How are back property taxes paid when I sell to Tony?
The title company pays them at closing out of the sale proceeds. You don't bring a check. The county gets paid, the lien is released, and the Yonkers property transfers free and clear.
Behind on Property Taxes in Yonkers, NY? Tony Buys Your House for Cash
Owe back property taxes in Westchester County? Tony's title company pays them off at closing — out of the cash proceeds. You don't bring a check. The New York tax-foreclosure clock stops the day Tony closes.
Falling behind on property taxes happens to good people during hard years. Medical bills. Job loss. A spouse passing. Then the letters from the county pile up and the next tax bill comes before the last one is paid. You're not stuck. Tony has bought hundreds of Yonkers-area properties with back taxes, and most sellers walk away with cash on top of the payoff.
If you're getting tax-delinquency notices on your Yonkers, Westchester County house, the safest move is to sell before the lien sale. Tony pays off back taxes, water/sewer arrears, and any municipal liens at closing — out of the proceeds. You don't have to come up with cash to clear them.
- Title company pays back taxes at closing — you bring nothing
- Water, sewer, and municipal liens paid at the same time
- Tax-foreclosure clock stops the day Tony closes
- Most sellers walk away with cash above the payoff
- 7-day close, faster if the tax-lien sale is approaching
- Same process for NJ tax delinquency and NY tax-lien proceedings
The kind of two family property Tony has bought in Yonkers.
Westchester County Market Context
Westchester County is a wealthy suburb of NYC: Yonkers, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, White Plains, Scarsdale, Bronxville. Older multi-family stock and inherited estates are common.
Westchester County has among the highest property taxes in the country, often 2.0-3.0% on high-value properties.
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Tell Tony where the house is and what shape it's in. Get a cash number on the same call. Pick a closing date.
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How Behind on Property Taxes Works in Yonkers
Many Yonkers sellers behind on taxes don't realize they likely have equity above the back-tax balance. A house worth $300K with $25K in back taxes still has $275K of equity (minus any mortgage). Tony's offer captures that for you. Letting it go to tax-lien sale typically zeroes that out.
Sections of Yonkers Tony Buys In
Yonkers has multi-families, walk-ups, and detached homes across every section. Tony buys inherited estates, tenant-occupied properties, and tired-landlord rentals. Southwest Yonkers — Getty Square, Nodine Hill, Park Hill, Ludlow — is 1900–1930 frame two- and three-families and five- and six-story pre-war walk-ups; east of the Saw Mill it turns to 1920s–50s Tudors, colonials, and capes in Crestwood, Colonial Heights, and Bryn Mawr, plus large co-op complexes and garden apartments along Central Park Avenue.
- Getty Square
- Park Hill
- Nodine Hill
- Crestwood
- Bryn Mawr
- Lincoln Park
- Ludlow
- Colonial Heights
Selling a House in Yonkers: What Tony Already Knows
Yonkers sellers who call Tony split by side of the city. In southwest Yonkers it's small landlords done with a three-family on Nodine Hill — a tenant in Housing Court, a city code-enforcement order, and a boiler that won't make another winter — or heirs to a frame house on Park Hill that's been in the family since 1960. East of the Saw Mill it's adult children clearing out a parent's Crestwood colonial that hasn't been touched since 1975, or a co-op on Central Park Avenue the board keeps holding up. Tony buys the three-family occupied, the colonial full of belongings, and the co-op after board approval — one number on the phone, closing on your date.
- Yonkers ZIP codes Tony buys in
- 10701, 10703, 10704, 10705, 10707, 10708, 10710
- Streets & landmarks Tony has bought near
- Getty Square · Cross County Center · Central Park Avenue · Untermyer Park and Gardens · Empire City Casino · Hudson River Museum · Tibbetts Brook Park · St. John's Riverside Hospital · Van der Donck Park
- Getting around Yonkers
- Metro-North Hudson Line at Yonkers, Glenwood, Greystone, and Ludlow; Harlem Line at Crestwood; Bee-Line buses from Getty Square; the Saw Mill River Parkway, Sprain Brook Parkway, Bronx River Parkway, Cross County Parkway, I-87 (Thruway), Central Park Avenue (Route 100), and Broadway (Route 9).
