Sell Your House Fast in Union Park, Des Moines. Skip the Flood Worry, Sell for Cash
100% free. No obligation. No spam or marketing.
Join sellers across the country
Why Union Park and Birdland owners choose Propcash
The blocks north of downtown around Union Park, Birdland, and the Des Moines River have carried real flood history since 1993 and 2008. That history scares off financed buyers who cannot line up a flood policy in time. It does not scare us. We buy in the floodplain and price the risk in.
- We buy houses inside the mapped floodplain, where a financed buyer's loan often stalls
- We close on your date, before a redemption deadline or the next high-water season if that is the pressure
- No obligation, so you can weigh our number and walk away
How to sell your Union Park house fast for cash
Tell us about your north-side house, get a cash offer based on recent local sales, and close in as few as 7 days, with no fees or commissions.
Tell us about your Union Park or Birdland house
In the floodplain, needs work after past high water, or just tired of the flood-season worry? Answer a few quick questions. About two minutes, no obligation.
Get your cash offer
We review your house against recent local sales and make you a fair cash offer. We show you how we got to our number, and our offers don't expire.
Review your offer and close
Review our offer and accept it or walk away. Close in as few as 7 days through a title company, or on your timeline. No fees either way.
Example shown for illustration only, not a real offer. Every offer is based on the house and its local market.
We buy houses across the 50313 north side
From Birdland and Union Park along the Des Moines River to Prospect Park, Highland Park, and Oak Park, Propcash buys houses across the north side, whatever the flood map says.
Propcash also buys houses in other Des Moines neighborhoods, so you can get a cash offer in Beaverdale, sell a Drake rental, sell as-is on the South Side, and sell near Easter Lake. You can also sell your house fast across Des Moines or anywhere in Iowa.
A house that has taken on water before? Still an easy yes.
The Birdland levee failed in both 1993 and 2008, and the 2008 Des Moines River breach put some homes under several feet of water. We buy houses that carry that past, and you do not fix a thing first.
-
Past flood damage
Water lines, replaced drywall, a basement that has flooded, we factor it in
-
Older north-side systems
Original wiring, a fuse box, an aging furnace or roof, none of it stops us
-
Inside the mapped floodplain
Where a bank makes a buyer carry flood insurance, we still buy
-
Vacant or a post-buyout block
Scattered vacant lots since 2008 do not change our offer
-
Foundation or grading issues
Common near the river, and we price it in rather than ask you to fix it
Illustrative estimates for an older north-side Des Moines house, not real quotes. Money you keep by selling as-is. Your numbers will differ.
Understanding the Union Park and Birdland market
A north side shaped by the river
Des Moines sits at the confluence of the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers and is ringed by more than fifteen miles of levees. Union Park and Birdland sit right behind the north-side levee, and the neighborhood remembers the 1993 flood that shut the city's water works and the 2008 breach that reached homes north of downtown. That history is the single biggest thing standing between a north-side seller and a smooth financed sale.
Why the flood map still matters to a sale
Four Des Moines levees are FEMA-accredited, but a house inside a mapped special flood hazard area still triggers a lender's flood-insurance requirement, and under the current federal pricing a policy can cost more than a buyer budgeted for. Financed offers fall through on exactly this. A cash purchase does not hinge on a lender or a new flood policy, so the sale holds.
Redevelopment, buyouts, and vacant lots
The city approved the Birdland Area Redevelopment Plan in 2015, and post-2008 buyouts left scattered vacant lots and infill through the area. If you are holding a house next to an empty lot, or one the city never bought, a cash sale is a clean way out.
The price question on the north side
The typical Des Moines home value sits around $212,006 as of July 31, 2026 (Zillow Home Value Index, down 0.1% year over year); Redfin separately put the citywide median sale price near $220,000 in July 2026. A north-side flood block usually trades below those citywide figures, and a lowball cash sign counts on you not knowing that. We show you how we reached our number instead.
