Sell Your House Fast in Galveston, TX. Historic Island Home, Rental or Storm-Damaged House.
Victorian houses in the East End, early and mid-20th-century homes around Lasker Park and Denver Court, second homes and rentals, and houses that took on water or lost shingles in a storm. We buy them as-is, send a written offer within one business day, and let you pick the closing date.
- ✓ Cash offer within one business day
- ✓ Your closing date, your choice
- ✓ No agent commission to you
- ✓ We buy as-is
- ✓ Licensed Texas closing agent
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Eagle Cash Buyers pays cash for houses in Galveston, Texas, in whatever shape they are in. Send the address and a written offer comes back within one business day. You fix nothing first, you pay no agent commission on a sale to us, and most sales close in 21 to 42 days through a Texas title company, or later if you need more time.
What People Say About Working With Us
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Hear It From Sellers
Sellers we bought from, in their own words. Under a minute and a half.
Who You Are Dealing With
- 43 states, Texas among them. We are not a one-county operator and not a lead broker who sells your details on.
- 4.5 stars across 40 Google reviews. Not all of them are five stars. You can read them yourself before you call.
- A named company with a named founder. Who we are, and Oren Sofrin, who founded and runs it.
- Closings handled by a licensed Texas closing agent. Settlement happens the way any Texas sale does, with a recorded deed.
- No obligation. An offer is an offer. Turn it down and nothing happens.
Galveston Homeowners We Help
Galveston sellers rarely have the same story. One owns a Victorian a few blocks from Broadway that needs a new roof, another holds a rental or second home they no longer want to manage, another inherited a house and lives in another state. Each sale runs a little differently, and selling for cash in Texas goes more smoothly when the buyer starts from your details instead of a script.
An Older House in the Historic Core
Galveston's oldest neighborhoods date to the 1800s, and after the 1900 storm the city raised the grade of the land and lifted existing buildings behind the seawall. A house that old can have original wiring, aging plumbing or a foundation that has shifted over time, and a retail buyer's inspector will look for all three. We price the work into our offer, so the repairs become our job, not yours.
Storm, Wind or Water Damage
A roof that let wind-driven rain through, water that came in at the doors or a burst pipe can leave a house that many lenders will not finance until it is repaired. We buy houses in that condition. If an insurance claim is open, tell us early so the agreement can say how the claim and any payout are handled, and check with your carrier about what the policy allows.
Related guide: How to Sell a House As Is
A Rental or Second Home You Are Ready to Let Go
A house you rent out, or keep as a second home for weekends on the island, can turn into a chore: repairs after each stay, a tenant who pays late, insurance bills that keep arriving. You do not need an empty house to sell. We buy houses with tenants in place, and in most cases the lease and the tenants' rights carry over to the buyer at closing, whether that is Eagle or an assignee named in the agreement. Bring a copy of each lease so we can check its terms.
Related guide: Selling a Rental Property With Tenants
Inherited a House in Galveston County
Whether an inherited Galveston house has to go through probate depends on how title was held and whether the owner left a will, and a Texas probate attorney can tell you which route applies. We can look at the house and make an offer now, but closing has to wait until someone has legal authority to sign the deed. We buy inherited houses with the furniture and belongings still inside.
Related guide: How to Sell an Inherited House
Behind on the Mortgage
Most Texas home foreclosures are sales under a deed of trust rather than lawsuits, and the auctions are generally held on the first Tuesday of a month at the county courthouse. A sale that closes before the auction can pay off the loan if the price covers it, and what is left after any other liens and prorations comes to you; if it does not, you would need to cover the difference or get the lender to agree to accept less. A HUD-approved counselor or an attorney can explain your options. Call as soon as a notice arrives.
Already Moved Away, or the House Is Empty
If a job or family has taken you off the island, or the house has sat empty since the last tenant left, you do not need to be in Galveston to sell. The title company can mail the signing package or send a mobile notary to you, and the proceeds are usually wired to you after closing. Tell us who holds the keys and whether the water and power are still on.
