We buy Volusia County houses in any condition, with no repairs and no commissions, and we can get you a written cash offer within 24 hours.
No obligation. No cost. Takes 60 seconds.
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ClearHomeOffer buys houses across Volusia County for cash, in the condition they are in today. Volusia stretches from the St. Johns River on the west side to the Atlantic on the east, and the housing changes completely as you cross it. Deltona and the southwest corner hold thousands of modest platted-subdivision homes. DeLand, the county seat, has an older downtown and a college town core. Farther east, Daytona Beach, Ormond, and the beachside communities carry salt air, wind exposure, and flood considerations that inland Volusia does not.
What most of the county shares is price point and age. A lot of Volusia housing is small, older, and modest, which means repair costs land hard relative to value. Spending twenty or thirty thousand dollars getting a house listing-ready rarely returns what it costs here. That is why we buy as-is. You repair nothing, clean out nothing, and pay no commission or fee. We look at the house honestly, factor in the work, and give you a written cash number you are free to decline. Call 813-537-5202 and tell us the address.
No repairs, no agents, no waiting on a buyer's mortgage to be approved.
Call 813-537-5202 or send the address through the form. It takes about a minute. We do not need photos, a walkthrough, or anything cleaned up first.
We review county records, recent comparable sales, and condition, then send a written no obligation offer, usually within 24 hours. We show you how we got the number.
Pick your closing date. We handle the title work and the paperwork through a reputable Central Florida title company, and you receive your funds by wire or check.
Deltona era homes often need a roof, a panel, a repipe, and a drainfield in the same year. At this price point that spend rarely returns at resale, so selling in current condition usually nets you more than fixing first.
Much of western Volusia was platted faster than sewer service arrived. A saturated drainfield is expensive and almost always surfaces during a buyer inspection. We buy with the system as it is and replace it after closing.
Karst activity and prior settlement claims are part of the record in parts of the county, and that history scares off buyers, lenders, and insurers. We evaluate the property on its own terms and buy with the claim history disclosed.
Estates moving through the courthouse in DeLand often involve family who live far away. We buy with the contents inside and coordinate remotely, so nobody has to fly in for a cleanout or manage contractors from another state.
The defining housing event in western Volusia County was the platted subdivision boom of the 1960s and 1970s. Deltona was developed by the Mackle Brothers as a mass market community, sold heavily to buyers from out of state, and built out with small concrete block homes on individual lots spread across a large area. Those houses share a recipe: block walls, slab on grade, low pitched roofs, modest square footage, jalousie or single pane windows originally, and in a great many cases a septic system rather than a sewer connection, because the utility infrastructure never caught up to the pace of platting. Decades later the failures are predictable. Drainfields installed for a smaller household have saturated, original electrical panels are obsolete brands that carriers flag, cast iron and galvanized piping has corroded, and roofs have been replaced once and are due again.
Geology adds a second layer. Volusia sits in a part of Florida where the limestone underneath is close enough to the surface to matter, and karst related settlement and sinkhole activity show up in county records and insurance claim histories. A house with a prior settlement claim, a grouting repair, or an open engineering report becomes very hard to list, because buyers and their lenders and insurers all treat that history cautiously. Similar caution attaches to homes with unrepaired storm damage, which is common after the storm seasons that have pushed water across the county from both the river side and the coast.
The eastern half of the county brings a different pressure. Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, New Smyrna, and the barrier island communities deal with salt air corrosion, wind borne debris requirements, and flood zone designations that drive insurance costs well above what the underlying house is worth on paper. Older beachside cottages and small condos sit in the middle of that squeeze. Across the whole county, the thing that pushes owners to sell as-is is the arithmetic of a lower price point. A roof, a repipe, a drainfield, and an electrical panel can add up to a meaningful share of the total value of a modest Deltona block house, and a homeowner on a fixed income or an heir living out of state simply is not going to spend it. DeLand adds probate and court driven sales, since the county courthouse and the clerk's main office sit there and estates and foreclosures move through them.
DeLand. We buy throughout Volusia County, including the cities listed below and the unincorporated areas between them.
Drag to roughly what your house is worth. These are the costs that come out of a seller's proceeds on an ordinary listing, before anyone talks about repairs. You pay none of them with us.
Estimates, not a quote. Florida seller-side costs run roughly 6.25 to 9 percent of the sale price all in, and these use the conservative middle of that range. Repairs a buyer's inspection turns up are not counted above, and they are usually the bigger number. Our cash offer is below full retail price, which is how we cover the repairs and the resale. If your house is in good shape and you can wait sixty to ninety days, listing with a good agent will usually net you more, and we will tell you so.
Four questions, about thirty seconds. You get an offer range and, more useful than that, what you would walk away with either way. No email required to see it.
The street address is enough. We use it to pull the county record.
Add the address and we can keep going.
Pick the closest one. Be honest, it only changes the repair number, and a rougher house is not a problem for us.
Heated living area. A rough number is fine, and your county property appraiser lists it for free.
