Need to Sell My Pasadena House Fast: We Buy Houses in Pasadena, California

Once you say yes to our offer, closing can come as soon as 7 days later. Or it can wait for a date that suits you better. We pay cash, so no lender underwriting or appraisal stands in the way. Pasadena adds one step, the city's presale certificate, which your escrow officer will ask for. Tell us your target date and we will plan around it.

No. Nobody takes an agent commission, because we do not use one. We pay the usual closing costs, and we tack on no hidden fees. Your Pasadena offer is the figure we plan around. What you owe on the house, like a loan payoff or a lien, is paid out of the sale money at closing. Escrow gives you a written breakdown before you sign.

Any condition. We buy Pasadena houses with old wiring or pipes, roof or foundation trouble, or years of neglect. Houses with unpermitted additions are fine too. The city's presale program may flag items like that, but you do not fix them for our offer. Tell us what the city's report says, and we will go over it with you and your escrow officer. Move-in ready houses are welcome as well. You do not clean, repair or stage anything.

Yes, we may be able to. A recorded notice of default means the foreclosure clock has started, so time matters. Our page on how to sell a house after a notice of default lays out the steps. Tell us when a sale is set. Our cash offer arrives within 24 hours, and if you want it, we plan a closing ahead of that date. A sale does not always stop a foreclosure, so we make no promise on that. A California attorney can explain your choices. Have your notice in hand and ring (323) 622-6021.

In many cases, yes. Plenty of people inherit a Pasadena house while living somewhere else, and probate can take a while. You can talk to us now, even before the case is done. We buy the house as it is, with everything still inside. Once you have the power to sell, we set the closing day to fit your plans.

We start with the house: its size, layout and condition. Next we compare recent sales of similar homes nearby, in places like Hastings Ranch, Linda Vista and San Rafael. Then we subtract the cost of the work a buyer would need to do. The result is our offer. You will hear how we got there before you make any choice, and you can ask about any line of it.

Yes. We buy across Pasadena, from Old Pasadena and Bungalow Heaven to Linda Vista, Hastings Ranch and San Rafael. The city's ZIP codes are 91101, 91103, 91104, 91105, 91106 and 91107. One caution about 91107: it also reaches unincorporated East Pasadena, San Pasqual and Kinneloa Mesa, where county rules may apply in place of the city's. We buy in other Los Angeles County cities too. South Bay owners who looked up "sell my house fast redondo beach california" or "sell my house fast gardena" can use the same steps. If you are unsure where your street falls, send us the address and we will look it up.

As Is Home Buyer purchases houses throughout Pasadena for cash, in any condition. You will not need to make repairs, clean up, or list with an agent to get an offer. We handle the paperwork, cover closing costs, and can close in as little as seven days, or on a timeline that works better for you.

Pasadena's housing stock runs older than much of the county: Bungalow Heaven alone has more than 800 Craftsman homes built between 1900 and 1930, and Linda Vista's tracts went up during the housing shortage of the mid-1940s to early 1950s, with San Rafael's hillside streets lined with midcentury homes as well. A house that age can carry a roof, wiring, or foundation that has never been updated, and if it sits inside the Bungalow Heaven Landmark District, exterior work needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the city's Design and Historic Preservation counter before a routine building permit can even be issued. We work with Pasadena homeowners who are behind on their mortgage and weighing short sale help in Los Angeles County, sellers who inherited a house they cannot manage from out of the area, and people relocating on a deadline who do not want to carry a listing through repairs and showings. If skipping that process sounds better, our "sell my house fast los angeles" page is the direct route to a no-obligation cash offer.

Pasadena incorporated on June 19, 1886, making it one of the older cities in Los Angeles County, and the 2020 census put its population at 138,699. The city's six residential ZIP codes carry very different population densities: 91104 is the largest at roughly 36,000 residents, 91107 and 91106 each run in the low-to-mid 20,000s, 91101 sits around 21,000, and 91105 is the smallest at about 12,500. That range matters for a seller because it roughly tracks lot size and housing age — 91105's smaller population corresponds to larger estate-style lots in areas like San Rafael, while 91104's larger population reflects denser, older tract streets closer to the center of the city.