Related guide: Selling Your Home Before a Job Relocation
Tell us about the property and you will hear back within one business day. Send it on a weekend and that means the next business day. There is no pressure either way.
Get My Cash OfferWhat the Numbers Actually Look Like - Cash Sale vs. Listing vs. Instant-Offer Programs
Sellers in Galveston are right to ask about the net rather than the headline offer price. On a typical listing, agent commission, closing costs and repairs can all come out before you see a dollar. Here is how the three paths compare.
| Cost or Factor | Eagle Cash Buyers (Cash Sale) | Traditional Listing (Agent) | Instant-Offer Program (iBuyer) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent Commission | None - $0 | Negotiable, not fixed. For illustration only, a typical 5% to 6% commission on a $317,544 sale is about $15,900 to $19,100 | Usually none, though a service fee often applies |
| Repairs Before Sale | None - we buy as-is | Often paid by you before listing, or given back in price, and buyers' inspections often ask for more | Often deductions for repairs after the inspection |
| Transfer Tax | Texas has no real estate transfer tax, by its constitution. Anything charged is shown on your settlement statement before closing | The same rules apply | The same rules apply |
| Seller Closing Costs | We pay the closing costs. Your mortgage payoff, any liens and prorated property taxes are paid from the sale proceeds. | Title, recording and closing fees, plus prorations; amounts vary by contract | A service fee set by each platform |
| Days to Close | Most close in 21 to 42 days, or later if you need more time; you pick the date | Weeks on the market, then weeks more to close, and a financed buyer's loan can still fall through | Set by each platform, and instant-offer programs buy only in some areas |
| Showings and Inspections | No public showings. Walkthroughs and any reinspection are as set out in the agreement | Multiple showings, buyer inspection, possible renegotiation after inspection | Usually a company inspection, often with repair deductions |
| Financing Contingency Risk | No buyer mortgage contingency. Other contract terms still apply | Buyer financing can fall through weeks into the process | Low risk, but platform rules apply |
| Condition Required | We buy as-is - no updates needed | Buyers and agents expect move-in or near-move-in condition for top dollar | Varies - iBuyers often exclude significant distress |
Your actual net depends on your loan payoff, prorations and contract terms. We walk through it with you before you sign anything. Instant-offer terms vary by company and change often.
Skip the listing process. Close on your schedule, in Galveston, with no agent commission and the closing costs covered.
See What We'd PayA Real Call About a House
A seller we spoke with was administering an estate in which, as described to us, the local court itself held the executor role. The estate's attorney needed the buyer's signature on the contract so the court could be told the closing date in advance and the sale recorded. We offered to coordinate that step with the attorney so the administrator would not have to manage it alone. Arrangements like this vary from place to place, so anyone facing one should confirm the requirements locally with the estate's attorney.
We are not saying this was a Texas homeowner. We do not attach a case to a state it did not come from, and we have removed anything that could identify the person.
Three Steps, From First Call to Closing
Sellers ask whether a cash sale is complicated. Usually it is not: we work with established Texas closing agents who coordinate the paperwork, and you sign in person or remotely, as the closing agent arranges. Here is how it runs.
Tell Us About Your Property
Call us at (833) 330-1625 or fill out the form on this page. We ask a few basic questions: the address, the condition and your situation. No obligation, no hard pitch. Tell us what you know about the roof, plumbing, foundation and any past damage. See how our closing process works, start to finish.
Receive Your Cash Offer Within One Business Day
We look at the property, recent comparable sales in Galveston, and the repair costs, which we take off the price rather than asking you to do the work. You get a written cash offer with no agent commission. It shows the price, the contingencies and your estimated net before you sign. To weigh it against a traditional sale, our Texas page sets out what a listing costs.
Pick Your Closing Date and Get Paid
Once you accept, we open title or escrow with the closing agent, who handles the title search, the loan payoff and the closing paperwork. Every cost is shown on your settlement statement before closing. Most sales close in 21 to 42 days, depending on when the title work clears, or later if you need more time; you pick the date. Anything that could change the price after we agree is written into the agreement, so you can see it before you sign.
