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Selling during a divorce

A clean way to sell the house during a divorce

One transparent cash offer both of you can verify, one closing date you both choose, and no strangers walking through the house while you each move forward. Quiet, neutral, and finished. Either of you can start the conversation.

It's 100% free and there's no obligation. No spam or marketing.

  • One offer, reasoning shown
  • No showings or open houses
  • No fees or commissions
  • Pick your closing date
The situation

The house shouldn't be the longest part of the divorce

For most couples, the house is the biggest shared asset and the hardest one to unwind. Listing it means months of co-managing repairs, showings, and negotiations with someone you're in the middle of separating from, with every decision needing two sign-offs.

You're far from alone in working through this. The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics reported 672,502 divorces and annulments in 2023 across the 45 reporting states and D.C. A direct cash sale gives the two of you one decision to make instead of a hundred. Family law attorneys see the house question in nearly every case that involves one, and a cash sale is one of the standard ways through it.

There's also the quieter problem: a listed house keeps the two of you tied together. Every price change, every buyer request, every reschedule is another required conversation. A single cash offer with a fixed closing date turns an open-ended partnership into one decision with an end date.

  • A single written offer, with the reasoning shown to both of you
  • No showings, no open houses, no sign in the yard
  • A neutral process that works with both attorneys
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What you both skip One clean sale
Months of co-managing a listing
Repair and staging decisions, times two
Open houses and showings
Waiting on a buyer's financing
One more thing to negotiate
How it works

Three steps, built for two households

The same simple process we use everywhere, with room for attorneys, agreements, and separate schedules. Neither of you has to manage the other's side of it.

1

Tell us about the house

Either of you can start the conversation, or an attorney can. Address, condition, and where the case stands. A few minutes, no obligation.

2

Get one offer in writing

We build the offer from local market data and show the reasoning, so both of you and both attorneys can verify the same number. Our offers don't expire.

3

Close and move forward

Pick the closing date that fits your case. The title company pays off the loan and disburses the proceeds according to your agreement or decree.

Your options

Sell, buy out, or wait. A real number helps all three.

Most divorcing couples land on one of three paths for the house. We've helped sellers navigate each one. We don't advise on which to take. We just make sure the decision has a real number attached.

Sell now, split clean

The most common path: sell the house, pay off the loan, and divide the proceeds per your agreement. A cash sale gets it done without months of joint project management.

Both of you see the same offer and the same reasoning. When the goal is a clean break, the fewer moving parts, the better.

One of you keeps it

A buyout turns on what the house is worth. Our written offer gives you a market-based reference point you can each verify, alongside any appraisal your attorneys order.

If the buyout works out, no hard feelings. The offer was free. Some couples request our offer precisely to make that conversation concrete.

Sell on the case's schedule

Some agreements set the sale for later: after the school year, after the decree, after a refinance attempt. Our offers don't expire, so you can get the number now and use it when the time comes.

The legal timeline leads. We follow. If the market shifts in the meantime, we re-run the numbers rather than hold you to an old figure.

We are not attorneys, and nothing on this page is legal advice. Consult your attorney about your specific situation. Every settlement is different, and your attorneys' guidance comes first.

The clean split

From first call to final disbursement

A divorce sale doesn't need to be dramatic. It needs to be documented, verifiable, and finished. This is the shape of the process, and every step happens at the pace you two and your attorneys set.

Discretion is part of the design. There's no sign in the yard inviting questions from neighbors, no public listing photos of a house in transition, and no open house asking you to stage a version of normal. Both of you get the same updates at the same time.

No countdowns from us, no pressure on either of you. The decision belongs to both of you, and our offer will still be there when you've made it.

A typical clean-split sale Overview
Either of you reaches outDay 1
Written offer, reasoning shownWithin days
Both spouses and attorneys reviewYour pace
Title company closes and disbursesYour date

A general overview, not a schedule or a promise. Timelines depend on your case and your state.

Transparent offers

How we get to our number

When two people have to agree, the number can't be a black box. We show the reasoning so neither of you has to take anyone's word for it. That includes the questions attorneys ask: send the offer to both lawyers and let them pick it apart. It holds up.

We start with your local market

Recent sales of houses near yours set the baseline. Public data both of you can check independently.

We factor in the house as it sits

Condition, needed repairs, and timing. Nobody has to fix anything or stage anything while everything else is in motion.

We walk you both through the result

Same offer, same reasoning, shown to each of you and your attorneys. If it doesn't work for your case, walk away. No fees either way.

The short answer

How does selling a house during a divorce work?

Definition

Both spouses on title agree to sell, a buyer is chosen, and at closing the title company pays off the mortgage and disburses proceeds per the agreement or decree. Propcash is a direct cash homebuyer: one as-is offer with the reasoning shown, no showings, no fees, and a closing date both spouses pick.

Where we buy

Divorce law is state law. We work with yours.

Rules for dividing marital assets, court orders, and signing logistics vary by state. We buy houses in all 50 states, and these are a few of our most active markets.

House already listed and sitting? See what to do when a house won't sell. One of you already moved out and the house is empty? See selling a vacant house.

FAQ

Questions couples ask us

Can we sell the house before the divorce is final?

Often, yes. Many couples sell during the process, and some courts prefer it settled before the decree. Rules differ by state, and pending cases sometimes carry orders that affect the sale, so run the timing past your attorneys first. If a temporary order restricts selling, your attorneys can ask the court to approve the sale. Our offer doesn't expire, so the legal timeline can set the pace.

Do both spouses have to agree to sell the house?

Generally, everyone on title signs at closing, so a voluntary sale takes both of you. When spouses can't agree, courts can order a sale as part of the case. We work with both of you, and with your attorneys, the same way: one written offer, reasoning shown, no sides taken.

How do we split the money from the sale?

At closing, the title company pays off the mortgage and any liens, then disburses the remaining proceeds according to your agreement or the court's decree. The split is decided in your case, not by us, and the paper trail from a single cash sale is easy for both attorneys to review. Disbursement can often be made separately to each of you at the closing table rather than passing through one spouse.

What if one of us wants to keep the house?

That's a buyout, and it usually turns on agreeing what the house is worth. A written cash offer with the reasoning shown gives you both a concrete, market-based reference point. It isn't a substitute for a formal appraisal, but it's a real number you can each verify independently. If the buyout falls through later, the offer can be refreshed.

Do we both have to be at the closing together?

Usually not. Title companies can often arrange separate signings, including remote or mail-away signings depending on the state. If being in the same room isn't something either of you wants, say so, and the closing gets set up accordingly.

How fast can a house sell during a divorce?

Once you both accept, we can close in as few as 7 days through a title company. If your case needs a later date, pick it. The offer is built to wait on your timeline, not the other way around.

Will the sale be discreet?

Yes. No listing, no yard sign, no open houses, and no strangers walking through the house. One conversation with a decision-maker, and a private closing through a title company. If you'd rather we communicate through your attorneys only, tell us once and that's how it goes.

What happens to the mortgage we both signed?

At closing, the title company pays the loan off in full from the sale proceeds, which settles that debt for both of you. That's one of the cleaner outcomes a sale offers: no one is left asking the other to refinance, and no shared payment lingers after the decree. If there's a second loan or a HELOC, it's paid the same way, in order of priority.

When you're both ready

One number you can both check the math on

Tell us about the house. We'll make one cash offer based on local market data, show both of you the reasoning, and work on whatever timeline your case requires. Neither of you has to wait on the other to begin.

It's 100% free. No obligation, and no spam or marketing ever.

The Propcash Promise: our offer stands, we follow up on your schedule, and if a cash sale isn't your best move, we'll tell you.