Your best guess. Think about what renovated houses on your street sold for, not what yours would fetch today.
How the offer is built. We start from the after-repair value, which is what your DeLand house would sell for once it is fully repaired and updated. We take 68 percent of that, then subtract what the repairs will actually cost. The remaining 32 percent covers our purchase costs, the holding costs while the house is being renovated, the resale costs on the back end, and our margin.
Your offer = (after-repair value × 68%) − repair costs
The repair figures we use. These are per square foot of heated living area, and they are the same numbers we use internally on Volusia County houses before we ever see the property:
| Move-in ready | $6 per square foot |
| Light cosmetics | $18 per square foot |
| Needs real repairs | $38 per square foot |
| Major work needed | $65 per square foot |
What listing costs a seller in Florida. Seller-side costs here run about 6.25 to 9 percent of the sale price all in. The comparison on this page uses the conservative middle of that: 5.5 percent agent commission, about 2 percent in documentary stamps, owner's title policy, settlement and lien search fees, and 3 months of taxes, insurance, utilities and upkeep at 0.25 percent of value per month while the house sits on the market. That is roughly 8.25 percent of the sale price, and it comes out of the seller's proceeds. On top of that, a seller listing a house that needs work usually has to spend the repair money first, because an appraiser flags the roof and the air conditioning and an inspection report prices the rest.
What we take on instead.
The honest caveat. If your home is in good condition, you have equity, and you can wait sixty to ninety days, listing with a good agent will usually net you more money than we will. We say that here and on every page of this site because it is true. Our offer is built for sellers who would rather have a closing date they can count on, no repair spending, and no cost of their own, than squeeze out the last few percent.
This is an estimate, not an offer. It is built entirely from numbers you typed in. A real offer comes after we pull the county record and the recent comparable sales near your property, and it can land higher or lower than this.
We check your numbers against the county record and recent sales nearby, then send a written offer, usually within 24 hours. No obligation, and we do not sell your information to anyone.
Each city page covers the local housing stock and the problems specific to that market.
Each of these has its own guide covering how the process actually works in Volusia County, what your options are, and when selling to a cash buyer does and does not make sense.
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A cash offer is usually below full retail. What it buys you is certainty, speed, and no cost of your own. Here is the honest comparison.
| ClearHomeOffer | Traditional Agent | iBuyer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to offer | 24 hours | Days to weeks | 3 to 5 days |
| Closing timeline | As fast as 7 days | 30 to 90 days | 14 to 60 days |
| Agent commissions | $0 | 5 to 6% of sale price | Varies |
| Repairs required | None, we buy as-is | Often required | Deducted from offer |
| Showings and open houses | Zero | Multiple required | One inspection |
| Financing contingency | None, all cash | Buyer financing risk | None |
| Who pays closing costs | We do | Typically the seller | Service fee 2 to 5% |
| Risk of the deal collapsing | Very low | Moderate | Low |
If your home is in good condition, you have equity, and you can wait 60 to 90 days, listing with a good agent will usually net you more money. We say that plainly because it is true. Our offer is built for sellers who value speed, certainty, and a zero cost, zero repair exit over squeezing out the last few percent.
Most closings here take about seven to fourteen days from acceptance. We pay cash, so no lender, appraisal, or underwriting is involved. Title work through the Volusia County Clerk of the Circuit Court, whose main office is in DeLand, sets the real pace because that is where liens and probate filings appear. If you need more time, we schedule the closing around you.
The Volusia County Property Appraiser at vcpa.vcgov.org lists year built, heated square footage, lot size, sales history, and exemption status for your parcel. Assessed value is a tax figure rather than a market price. Use it to confirm the physical facts about the house, then compare our cash number against what a listed sale would net after repairs, commissions, and carrying costs.
Yes. Settlement and karst related claims appear in parts of Volusia County, and a claim history generally makes a house very difficult to list because insurers and lenders both react to it. We do not treat that as automatic disqualification. Send us whatever engineering reports, claim documents, or repair records you have and we will factor them into the offer.
No. Failing drainfields are common in the older platted subdivisions on the west side of the county, and replacement is exactly the kind of expense that ends retail deals. You do not need to permit or install anything. We account for the system in our number and handle the replacement ourselves after the property changes hands.
In most cases yes. Salt air corrosion, unrepaired storm damage, and flood zone premiums are the normal reasons a coastal Volusia listing stalls. We buy those properties in current condition, including homes with tarps still on the roof. Existing claims, delinquent taxes, and recorded liens are generally resolved through the closing rather than upfront by you.
We would rather you check our numbers than take our word for it. These are the official records for your property.
Confirm year built, square footage, lot size, and exemption status for your parcel before comparing offers.
Search official records and court files for probate, foreclosure, liens, and judgments tied to the property.
Review property tax information, permitting history, septic and code requirements, and flood zone guidance.
Get a no-obligation cash offer in 24 hours. No repairs, no commissions, no showings. Close on the date you choose.