Galveston Housing Market - What the Numbers Say
Zillow's Home Value Index put the typical Galveston home at $317,544 in August 2026, 4.9% lower than a year earlier. A citywide figure shows where typical prices sit and says nothing about one particular house, least of all one that needs work.
With prices down 4.9% over the year, many buyers take their time. They compare more houses and push harder on condition once the inspection report comes in. An older Galveston house that needs a roof, foundation work or new wiring can sit through several price cuts while the tax, insurance and utility bills keep arriving.
Buyer financing adds a step of its own. With an FHA or VA loan, the appraiser checks the house against that program's property standards, and a worn roof, peeling paint or a missing handrail can hold the loan up until someone repairs it. A cash sale has no buyer loan and no lender appraisal. You see the price, the terms and the closing date in writing before you sign.
Source: Zillow Home Value Index, August 2026. The figures describe Galveston as a whole and do not set the value of any one house.
How to Check Out Any Cash Buyer in Galveston
These questions apply to us too. Any buyer should answer them plainly.
- Ask for proof of funds. A real buyer can show a bank letter or statement quickly. Ask us the same question. If we assign the contract, ask the closing buyer for theirs too.
- Ask whether they intend to assign the contract. Our answer: Eagle may purchase the property itself or, if the purchase agreement permits, assign its contractual rights to another investor or purchasing entity. Any assignment right is stated in the agreement before you sign. Assignment itself is not the problem. What matters is whether the right to assign is disclosed, whether the buyer stays accountable under the agreement, and whether the closing structure and deadlines are clear before you sign. Ask any buyer to put those terms in writing.
- Never pay anything up front. No application fee, no inspection fee, no processing fee. If money is moving from you to the buyer before closing, stop.
- Look the company up. Search the buyer's name in the business registry of the state where it was formed, and check that it is active. Eagle Cash Buyers, LLC is registered in Ohio.
- Get the whole offer in writing before you sign, including who pays closing costs and what happens if the buyer walks.
Where We Buy Houses in Galveston and Galveston County
We buy across Galveston, from the historic blocks north of Broadway and the streets around Lasker Park to the subdivisions on the island's west end. If your house is in 77550, 77551, 77554 or any other Galveston ZIP code, send us the address and we will review it. Jamaica Beach, on the same island, is a separate city; send us an address there too and we will take a look.
Neighborhoods and areas in Galveston
East End
The East End is the city's largest historic residential district, on the blocks north of Broadway and east of 19th Street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and named a National Historic Landmark in 1976, and it holds one of the largest concentrations of 19th-century houses in Texas. A buyer planning exterior work on a house like this may want to check the city's historic preservation rules first; selling to us, you apply for nothing and change nothing.
Silk Stocking
Centered on 25th Street, the Silk Stocking district began in the early 1870s, and its blocks were subdivided and the lots auctioned in 1898 after the Texas Cotton Press was demolished. The City of Galveston calls it one of the city's most intact residential areas from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. If you own an older house here, we make the offer on the house as it stands and you leave any updating to us.
Denver Court
Denver Court, roughly between 43rd and 52nd Streets and Avenues S1/2 and U1/2, is a National Register historic district recognized for its architecture and community planning between 1925 and 1974. That places its houses in the mid-twentieth century rather than the Victorian era. Every house here is priced on its own condition and recent nearby sales, not on the name of the district.
Lasker Park
The Lasker Park neighborhood covers roughly 240 blocks, from 35th to 53rd Street and from Avenues L and M south to Avenue S. It grew from the Denver Resurvey, mostly in the first half of the twentieth century, and was named in 1989 for Morris Lasker, an investment banker and philanthropist. With a neighborhood built out over that many decades, we look at your house's own condition, not the street it is on.
