Sell Your House Fast in Seminole County, Florida

Seminole County has only seven cities: Sanford (the county seat), Altamonte Springs, Oviedo, Winter Springs, Casselberry, Lake Mary and Longwood. The largest group of residents, about 234,000 people, lives in unincorporated areas like Wekiwa Springs, Fern Park and Chuluota. All About Real Estate buys houses, condos, land and commercial property across all of them for cash.

Areas we buy in

Sanford · Altamonte Springs · Oviedo · Winter Springs · Casselberry · Lake Mary · Longwood · Wekiwa Springs · Fern Park · Chuluota · Geneva · Heathrow.

The Seminole market right now

Across all home types, Seminole’s median sale price in August 2026 was $418,599, down 0.8% from a year earlier. A single-family-only county figure and a days-on-market number weren’t published for that month. Prices are holding, but buyers are pickier, and houses that need work sit.

Selling with code violations or liens in Seminole County

Seminole County Code Enforcement (1101 E. First St., Sanford) handles unincorporated areas. Zoning and nuisance cases go to the Code Enforcement Board on the fourth Thursday of each month. Fill, tree, building, fire and sign cases go to a Special Magistrate on the second Thursday. A lien and violation search costs $50, or $150 expedited.

Seminole has a written lien reduction policy (County Policy 3.20, updated August 27, 2024). You request a reduction in writing, and the County Commission decides based on the lien amount, the property’s value and how hard you’ve worked to fix the problem. It’s not available to a buyer who purchased with the lien already recorded, so you should file it before you sell, and we’ll help. Inside Sanford city limits there’s also a separate city lien amnesty through December 31, 2030: you pay the lesser of 50% of the lien or $7,500, plus a $500 admin fee and a $250 application fee.

Facing foreclosure in Seminole County

Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller Grant Maloy runs foreclosure sales online at seminole.realforeclose.com and tax deed sales at seminole.realtaxdeed.com. Title issues on day 11 if no one objects. The sale is set 20 to 35 days after final judgment (Fla. Stat. 45.031), and a cash sale before then preserves your equity.

Inherited a house in Seminole County

Seminole shares the 18th Judicial Circuit with Brevard. Small estates, or those where the owner died more than two years ago, may use summary administration (Fla. Stat. 735.201). We buy inherited houses as-is and can close on the court’s timeline.

Flood-prone homes after Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian flooded parts of Seminole repeatedly in 2022. The county now runs voluntary FEMA buyout and elevation programs for flood-prone homes: buyout and demolition, elevating the house two feet above flood level, or tearing it down and rebuilding. The grants usually cover 75% of approved costs, are paid back as reimbursements and can take months or years. If you don’t want to wait, we’ll buy the house now.

What we buy and how it works

What we buy. All residential and commercial property: single-family homes, townhomes, condos, multifamily (duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and apartment buildings), mobile homes on land you own (not in land-lease parks), vacant lots and land, and commercial property (retail, office, industrial and mixed-use), as-is, in any condition. That includes the hard ones: code violations and liens, foreclosure, probate and inherited property, hostile holdover occupants, hoarder houses, and sinkhole, storm or flood damage.

How it works. 1) Tell us about the property online or call (786) 753-8500. 2) We look at it with you, in person or by video, and make a written cash offer, usually within 24 hours. 3) You pick the closing date: as soon as 7 days, or later if you need time. We pay the standard seller closing costs, and you pay no commissions. We buy directly; in some sales we close alongside a partner investor, but you sign one contract with us and get one closing date either way.

Get your cash offer: fill out the form below or call (786) 753-8500

Seminole County FAQ

Can I get a Seminole County code lien reduced before I sell? Possibly, under Policy 3.20, but you have to request it while you still own the property. Buyers can’t.

Do you buy in Sanford’s historic downtown? Yes, including older homes that need major work.

Will you buy a house that flooded during Ian? Yes, repaired or not.

Sources: Redfin Seminole County (all home types) · Seminole County Policy 3.20 (lien reduction) · Code Enforcement Board · Sanford lien amnesty ordinance · Seminole Clerk Official Records · Seminole home mitigation projects