Atlantic County, New Jersey
An inherited house in Longport, handled with care.
When your family sells the property to us, we handle the probate at the Atlantic 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 Longport
What families find in Longport.
Longport occupies the far southwest end of Absecon Island beyond Margate, tied to Ocean City and the mainland by the Ocean City-Longport Bridge and the Dolores G. Cooper Bridge, among others. More of the borough is water than land. Fewer than 900 people live there year-round, yet it has about 1,650 homes, so most houses are second homes. When a parent's Longport house passes to the family, it is usually a beach or bay house used in season, with heirs living somewhere else.
Streets start at 11th
Longport's avenues begin at 11th because the sea claimed some 180 acres, about ten blocks, at the island's south end in storms from 1900 to 1916. The borough now falls within the Army Corps dune and beach work along the island. That history is part of what insurers and future owners ask about, and we take on those questions with the family.
After Sandy
Sandy's tidal surge did heavy damage across Absecon Island, and in Longport the waves pushed boulders up onto part of the bridge to Ocean City. Some homes were repaired afterward and some were not. If a parent's house still shows storm damage or was never elevated, Gembrook can take it in its present state.
Closed for the off-season
The 2010 census found 470 households in a borough of roughly 1,650 housing units, so most Longport homes stand empty much of the year. An inherited one still needs insurance, utilities and someone checking on it through the winter. We coordinate access and contents so heirs do not need to keep driving down.
Probate for a Longport property
The Atlantic 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 Atlantic County that's the Atlantic County Surrogate's Court in Mays Landing in Hamilton Township. 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 Atlantic County Surrogate.
4 · Get paid
Close as-is, often in 30 to 60 days.
Longport and the towns around it
Neighboring towns we also serve
We serve every municipality in Atlantic County and all 21 New Jersey counties.
Longport questions
None of us live near Longport. Can the estate handle everything from a distance?
Yes. We arrange access, contents and paperwork with the executor remotely and talk with each heir separately.
Our parents' Longport house was never raised. Will Gembrook still consider it?
Yes. A house that was never elevated, or that took on water in past storms, is still one we will look at.
Where is probate filed for a house in Longport?
Probate for someone who lived in Longport is handled by the Atlantic County Surrogate's Court in Mays Landing (in Hamilton Township). 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 Longport 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 an Atlantic County property?
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New Jersey counties we serve