Sell Your House Fast in Knoxville, TN. A Fourth and Gill Victorian or a West Hills ranch.
A Victorian north of downtown whose exterior work needs city approval, a 1950s ranch off Kingston Pike that was never updated, a converted rental near the UT campus. We buy Knoxville houses as they stand, send a written offer within one business day and close on the date you pick.
- ✓ Cash offer within one business day
- ✓ Your closing date, your choice
- ✓ No agent commission to you
- ✓ We buy as-is
- ✓ Licensed Tennessee closing agent
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Eagle Cash Buyers pays cash for houses in Knoxville, Tennessee, whatever shape they are in. Send the address and you get a written offer within one business day. Nothing needs fixing first, you pay no agent commission, and most sales close in 21 to 42 days through a licensed Tennessee closing agent, or later if you need more time.
What People Say About Working With Us
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Hear It From Sellers
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Who You Are Dealing With
- 43 states, Tennessee 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 Tennessee closing agent. Settlement happens the way any Tennessee sale does, with a recorded deed.
- No obligation. An offer is an offer. Turn it down and nothing happens.
Knoxville Homeowners We Help
No two Knoxville sales start in the same place. One owner has a Victorian in a historic district where new windows need a city approval. Another has a house near the University of Tennessee split into apartments, with tenants on a lease. A third inherited a parent's house in Fountain City and lives three states away. Each sale runs a little differently, and selling for cash in Tennessee is simpler when the buyer starts from your facts rather than a script.
A House in a Historic Overlay District
Fourth and Gill and Old North Knoxville sit inside city historic overlays, where most exterior changes, from windows to siding to a porch, need a Certificate of Appropriateness before a permit is issued. A retail buyer who plans changes has to price in that review. Selling to us, you apply for nothing: we buy the house as it stands, and any approvals for later work fall to the buyer.
A Rental Near the UT Campus
Many of the old houses in Fort Sanders, just north of the University of Tennessee, have been converted into apartments. You do not have to wait for the leases to end or ask anyone to leave before you sell. We buy occupied rentals, and the leases and your tenants' rights pass to the buyer at closing: us, or the partner we assign the contract to, as the agreement allows.
Related guide: Selling a Rental Property With Tenants
Fire, Smoke or Water Damage
A kitchen fire, a pipe that burst in a cold snap or a roof leak that ran for months can leave a house most lenders will not finance until it is repaired. We buy it in that condition and price the damage into the offer. If an insurance claim is still open, tell us at the start, because how the claim and any payout are handled is written into the agreement before you sign.
Related guide: How to Sell a House As Is
Inherited a House in Knox County
Heirs often live somewhere else and have a house full of furniture to deal with. We buy inherited houses with the contents inside, so you can take what matters and leave the rest. Before anyone can sign the deed, someone needs legal authority to sell, and a Tennessee estate attorney can tell you how that works for your family's house.
Related guide: How to Sell an Inherited House
Behind on the Mortgage
Most Tennessee foreclosures are handled out of court by a trustee, and the law requires the sale to be advertised in a local newspaper at least 20 days before it takes place, so the last stretch can be short. A HUD-approved counselor or an attorney can go through your options with you. The earlier you call us, the more room there is to fit a closing date in before the sale.
Related guide: How to Sell Your House Fast Before Foreclosure
An Empty House After a Move
An empty house usually keeps costing you money. There are utilities, taxes and insurance to pay, a lawn to mow, and someone has to check the pipes in a freeze. If you have already moved out of Knoxville, you do not need to come back to sell. The closing agent can arrange a mobile notary or mail you the documents, and the closing agent sends your proceeds, usually by wire, once the sale has closed.
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 Knoxville are right to ask about the net rather than the headline offer price. On a typical listing, agent commission, closing costs, the Tennessee Transfer Tax 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 $370,700 sale is about $18,500 to $22,200 | 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 |
| Tennessee Transfer Tax | About 0.37% of value; the contract decides who pays. Your share is paid from your proceeds, as set out in the purchase agreement and shown on your settlement statement | The same tax applies | The same tax applies |
| Seller Closing Costs | We pay the closing costs, except your share of any transfer tax. 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 Knoxville, with no agent commission and the closing costs covered, apart from your share of any transfer tax.
