Camden County, New Jersey
An inherited house in Somerdale, handled with care.
When your family sells the property to us, we handle the probate at the Camden 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 Somerdale
What families find in Somerdale.
Covering roughly 1.4 square miles, Somerdale touches eight neighbors: Gloucester Township, Lawnside, Magnolia, Hi-Nella, Stratford, Lindenwold, Voorhees and Cherry Hill. It is one of five towns carved from Clementon Township in the spring of 1929, and U.S. Route 30 crosses it between Magnolia and Stratford. Roughly 2,400 homes stood here in 2020. Inherited homes here are typically single-family houses, sometimes with a rental property in the family as well.
Owned for many years
Around 2 percent of Somerdale's owner homes were vacant in 2020, a sign that homes turn over slowly. A house a parent owned for decades may need updating that heirs have no interest in managing during probate. We purchase the home as it stands and explain our view of it to each family member separately.
Rentals left behind
About 6 percent of rental units in the borough stood empty in 2020. When a parent owned a rental here, the estate takes over a lease, rent collection and repair calls. We can purchase occupied rentals and take on the tenant relationship after closing, so the family is not acting as landlord.
Along U.S. Route 30
Route 30 crosses the borough, which has roughly two dozen miles of roads. An empty house on or near the Pike still needs someone checking on it through the estate period. We set a closing date around the estate's paperwork rather than asking the family to rush.
Probate for a Somerdale property
The Camden 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 Camden County that's the Camden County Surrogate's Court in Camden. 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 Camden County Surrogate.
4 · Get paid
Close as-is, often in 30 to 60 days.
Somerdale and the towns around it
Neighboring towns we also serve
- Cherry Hill
- Voorhees Township
- Lindenwold
- Stratford
- Hi-Nella
- Magnolia
- Lawnside
- Gloucester Township
We serve every municipality in Camden County and all 21 New Jersey counties.
Somerdale questions
Mom's Somerdale house needs a roof and furnace. Must the estate replace them?
No. We take those costs on ourselves after closing.
Can you wait while the Somerdale estate is still being opened?
Yes. We work with the family and close once the executor or administrator has authority to sell.
Where is probate filed for a house in Somerdale?
Probate for someone who lived in Somerdale is handled by the Camden County Surrogate's Court in Camden. 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 Somerdale 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 Somerdale?
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