses a slightly different rate structure). It is customarily a seller-side cost.
If you're behind on the mortgage in Florida
Florida is a judicial-foreclosure state: the lender must sue and the case works through the court, which usually takes many months and sometimes years. That is more runway to sell than in trustee-sale states, but interest, fees, and legal costs keep accruing the whole time.
Situations we handle in St. Petersburg
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divorce
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behind on payments
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vacant house
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damaged house
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job relocation
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medical bills
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downsizing retirement
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back taxes
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Property types we buy in St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg sellers — common questions
Ready to see what your St. Petersburg 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.