See What We'd PayThree Steps, From First Call to Closing
Sellers ask whether a cash sale is complicated. Usually it is not: we work with established Tennessee 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 Knoxville, 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 Tennessee 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. The Tennessee Transfer Tax and every other cost are 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.
Knoxville Housing Market - What the Numbers Say
Zillow's Home Value Index put the typical Knoxville home at $370,700 in August 2026, 1.1% higher than a year earlier. Prices are rising, but only just. And one citywide figure blends a restored Fourth and Gill Victorian with a ranch that still has its original kitchen, so it says little about what one house will sell for.
When prices barely move, buyers stop hurrying. They take time over each listing, compare it with the updated houses down the street, and use the inspection report to ask for repairs or a lower price. A Knoxville house with an old roof, original wiring or a wet crawl space is the kind that sits while those requests pile up.
Financing brings its own checks. An FHA or VA buyer's appraiser looks at the house against that loan program's minimum property standards, and peeling paint, a failing roof or a missing handrail can hold up the loan until they are fixed. A cash offer does not depend on a lender's appraisal. You see the price, the terms and the closing date in writing before you sign anything.
Source: Zillow Home Value Index, August 2026. The figures describe Knoxville as a whole and do not set the value of any one house.
How to Check Out Any Cash Buyer in Knoxville
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 Knoxville and Knox County
We buy all over Knoxville and the rest of Knox County, from the historic streets north of downtown and the UT area to Sequoyah Hills, Bearden and West Hills in the west, Fountain City in the north, Holston Hills in the east and South Knoxville across the river. Whether the house is in 37917, 37919, 37920 or another Knoxville ZIP code, we will look at it.
Neighborhoods and areas in Knoxville
Fourth and Gill
A neighborhood just north of downtown, built mostly between 1880 and 1930, with Victorian, Craftsman and other period houses; 282 buildings were listed on the National Register as a historic district in 1985. It is also a city historic overlay, so most exterior changes need a Certificate of Appropriateness before a permit is issued. We buy here without asking you to apply for anything first.
Old North Knoxville
North of downtown, this was a separate town until Knoxville annexed it in 1897. Its houses date mainly from 1883 to 1940, in styles from late Victorian to Craftsman and American Foursquare, and a National Register district listed in 1992 takes in more than 400 houses and outbuildings. Because it is also a city historic overlay, a buyer planning new roofing, windows or siding usually needs design review first; our offer does not depend on that.
Fort Sanders
The neighborhood immediately north of the University of Tennessee campus, where most of the historic houses were built between 1880 and 1930. Many have since been converted into apartments. Whether the house is still a single home or split into units, we make the offer on it as it stands.
Sequoyah Hills
One of Knoxville's first suburbs, begun in the 1920s on a bend of the Tennessee River off Kingston Pike, with many Tudor Revival houses and some well-known mid-century homes. The landscaped Talahi entrance features were listed on the National Register in 1979. Houses here vary a lot in age and size, so our offer is built on your house and recent sales close by.
Holston Hills
An east Knoxville neighborhood laid out in the 1920s around the Holston Hills golf course beside the Holston River; the club's clubhouse opened in 1927. City planners count it among Knoxville's first automobile suburbs, with Tudor Revival houses among its older homes. An older house here that needs updating can be sold to us as it is.
West Hills
About seven miles west of downtown, West Hills was Knoxville's first major subdivision after World War II and the first built mostly of ranch houses, with the first homes going up in the 1950s. Whether a ranch here has been updated or still has its original kitchen, we price the house as it stands, so you can sell without updating anything.
Fountain City
North Knoxville, on the far side of Sharp's Ridge from downtown, around Fountain City Park and its lake. It grew as its own community for decades and was annexed by Knoxville in 1962. Whatever the age of the house, you can sell it here without cleaning out or making repairs first.
Bearden
A West Knoxville community along Kingston Pike, about five miles from downtown, annexed by the city in 1962. It began as farmland and is now one of Knoxville's main shopping corridors, with homes on the residential streets around it. We make the offer on your house and its own condition.
South Knoxville
Everything south of the Tennessee River, along Chapman Highway, Alcoa Highway and Maryville Pike, including neighborhoods such as Island Home Park; parts of it were annexed in 1917. The area is also home to the Urban Wilderness trail system. We buy here in any condition, on a closing date you choose.
Neighborhood details are drawn from public sources, including en.wikipedia.org, knoxplanning.org and visitknoxville.com. Conditions vary from house to house.
