Sell Your House Fast in Lehigh County, PA
Selling a house in Lehigh County means planning around your municipality's rules as much as the market. Allentown, Whitehall Township and Slatington inspect homes when they're sold, while Emmaus, Macungie, Alburtis and Upper Macungie Township require a sewer lateral inspection before the property transfers. The for-sale market is tight: the homeowner vacancy rate is about 0.3%, well below the statewide 0.8%, and the median home value owners report is about $300,400, versus $254,500 across Pennsylvania (ACS 2020–2024). We make our offers on houses as they stand, and in an as-is sale Allentown and Whitehall let the buyer sign an acceptance form and take on the violations their inspections list.
The age of the housing depends on where you look: the median year built is 1952 in Allentown, 1993 in Lower Macungie Township and 2000 in Upper Macungie Township (ACS 2020–2024).- Rowhouses, twins and other attached single-family homes make up about 25% of the county's housing, compared with about 19% statewide (ACS 2020–2024).
- Renters occupy about 34% of the county's occupied homes, and in Allentown every residential rental unit needs an annual city license and has to pass the city's rental inspection.
Where We Buy in Lehigh County
We buy houses as-is in these Lehigh County communities. Towns with a link have their own page with local facts and answers to common questions.
More towns and townships
Catasauqua- Coplay
- Alburtis
- Slatington
- Salisbury Township
- South Whitehall Township
- Upper Macungie Township
- Lower Macungie Township
Neighborhoods
Allentown
- West End
- East Side
- Old Allentown Historic District
- Downtown Allentown
- Hamilton District
- South Allentown
Questions About Selling in Lehigh County
Allentown, home to our office at 450 Union Blvd., leads our Lehigh County list, followed by Bethlehem, Whitehall, Emmaus and Macungie. We also buy in Catasauqua, Coplay, Alburtis and Slatington and in Salisbury, South Whitehall, Upper Macungie and Lower Macungie townships. Tell us about the house and a cash offer typically follows within 24 hours, with no commissions or fees.
It depends on the municipality. Allentown requires a pre-sale inspection for every sale, requested within five business days of listing, and Whitehall Township inspects each time a home is offered for sale. Slatington inspects within the 60 days before ownership changes. Emmaus, Macungie, Alburtis and Upper Macungie Township require a sewer lateral inspection, and the three boroughs generally require any defects to be fixed before settlement. Catasauqua doesn't inspect homes at sale.
In the county where the owner last lived, which isn't always where the house is. For a Lehigh County resident, that's the county Register of Wills in Allentown, a division of the Clerk of Judicial Records. Once letters are granted, the executor or administrator can usually sell, even to a cash buyer, but a house the will leaves to one named person also needs that person as a party to the sale, or an Orphans' Court order.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, DP04 Selected Housing Characteristics: Lehigh County, PA · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, DP04 Selected Housing Characteristics: Pennsylvania · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, B25035 Median Year Structure Built: municipalities of Lehigh County, PA · City of Allentown: Pre-Sale Inspections · City of Allentown Code, Chapter 455, Article III: Presales Inspection of Residential and Commercial Properties and Units · City of Allentown Code, Chapter 455, Article II: Licensing Residential Rental Units · City of Allentown: Rental Unit Registration & Inspection Program · Whitehall Township: Permitting / Codes Enforcement (inspection each time a home is offered for sale) · Whitehall Township: Certificate of Occupancy Application & Guide, rev. 9/2025 (PDF) · Borough of Slatington: New Rental Property Owner Inspection Application and New Owner or New Tenant Inspection Checklist (PDF) · Borough of Emmaus: Sewer Lateral Inspections · Borough of Macungie: Ordinance No. 2018-02, Sewer Lateral Inspections (PDF) · Borough of Alburtis Codified Ordinances, Chapter 65 Sanitary Sewer, § 65-308 (PDF) · Upper Macungie Township: Sewer Department (Sewer Lateral Inspection Requirements) · Borough of Catasauqua: Residential Resales and Rentals · Lehigh County Register of Wills (Clerk of Judicial Records) · Lehigh County: Clerk of Judicial Records (Register of Wills Division) · 20 Pa.C.S. Chapter 31, §§ 3131 and 3151 (place of probate; county that grants letters) · 20 Pa.C.S. Chapter 33, §§ 3351 and 3353 (power to sell, with the specific devisee's joinder; sale under Orphans' Court order) · Pennsylvania State Archives (PHMC): County Courthouses (county seats) · Lehigh County: About Us (county seat) Last reviewed September 30, 2026.