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We Buy Houses in Johnson City, TN

A phone-based cash offer for homeowners in Johnson City and Washington County.

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Sell Your House Fast for Cash in Johnson City, TN

Selling your Johnson City house starts with one phone call about its condition.

We buy houses in Johnson City and around Washington County and send a written cash offer within 24 hours, with no showings needed. There are no commissions, no repairs and no cleaning, and we pay the standard closing costs. Your cash offer is based on what you tell us about the house. If your answers reflect its real condition, the price on the contract is the price at closing. A Tennessee title or settlement company closes the sale, and you choose the date, in as little as 14 days.

At a glance

  • No repairs or cleaning
  • No commissions or showings
  • We pay standard closing costs
  • Close in as little as 14 days

Selling in Johnson City

Selling Your Johnson City House for Cash

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  1. 1. Call Us First

    One call about your Johnson City house and its condition. You don’t clean or repair anything first.

  2. 2. Your Written Offer

    You get a written cash offer within 24 hours, with no commissions and no showings.

  3. 3. Choose the Date

    A Tennessee title or settlement company closes the sale on the day that suits you.

  4. Get My Cash Offer →

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Sell Your Johnson City House As-Is: Flood Damage, Floodplains, Older Homes

Hurricane Helene's flooding in September 2024 reached deep into Washington County. At Embreeville, along the Nolichucky River, the river is estimated to have crested nearly 10 feet above its all-time record flood stage; two people drowned there, and many homes were destroyed. Farther downstream in the county, homes, buildings, bridges and roads were wiped out 2. If water, mud or a falling tree damaged your house, you don't have to repair it before you sell. Tell us what happened on the call.

Closer to town, the City's Floodplain Map Viewer shows whether a property sits in a floodplain, and the City asks owners there to take flood protection measures 3. Building in the regulated floodplain takes a Flood Permit, and a new flood insurance policy has a 30-day waiting period, though Johnson City's Class 9 rating in the Community Rating System gives homeowners a 5% discount 4. If water has come into your basement, or you know the house is in a floodplain, say so.

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Cash Offer or Listing With an Agent in Johnson City?

A Johnson City house that's been looked after could sell for more through an agent than to us, given patience. The listing's costs come out along the way: the commission, the repairs a buyer's inspector asks for, and months of payments, insurance and utilities. The Washington County figures show how long listings have been taking.

Compare what each choice would put in your hands. The cost example for Johnson City estimates a listing's take-home; measure our written offer against that.

On a $440,000 sale

Example, not a quote.

Listing with an agent

Sale price
$440,000
Agent commission (5.5% here; it varies)
−$24,200
Repairs before listing (example)
−$12,000
Seller's closing fee and deed preparation (example; companies vary)
−$500
Three months of carrying costs (example)
−$7,920
You'd walk away with
$395,380

Comparing a cash offer

In this example, listing would leave you about $395,380 before your mortgage payoff. Compare that with your cash offer, less any closing costs you'd still pay.

Your numbers depend on your house, your loan and your county. Want your real numbers? Enter your address above or call (984) 489-8269.

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Johnson City Housing Market, September 2026

Listing figures for Washington County, TN.

Median asking price
$441,950
about the same as a year earlier
Median days on market
61 days
down 4% from a year earlier
Homes for sale
430
down 6% from a year earlier

Homes listed in Washington County, TN sat a median 61 days on the market in September 2026, down from 64 a year earlier. The median asking price in Washington County, TN was $441,950 in September 2026, about the same as a year earlier.

Fastest-moving ZIP codes

Lowest median days on market among ZIP codes with 20 or more homes listed, September 2026.

  1. 37615 — 57 days
  2. 37604 — 60 days
  3. 37601 — 69 days

Source: Realtor.com Economic Research, September 2026. Asking prices of homes listed for sale, not sale prices.

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Selling a Tennessee House in a Hard Spot

If one of these sounds like your situation, here's what Tennessee law generally says about it, in plain terms. For advice on your own situation, talk to a Tennessee attorney.

Facing foreclosureThe notice can run as little as 20 days before the sale. Here are the rules.

Before a Johnson City house can be sold at foreclosure, the sale must be advertised at least twice in a newspaper in the county where it will be held, the first ad at least 20 days ahead, and posted online for 20 straight days. A copy has to reach you by registered or certified mail by the day of the first ad, at the house and at your last known address if that's different 5. The notice itself names the parties, describes the property by street address and deed reference, and gives the time and place 6. If a date is set, have a Tennessee real estate attorney review your options before you sign anything.

Inherited a houseWho inherits the house, which court handles the estate, and what a small estate covers.

In Washington County, the Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court also has jurisdiction over probate of wills and the administration of estates, from granting letters testamentary and of administration and appointing executors to hearing claims. The probate office's mailing address is 108 W Jackson Boulevard, Suite 2109, Jonesborough, and its number is 423-753-1623 7. In Tennessee a house usually passes at death to the heirs or the people a will names 8, so tell us whose name is on the deed and where the estate stands.

Behind on paymentsA servicer generally can't start foreclosure until you're more than 120 days behind.

Federal rules generally bar a mortgage servicer from starting foreclosure until you're more than 120 days behind 9. Because a Tennessee sale notice can first appear just 20 days ahead, that window is the time to call your servicer about options, or to sell before a notice ever goes out.

Going through a divorceHow Tennessee divides a house in a divorce, and why selling can make it simpler.

In a Tennessee divorce, the court divides the marital property equitably, without regard to who was at fault, in the proportions it finds just 10. A house is often the biggest piece. Selling it turns it into money that's simpler to divide. Your divorce attorneys can tell you what your order requires before either of you signs a contract.

