Sell your house fast in Florida
Lockwood Home Buyers buys houses for cash in 11 Florida cities. Pick yours below — or read more about the Florida-specific rules and quirks that affect a fast-sale closing.
Florida cities we cover
Cape Coral, FL
Heavily cash buyer-active Lee-County market — strong both for canal-front and inland inventory.
Fort Lauderdale, FL
South-Florida cash-buyer market with strong demand across price tiers; condo and townhouse offers are routine.
Fort Myers, FL
Southwest-Florida market with high snowbird-seller flow and steady cash-buyer demand on all property tiers.
Jacksonville, FL
One of the most active cash-buyer markets in the Southeast, with both rental-portfolio buyers and flip-focused cash buyers competing for inventory.
Lakeland, FL
Polk-county market between Tampa and Orlando — solid rental-portfolio buyer demand across the metro.
Miami, FL
Cash-buyer pricing here trends higher than most US metros — but so do offers on quality property in good submarkets.
Orlando, FL
High cash buyer activity tied to both short-term-rental demand and a steady supply of older homes in established neighborhoods.
Pensacola, FL
Panhandle market with consistent military-relocation seller flow and active cash buyers.
Sarasota, FL
Gulf-coast market trending higher-end; cash buyer competition is strongest on inland and mid-tier neighborhoods.
St. Petersburg, FL
Active in both the Tampa-bay-side and beach-side neighborhoods, with cash buyers ranging from local flippers to portfolio operators.
Tampa, FL
Deep bench of cash buyers across the bay-area submarkets — particularly active on inherited and probate property.
Selling a house in Florida: the rules that matter
Who runs the closing
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
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.
The foreclosure clock
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.