Main ZIP codes: 37902, 37909, 37912, 37914, 37915, 37917, 37918, 37919, 37920, 37921
We also buy in nearby communities
Ready to Sell Your Knoxville Home - Without the Commission or the Repairs?
We buy as-is for cash in Knoxville, from Fourth and Gill and Fort Sanders to West Hills, Fountain City and South Knoxville, and anywhere else in Knox 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 Tennessee closing agent.
We buy houses in Knoxville, TN and throughout Knox 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.
Tennessee and Knox County Seller Questions
Questions Knoxville Owners Ask Before They Sell for Cash
Historic overlays, rentals near UT, inherited houses, fire damage, iBuyers and selling from out of town, answered briefly.
Do I still have to make disclosures if I sell my Knoxville 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. A real estate attorney licensed in Tennessee can confirm which disclosures apply.
Who handles the closing in Tennessee, and do I have to be in Knoxville for it?
A title company or a closing attorney handles it. They search the title, pay off your mortgage and anything else that has to be cleared from the sale proceeds when the price covers them, send you the rest when the sale closes, and record the deed with Knox County. You do not have to be in the room: a mobile notary or a mailed signing package usually works. Most of our closings take 21 to 42 days, and you choose the date.
Can selling my Knoxville 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 Tennessee, 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 Tennessee can explain your legal options and deadlines. Our Tennessee page explains how the foreclosure process generally works in the state.
How do you arrive at a cash offer on a Knoxville house?
We estimate what the house would sell for after repairs, using recent sales of similar homes nearby, then subtract the cost of the work it needs and our costs to hold and resell it. The written offer shows the price, the terms and an estimate of what you would take home. It is free, and you do not have to accept it.
Do you buy houses in Bearden, Fountain City and South Knoxville, or only in some parts of town?
Every part of Knoxville. That includes Bearden, West Hills and Sequoyah Hills in the west, Fountain City in the north, Holston Hills in the east, South Knoxville, and the historic districts near downtown and the UT campus. Location changes the price, not whether we make an offer.
Can I sell my Knoxville 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 Knoxville?
It depends on how title was held and Tennessee 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 Tennessee 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.
My house is in a Knoxville historic overlay. Can I still sell it as-is?
Yes. The overlay controls what can be changed on the outside of the house, and that review is for whoever does the work, not for a sale. We buy houses in Fourth and Gill, Old North Knoxville and Knoxville's other historic districts in their current condition, and getting approval for any later work is the buyer's job, not yours.
My Knoxville house has fire or water damage. Will you still make an offer?
Yes. We price fire, smoke and water damage into the offer, so you do not have to repair or clear out the damaged rooms first. If you have an insurance claim open, mention it on the first call.
Do you buy mobile or manufactured homes in Knox County?
Yes, if the land is part of the sale. When you own the manufactured home and the lot under it, in Knoxville or elsewhere in Knox County, we can make one offer for both. We do not buy a mobile home sitting in a park or on a rented lot.
Are home prices dropping in Knoxville?
Not on Zillow's numbers. Its home value index for Knoxville was a little higher in August 2026 than a year earlier, so prices have been close to flat rather than falling. What matters more for your sale is how your own house compares with the updated ones nearby.
How is selling to you different from selling to Opendoor or another iBuyer?
iBuyers generally look for newer houses in good repair and often adjust their price after their own inspection. We also buy older, dated and damaged houses, and the written offer sets out the price and anything that could change it before you sign. The comparison table on this page puts both next to a traditional listing.
Who is Eagle Cash Buyers?
Eagle Cash Buyers, LLC buys houses for cash in 43 states, Tennessee included. We are BBB accredited and have 4.5 stars from 40 Google reviews, and not every one of them is five stars. We either buy the house ourselves or pass our contract to a partner investor, and the agreement says so before you sign.
How much will I actually walk away with?
The offer price minus your mortgage payoff, any liens or back taxes, your share of prorated property taxes and any part of the Tennessee transfer tax the contract puts on you. You pay no agent commission. The closing agent sends a settlement statement showing every line before you sign.
Who pays closing costs when I sell my Knoxville house to you?
We pay the closing costs on a sale to us, except your share of any transfer tax, 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 Knoxville: about 0.37% of value; the contract decides who pays.
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.
