The Hidden Cost of Waiting to Sell Your Brooklyn Home in Pre-Foreclosure
Sunday McIlwain
Founder & CEO, Black Girls Buy Houses
Behind on payments in Brooklyn? NY foreclosure can drag on for years, but a cash sale before auction can still put money in your pocket.
Brooklyn is not a soft market. The median home price is $850,000, and the market trend is rising. But that does not help much when you are behind on payments and typing sell my house fast brooklyn ny into a search bar late at night. In New York, foreclosure is judicial. That means the process can take 2 to 3+ years if the case is contested. Many owners hear that and think they have plenty of time. That is the trap. Pre-foreclosure time is rarely calm time. Interest grows. Fees build. Repairs get pushed off. If the house has violations, old permits, or deferred maintenance, a financed buyer may not make it to the closing table at all.