Sell Your House Fast in Dauphin County, PA

Yes. Harrisburg, Hershey, Hummelstown and Middletown are our main Dauphin County markets. We also buy in Steelton, Highspire, Paxtang and Penbrook, in Lower Paxton, Susquehanna and Swatara townships, and in Linglestown. Hershey and Linglestown aren't municipalities of their own: Hershey is part of Derry Township and Linglestown part of Lower Paxton Township, so those townships' rules apply when you sell.

An administrator, appointed by the Dauphin County Register of Wills & Clerk of Orphans' Court in Harrisburg if Dauphin was the owner's home county. Without a will, Pennsylvania law gives the surviving spouse priority for letters of administration, then the heirs, then principal creditors and other suitable people. Relatives can also give up their right and nominate someone, whom the Register may appoint. Once appointed, the administrator has the same power to sell the house that an executor would.

FEMA's flood map for your community shows whether the house sits in a high-risk flood zone, and the state's seller disclosure form must cover soils, drainage and boundaries. In Harrisburg, the seller or listing agent must obtain the city's floodplain notification certificate at least 30 days before signing an agreement of sale and give it to the buyer at least 10 days before signing. A house with a flood history can still be sold to us as-is.

Yes, and the lease survives the sale: section 104 of Pennsylvania's Landlord and Tenant Act puts the buyer in your place, with the same rights and duties you had. To sell it empty instead, note that a tenant whose lease runs a year or less, or has no fixed term, must get at least 15 days' written notice to quit at the end of the term, unless the lease says otherwise. We buy rentals as-is, in any condition.