Bergen County, New Jersey
An inherited house in Hackensack, handled with care.
When your family sells the property to us, we handle the probate at the Bergen County Surrogate's Court and can cover its costs, including the family's estate attorney fees. We speak with each heir separately and privately, and we take the property as it stands.
Inherited property in Hackensack
What families find in Hackensack.
Hackensack, the Bergen County seat, sits on the west side of the tidal Hackensack River, home to the county courthouse, the university medical center and Pascack Valley Line stops at Essex Street and Anderson Street. Its roughly 20,300 homes span every type: a mile-long strip of high-rises on Prospect Avenue, large garden apartment complexes, older two-family neighborhoods, single-family blocks concentrated in the western part of the city, and stately older houses on lots over an acre. Inherited property here can be any of these.
Where the county sits
Bergen's government has been seated in Hackensack since 1710, and the county courthouse stands here. Families settling a Bergen estate often deal with county offices in the city. When the property is also in Hackensack, Gembrook works through the estate and title steps with the family close to where the paperwork is handled.
Two-family streets
Hackensack's older two-family neighborhoods mean some owners were also landlords. When one dies, the estate inherits the tenants and their leases along with the building. Gembrook can buy a two-family while the tenants stay, so heirs aren't left collecting rent and handling repairs while the estate is open.
Historic value, no district
The city's 1990 Master Plan identified many houses of historic value, though Hackensack has no registered historic districts. A parent's older house near The Green or lower Main Street may need costly upkeep. Gembrook takes it from the estate in its present condition, and the family keeps whatever belongings they choose.
Probate for a Hackensack property
The Bergen County Surrogate's Court, handled for you.
In New Jersey, an estate is opened in the county where the person who passed away lived. For Bergen County that's the Bergen County Surrogate's Court in Hackensack. With a will, the executor is appointed there; without one, an administrator is appointed, and the other heirs typically sign renunciations.
Before an inherited house can be sold, New Jersey also usually needs an inheritance tax waiver — or, for close family, an affidavit — and any liens, judgments or back taxes have to be resolved. We coordinate all of it for you. Read our full New Jersey probate guide →
1 · Reach out
A short, unhurried call about the property and your family.
2 · Private offer
A private, written offer for the property, with every number shown.
3 · We handle probate
We handle it with the Bergen County Surrogate.
4 · Get paid
Close as-is, often in 30 to 60 days.
Hackensack and the towns around it
Neighboring towns we also serve
- Bogota
- Hasbrouck Heights
- Little Ferry
- Lodi
- Maywood
- Paramus
- Ridgefield Park
- River Edge
- South Hackensack
- Teaneck
- Teterboro
We serve every municipality in Bergen County and all 21 New Jersey counties.
Hackensack questions
Our father owned a unit in one of the Prospect Avenue buildings. Can the estate sell it to Gembrook?
It depends on the building's type and rules. Give us the building and unit, and we'll tell the executor plainly whether we can help.
My parent's Hackensack two-family has a tenant who has lived there for years. Does the estate need the unit empty?
No. Gembrook can take the property with the tenancy continuing and become the landlord after closing.
Where is probate filed for a house in Hackensack?
Probate for someone who lived in Hackensack is handled by the Bergen County Surrogate's Court in Hackensack. That's where a will is admitted, or an administrator is appointed when there's no will. When your family sells to Gembrook Properties, we handle this step with you, and in most cases you just sign where needed.
Can you cover the probate costs for a Hackensack property?
Yes, when your family sells the inherited property to Gembrook Properties. In many cases we cover the cost of opening the estate, including the family's estate attorney fees, so the family pays nothing out of pocket.
What if the heirs don't agree?
That's common. We speak with each heir separately and privately, so no one has to negotiate as a group, and the executor or court-appointed administrator signs the sale.
Inherited a house in Hackensack?
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New Jersey counties we serve