What a Yonkers closing actually involves
Yonkers has its own city transfer tax of 1.5%, paid by the seller on top of the 0.4% New York State transfer tax — Tony nets both into his offer, so there's no surprise at the table. Closings use attorneys on both sides and record with the Westchester County Clerk in White Plains; estates go through Westchester Surrogate's Court, also in White Plains. Yonkers co-ops need board approval, and multi-families of six or more units may fall under Emergency Tenant Protection Act rent stabilization, which transfers with the building.
How a Cash Offer on a Yonkers House Is Actually Built
Every cash buyer, Tony included, starts from the same three numbers: what the house would sell for fully renovated, what it costs to get it there, and how long that takes. The offer is that finished value minus the repairs, minus the buyer's resale costs and margin. In practice that lands most cash offers somewhere around 70–85% of the renovated value, less repairs. The honest comparison is not against a renovated house's list price — it is against what you would actually net from a NY listing after commission, repairs, and months of carrying costs.
| Line item | List with an agent | Sell to Tony |
|---|---|---|
| What the house would sell for fully renovated | $400,000 | $400,000 |
| Repairs a retail buyer's lender will demand | − $45,000 | Tony's problem |
| Agent commission (5–6%) | − $20,000 to $24,000 | $0 |
| Inspection credits, seller closing costs, concessions | − $8,000 to $12,000 | $0 |
| Taxes, insurance, mortgage, utilities while you wait (3–6 months) | − $9,000 to $15,000 | $0 |
| Time to cash in hand | 4 to 7 months | 7 to 14 days |
| What you actually walk away with | ≈ $305,000 to $318,000 | Tony's number, in full, on your date |
Whether Tony's number beats that listing net depends on the house. On a move-in-ready home in a hot NYmarket it usually will not, and Tony will tell you to list. On a house that needs work, has tenants, sits in an estate, or carries violations — the houses retail buyers cannot finance — it is often close, and the seven-day timeline is the difference. Call 1-908-768-4759, get the number, and compare it yourself.
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Questions From Yonkers Sellers
What if I owe water/sewer arrears too?
Same path. Tony's title company pays municipal water/sewer liens at closing alongside the back taxes. All in one transaction.
Can Tony close before the Yonkers tax-lien sale?
In most cases, yes. As long as the lien sale isn't in the next 5-7 days, Tony's standard close fits inside the window.
Will I get any cash if the Yonkers house has back taxes and a mortgage?
Depends on equity. Tony's offer pays mortgage, then back taxes, then liens. Anything left is yours. On most NJ/NY properties with even 10% equity, sellers walk away with thousands.
What if the county already started tax-lien proceedings?
Tony has bought properties mid-proceeding. Until the lien actually sells at auction, the seller can still sell the house. Move fast.
Does Tony buy in southwest Yonkers as well as Crestwood and the east side?
Yes — all of Yonkers, ZIPs 10701 through 10710. Frame two- and three-families in Getty Square, Nodine Hill, Park Hill, and Ludlow; walk-ups on Warburton Avenue; Tudors and colonials in Crestwood, Colonial Heights, and Bryn Mawr; and co-ops and condos along Central Park Avenue. One call with the address gets you a number.
Who pays the Yonkers city transfer tax when I sell to Tony?
By custom the seller pays it — 1.5% of the price — along with the 0.4% state transfer tax. Tony accounts for both when he quotes your number, so the figure he gives you on the phone is what you should expect to net at closing, with no commission and no closing costs deducted on top.
My Yonkers three-family has a city code-enforcement order and a tenant who won't pay. Will Tony buy it?
Yes, occupied and with the order open. Yonkers Housing and Buildings violations transfer to Tony at closing, and so does the Housing Court case. You don't need to make the repairs or finish the eviction first. Tell him the unit count, who's paying what, and what the city cited, and he'll give you one number.
Will Tony buy my co-op apartment on Central Park Avenue in Yonkers?
Yes. Tony buys co-ops in the big Yonkers complexes and submits the board package himself. Board approval adds a few weeks, and some buildings limit investor purchases — he'll check the house rules and tell you on the phone whether he can be the buyer. Condos and houses have no board and close faster.
Westchester County tax delinquency? 1-908-768-4759. Tony pays the county at closing.
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