A direct cash homebuyer is a company that purchases houses itself, with its own funds, rather than listing them for sale or finding buyers on a seller's behalf. Propcash is a direct cash homebuyer: we make the offer, we are the buyer, and the seller pays no commissions or fees. Sellers skip repairs, listings, and showings, and pick their own closing date.
Common situations we help Union Park owners navigate
Whatever brought you here, Propcash can make you a fair cash offer.
Done worrying about the river
Every spring you watch the gauge. Sell now, on a date you choose, and hand the flood-season worry to a buyer who prices it in.
House flooded in 2008
Water damage, a rebuilt basement, a block that lost neighbors to buyouts, we buy houses with that exact history and you repair nothing.
Can't get a financed buyer to the table
Deals keep dying at the flood-insurance step. We do not need a lender, so the zone does not sink the sale.
Inherited a north-side house
If you live out of town and do not want a floodplain rental, get a cash offer and sell it as-is, probate and all.
Behind on payments
A fast cash sale can clear the mortgage before a foreclosure sale and Iowa's redemption clock runs. We know how the timeline works here.
Tired landlord near the river
Sell a tenant-occupied rental without an eviction or a vacancy, and skip the deferred repairs the last tenant left behind.
The Propcash Promise
We don't believe in high-pressure sales tactics. Here is how we put that into action for Union Park and Birdland sellers.
No expiration date
Take all the time you need to consider an offer, we'll never push a hard deadline.
No aggressive follow up
We follow up on your schedule. We'll never send unsolicited marketing emails, drip campaigns, or phone blasts.
We'll tell you if we're not the right buyer
If listing with an agent would serve you better, we'll point you to a local agent. We're always straightforward and transparent.
Frequently asked questions about selling in Union Park
Will you really buy a house in the Birdland or Union Park floodplain?
Yes. A mapped flood zone is one of the most common reasons a north-side sale falls apart, because a financed buyer has to line up flood insurance and the deal stalls. Propcash buys directly with our own funds, so we do not need a lender or a new flood policy. We look at the flood history, price it in, and still make a fair cash offer.
My house flooded in 2008. Can you still buy it?
Yes, and it is a situation we see often on the north side. Water lines, a rebuilt basement, replaced systems, none of it stops us. We build the repair costs into our offer, so you spend nothing fixing it and we handle the work after closing.
What areas of the north side do you cover?
We buy throughout 50313: Birdland, Union Park, Prospect Park, Highland Park, Oak Park, the Saylor Road corridor, and the blocks along the Des Moines River. If your house sits near the levee or on a post-buyout block, we still buy.
How fast can you close on a Union Park house?
We can close in as few as 7 days through a local title company when speed matters, which helps if a foreclosure sale or a deadline is coming. If you need more time to move, you pick a later date. You control the calendar.
Do I have to carry or pay off flood insurance to sell to you?
No. Because we are not borrowing to buy, there is no lender requiring a flood policy as a condition of the sale. We deal with the property as it is, flood zone included.
Are there really no fees or commissions?
Correct. No agent commission, no closing costs charged to you, no junk fees. Propcash is free for sellers, and the cash offer you accept is what you receive at closing.
How is Propcash different from the cash-for-houses signs around the north side?
Those signs usually mean one lowball, take-it-or-leave-it number. Propcash is a direct cash homebuyer that prices your house off recent local sales and shows you how we got there. There is no obligation, so if the number does not work, you walk away.
Does Propcash buy houses in Union Park and Birdland, Des Moines?
Yes. Propcash is a direct cash homebuyer that buys houses across Union Park, Birdland, and the rest of the 50313 north side, in the floodplain and out of it. We buy with our own funds, so there is no listing, no showings, and no waiting on a buyer's financing.
Questions first? Call or text (615) 552-4296, or email info@propcash.co. We respond in minutes.
Ready to get your Union Park cash offer?
Answer a few questions about your 50313 house and get a fair cash offer based on recent local sales. Takes about two minutes.
Free for sellers, no obligation, your information is never sold