Northeast Pasadena's Hastings Ranch is split into an Upper and Lower section by Sierra Madre Boulevard and borders the Angeles National Forest. On the other side of the city, San Rafael's winding hillside streets carry a concentration of midcentury homes built into the terrain, which can mean steep driveways, retaining walls, or foundation work that a traditional buyer's inspector treats as a red flag. We buy in both areas as they sit, without asking a seller to resolve a hillside engineering report or any other inspection finding before we make an offer.

Tell us about the house

Call (323) 622-6021 or fill out our short form. Share the address and what the house needs.

Read your offer

Expect a fair cash offer within 24 hours, with no obligation.

Pick your closing date

Closing can be as soon as 7 days out, or later if you prefer. A title or escrow office prepares the closing papers. We also pay the usual closing costs.

One step that is only in Pasadena

Under city code, an owner selling a house, condo, townhouse or duplex in Pasadena must get a presale certificate before escrow closes. The city offers two kinds, covered in the next section.

One kind needs a city inspection, and the city sets that visit. So your closing date may depend on the city's schedule. Tell us early and we will plan around it.

A ZIP code check

ZIP 91107 also covers unincorporated East Pasadena, San Pasqual and Kinneloa Mesa. A house in those areas may follow county rules instead of the city's. Send us your address and we will check.

Pasadena asks sellers to certify safety items before closing. It can feel like a repair list. Which path you take depends on your house.

Presale Certificate of Completion

This is for houses with no open code case. You self-certify three things. Your living area does not run 10 percent or more over the County Assessor's record. The house meets fire prevention, detection and exit rules. It has no unpermitted construction, additions or conversions, and no unpermitted accessory structure over 120 square feet. The city lists the in-person fee at $29, plus processing fees.

Presale Certificate of Inspection

If a house does not qualify, the city inspects it. If it finds problems, you can fix them and ask for a second visit. You can also sign a Transfer of Responsibility, which passes the fixes to the buyer. The city lists the in-person fee at $184, plus processing fees.

You fix nothing for our offer

We buy as-is. The certificate is still part of a Pasadena sale under city rules. Tell us what the city says about your house, and we will talk it through with you and your escrow officer.

Part of what makes Pasadena's housing stock unusual is sitting right next to the Old Pasadena Historic District, a stretch of Colorado Boulevard storefronts that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Renovation work inside the district has long been overseen by a city commission that approves materials, colors, and styles meant to preserve the district's early-20th-century commercial architecture, which is part of why the block still reads as one cohesive streetscape rather than a mix of eras patched together over the decades. Every New Year's Day, the Tournament of Roses Parade travels through Old Pasadena along Colorado Boulevard, which keeps foot traffic, commercial rents, and renovation standards in that corridor higher than in most of the surrounding city. For a homeowner near that district, the same historic-preservation oversight that protects the streetscape can also mean a slower, stricter review on exterior work, not unlike the Certificate of Appropriateness process Bungalow Heaven's own Landmark District already requires. Selling a house as-is sidesteps that review entirely, since we buy the property in its current condition and take on any permitting or code question ourselves rather than asking a seller to resolve it before closing.

Pasadena's Code Compliance Division, part of the city's Planning & Community Development Department, logs every complaint filed against a property into the city's Land Management System and routes it to the right department for follow-up. Among the violations the division routinely handles are illegal building additions done after the fact and what the city calls un-maintained buildings — properties with structural, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, or other code violations. When an inspector finds a violation, the property owner is notified and given a reasonable amount of time to correct it; unresolved violations can be billed back to the owner through the city's Cost Recovery Program, and repeat violations can lead to prosecution. For a seller who inherited a Pasadena house with an old addition that was never permitted, or who simply has not kept up with routine maintenance, that process can turn a straightforward sale into a drawn-out one if a retail buyer's lender flags the same issue during underwriting. Selling directly to us for cash means we factor any open code question into the offer itself, rather than asking a seller to clear it with the city first.

We buy houses across Pasadena, including Old Pasadena, Bungalow Heaven, Linda Vista, Hastings Ranch, San Rafael.

ZIP codes we serve: 91101, 91103, 91104, 91105, 91106, 91107