Selling a rental with tenantsYour tenants don't have to move out first. Bring the lease and the deposit records to the call.

The tenant doesn't have to move out before we make an offer. Tennessee's landlord-tenant act applies in counties with more than 75,000 people at the 2010 census 11. Under it, either side can end a month-to-month tenancy with written notice at least 30 days before the rent date 12, and security deposits are kept in an account used only for that purpose 13. Tell us about the lease, the rent and the deposit on the call.

Moving away or downsizingLine the sale up with your move, and ask about state property tax relief at your next home.

The sale can line up with your move. If you're 65 or older and buying another Tennessee home, the state's tax relief program may pay back part or all of the property tax on your primary residence, within income limits. It isn't an exemption: you still pay the bill, and you apply through the county trustee 14.

Selling a House in a Johnson City Historic District

Some Johnson City neighborhoods are locally designated historic districts with design guidelines. There, a Certificate of Appropriateness may be needed when work changes the outside of a building in a way you can see from a public street or sidewalk, such as new windows, doors or siding, a porch or deck, or a demolition. Interior work doesn't need historic review, and neither do routine maintenance and minor repairs. The City also says historic designation doesn't prevent you from living in, selling or renting your property 1.

If you started exterior work, applied for a certificate or were turned down for one, tell us on the call; it's part of the house's condition.

Johnson City Neighborhoods and ZIP Codes We Buy In

Johnson City grew out of Johnson's Depot as the railroad rose, and the founding of East Tennessee State University in 1911 and the National Soldiers Home at Mountain Home pushed it further 15. We buy houses across the city and Washington County, from downtown and the Tree Streets to Boones Creek and Gray. If your neighborhood isn't listed, call anyway.

Downtown and the Tree Streets

  • Downtown
  • the Tree Streets
  • Southside
  • the Mountain Home area

North Johnson City

  • Boones Creek
  • Gray
  • the North Roan Street area

West and South

  • the University Parkway area
  • Keystone
  • the West Market Street area
  • the Buffalo Mountain area

East Side

  • the East Main Street area
  • the Elizabethton Highway area
  • the Milligan Highway area

ZIP codes we buy in

  • 37601
  • 37604
  • 37615

Johnson City Cash Home Buyers: Common Questions

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How fast can you buy my house in Johnson City?

A Johnson City closing can happen as soon as 14 days after you accept our written offer. The title company's work and your lender's payoff statement usually set the day; once you ask in writing, the lender has seven business days to send it 16. An open estate or a lease can add a step, and you can always choose a later date.

How do you decide your cash offer on a Johnson City house?

From one phone call, based on what you tell us about the house. We'll want to know its age, the shape of the roof, foundation and retaining walls, whether Helene or another storm brought water or mud inside, the repairs on your list, and who's living there. Ask about any part of the written offer you'd like spelled out.

How much will a cash buyer pay for my Johnson City house?

That's set by the house itself: its condition, the work it needs and what you share with us on the call. The number comes in writing, and the cost example for Johnson City lets you compare it with a listing's estimated net.

Will a cash offer be lower than listing my Johnson City house?

Probably. A Johnson City house in good condition, with time on the market, may sell higher through an agent. Look at what you'd keep after commission, repairs and months of holding costs, rather than the price alone.

Do I have to disclose problems if I sell my Johnson City house as-is?

Generally, yes, for the ones you know about. The usual Tennessee route is a disclosure statement listing known material defects; an as-is disclaimer is allowed only if the buyer waives that statement 17. Even then, a known sinkhole or a house that was moved onto a new foundation must be disclosed in writing 18. In Johnson City, tell us about any flood damage you know of.

When are property taxes due on a Johnson City house?

Inside the city there are two bills. City taxes are due by February 28, with penalty and interest starting March 1; delinquent taxes already filed in Chancery Court can't be paid online, and the City's tax office is at 423-434-6299 19. The Washington County Trustee mails county statements in October, they're due by the end of February, and the Trustee has a Johnson City office at 378 Marketplace Boulevard as well as the courthouse office in Jonesborough 20. If you're behind, tell us on the call.

Do you buy houses near Johnson City?

Yes. We also buy houses in Jonesborough 21, and in ZIP code 37659. If you're not sure, call us.

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Last reviewed October 2026

Where these facts come from (21)
  1. City of Johnson City Planning, Historic Preservation
  2. NOAA/National Hurricane Center, Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Helene
  3. City of Johnson City Stormwater Management, Flood Protection
  4. City of Johnson City Stormwater Management, Floodplain Resources
  5. Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-5-101 (notice of a foreclosure sale)
  6. Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-5-104 (what the sale notice must say)
  7. Washington County, Tennessee, Probate Court (Clerk and Master)
  8. Tenn. Code Ann. § 31-2-103 (real estate passes to heirs at death)
  9. CFPB, Regulation X § 1024.41 (loss mitigation procedures)
  10. Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-4-121 (dividing marital property)
  11. Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-102 (where the landlord-tenant act applies)
  12. Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-512 (ending a month-to-month tenancy)
  13. Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-28-301 (security deposits)
  14. Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Property Tax Relief
  15. Washington County, Tennessee, Heritage / History
  16. CFPB, Regulation Z § 1026.36 (payoff statements)
  17. Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-5-202 (disclosure statement or as-is disclaimer)
  18. Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-5-212 (disclosing a known sinkhole, injection well or moved house)
  19. City of Johnson City Finance, Property Taxes
  20. Washington County, Tennessee, Trustee
  21. Washington County, Tennessee, News Flash: Visit the Town of Jonesborough
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