West End
West of the end of the seawall, the island's beach side holds subdivisions such as Sea Isle, Terramar and Pirates Beach, all inside the City of Galveston. If you own a house out here, tell us whether it is raised, how old the roof is and what you pay for windstorm and flood cover, so the written offer starts from the right facts.
Neighborhood details are drawn from public sources, including en.wikipedia.org, visitgalveston.com, galvestontx.gov, silkstockinggalveston.org, npgallery.nps.gov and glo.texas.gov. Conditions vary from house to house.
Main ZIP codes: 77550, 77551, 77554
We also buy in nearby communities
Ready to Sell Your Galveston Home - Without the Commission or the Repairs?
We buy as-is for cash in Galveston, from the historic East End and Silk Stocking blocks to Lasker Park and the west end of the island, and anywhere else in Galveston County, so there is nothing to fix or clean up first. There are no repairs to schedule, no agent commission and no buyer mortgage contingency. You get a written offer within one business day and a closing date you choose, handled by a Texas closing agent.
We buy houses in Galveston, TX and throughout Galveston County. Cash offer within one business day. Most sales close in 21 to 42 days, or later if you need more time. No obligation to accept.
Texas and Galveston County Seller Questions
What Galveston Sellers Ask Before Saying Yes to a Cash Offer
As-is disclosure, flood zones and storm damage, foreclosure notices, inherited houses, closing through a Texas title company and mobile homes, answered in plain terms.
Do I still have to make disclosures if I sell my Galveston house as-is?
Selling a property as-is does not automatically eliminate disclosure obligations under applicable federal, state or local law. Tell us what you know about the roof, plumbing, electrical system, foundation, environmental conditions and any past damage or repairs so we can evaluate the property accurately and address known issues in writing before you sign. Texas sellers commonly complete a seller's disclosure, which may apply to your sale. A real estate attorney licensed in Texas can confirm which disclosures apply.
Do I need to fix anything before selling my Galveston house?
You are not asked to. You sell the house as it stands, whether that means an old roof, water damage, outdated finishes or a foundation that has moved. We take the cost of the work into account in the offer, so hiring contractors first is up to you. If the house has been through a storm, tell us what happened and what has already been done.
Does being in a flood zone change how a cash sale works?
It changes a sale that depends on a buyer's loan more than a cash sale. Lenders generally require flood insurance on a loan for a house in a mapped high-risk flood zone, and that added cost can complicate a financed sale. A cash sale has no buyer loan, so that lender requirement does not come into it. We still look at the house's flood history and insurance costs when we work out the offer, and we ask what you know about past flooding or claims.
Who handles the closing in Texas, and do I need a lawyer?
In Texas a title company usually does. It searches the title, pays off your mortgage and anything else that has to be cleared from the proceeds when the price covers them, records the deed with the Galveston County Clerk and sends you the rest. Many routine sales close without either side hiring an attorney, and you are always free to bring one; probate, foreclosure and title disputes are good reasons to. Most of our closings take 21 to 42 days, and you choose the date.
Can selling my Galveston house to you stop a foreclosure?
A sale may help avoid a foreclosure sale if it closes in time and the proceeds are enough to satisfy the required payoff, or if the lender gives written approval to accept less. In Texas, a foreclosure generally proceeds by a sale under the mortgage or deed of trust rather than through a court case. We cannot promise to stop or postpone a foreclosure; that depends on the lender or servicer, the trustee or sale process, the timing and whether the transaction closes. Contact us as early as possible and bring every notice you have so we can tell you whether our expected timeline appears workable. A HUD-approved housing counselor or an attorney licensed in Texas can explain your legal options and deadlines. Our Texas page explains how the foreclosure process generally works in the state.
How do you work out a cash offer on a Galveston house?
We start from what similar houses nearby have sold for once fixed up, subtract the work yours needs, whether that is a roof, a foundation repair or storm damage, and subtract our costs to hold and resell it. The written offer lists the price, the terms and your estimated net. Asking costs nothing, and you do not have to accept.
Do you buy in every part of Galveston?
Yes. We buy in the historic East End and Silk Stocking blocks, around Denver Court and Lasker Park, on the west end of the island and in every other part of the city, in 77550, 77551, 77554 and the rest. Where the house sits changes the price, not whether we look at it. Jamaica Beach is a separate city on the island, and you can send us an address there too. We also buy in nearby cities, among them Texas City, La Marque and League City.
Can I sell my Galveston house with a lien or back taxes on it?
Often, yes. Delinquent property taxes and many recorded liens can be paid from the sale proceeds at closing, provided there is enough equity and the required payoff or release can be obtained. The title search or other closing review will identify items that must be paid, released or otherwise resolved. A disputed lien, an unavailable payoff or debts exceeding the available proceeds can delay or prevent closing unless the issue is resolved or the creditor agrees to another arrangement. Tell us what you know upfront so the closing professional can investigate it early.
Do I have to go through probate before I can sell an inherited house in Galveston?
It depends on how title was held and Texas law. Property held in the deceased owner's name alone may require probate or another estate procedure before anyone has authority to sign a deed. Property held in a trust or with survivorship rights may pass outside probate. A probate or estate attorney licensed in Texas should confirm who has authority and which procedure applies. We can evaluate the property and make an offer while that is being established, but we cannot close until someone has legal authority to sign.
Do you buy a second home or a house that has been sitting empty?
Yes. It does not matter whether the house is empty because you live elsewhere, inherited it or the last renter moved out. Tell us who has the keys, whether the water and power are on, and whether any notices have arrived, so the offer reflects what is really there.
My Galveston house has storm, roof or water damage. Will you still make an offer?
Yes. We price roof, wind, flood, fire and water damage into the offer, so you do not need to repair or clear out damaged rooms first. If an insurance claim is open, mention it on the first call and check with your carrier about any payout.
Do you buy mobile or manufactured homes in Galveston?
Yes, when the land comes with it. If you own both the mobile or manufactured home and the lot it sits on, in Galveston or elsewhere in Galveston County, we can make one offer on the two together. We do not buy a home in a mobile home park or on a rented lot.
How are property taxes handled when I sell my Galveston house?
Usually by proration. The year's property tax is divided between you and the buyer as of the closing date, and your share normally comes off your proceeds. If the year's bill has not been issued yet, the title company generally works from an estimate. The settlement statement shows the exact figures before you sign.
How is selling to you different from selling to an iBuyer?
iBuyers tend to focus on newer houses in good condition and take repair costs off the price after their own inspection. We also buy older and damaged houses, and the written offer shows what we will pay before you sign. The comparison table on this page sets both next to a traditional listing.
Will Eagle Cash Buyers buy my house itself, or assign the contract?
Eagle may purchase the property itself or, if the purchase agreement permits, assign its contractual rights to another investor or purchasing entity. Any assignment right is stated in the agreement before you sign. The agreement also states the price, closing date or timeline, contingencies and other material terms. The closing is handled by the title company, escrow holder, settlement agent or closing attorney used for the transaction.
Who is Eagle Cash Buyers?
Eagle Cash Buyers, LLC buys houses for cash in 43 states, Texas among them. We are BBB accredited and hold 4.5 stars from 40 Google reviews, and not every one of them is five stars. Oren Sofrin, our founder, reviews the pages that explain how we work.
Who pays closing costs when I sell my Galveston house to you?
We pay the closing costs on a sale to us, and the purchase agreement sets this out. Eagle does not charge you an agent commission on a direct sale to us. Your mortgage payoff and any liens, delinquent taxes, HOA or association balances, agreed prorations and other seller obligations are deducted from your proceeds when applicable. The closing professional provides a settlement statement showing the charges and credits before closing. Transfer, deed, conveyance or similar taxes vary by state and locality. For a sale in Galveston: Texas has no real estate transfer tax, by its constitution.
Eagle Cash Buyers is not a law firm, title company or tax advisor. This information is general and is not legal, title or tax advice. Laws, procedures and transaction costs vary by state and locality, and the purchase agreement and closing documents control each transaction.
