Atlantic County, New Jersey
An inherited house in Somers Point, 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 Somers Point
What families find in Somers Point.
Somers Point looks across Great Egg Harbor Bay to Ocean City from the bay's northern shore, with Linwood and Egg Harbor Township beside it and both the Parkway bridge and the Route 52 causeway leading into Cape May County. The city's history starts with a 1693 land purchase by John Somers, and it holds the county's oldest standing house. Of about 5,600 homes, roughly 13% were vacant in 2020. An inherited house here might be an older home near the bay, a parent's rental, or a family house on an inland street.
Bay Front Historic District
The 82-acre Bay Front Historic District joined the National Register in 1989 and includes 189 contributing buildings. Somers Mansion, completed no later than 1726, is the oldest house still standing in the county. A parent's house in the district may need repairs that respect its age. Gembrook can take it without the estate restoring anything.
Bayfront and causeway
A replacement Route 52 causeway linking the city with Ocean City was finished in 2012, and the former Beesley's Point Bridge was torn down a year later. Homes along the bay deal with flood-insurance issues much like island houses. If a parent's house near the water is sitting empty during the estate, we look into its flood status ourselves.
Tenants in a parent's rental
Shore Medical Center, with about 1,500 employees and nearly 300 beds, is the city's largest employer, and the city's rental vacancy rate was 4.4% in 2020. A parent who rented out a house leaves the estate with tenants and leases. We can take the property with the occupants in place.
Probate for a Somers Point 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.
Somers Point and the towns around it
Neighboring towns we also serve
- Linwood
- Egg Harbor Township
- Longport
- Ocean City
- Upper Township
We serve every municipality in Atlantic County and all 21 New Jersey counties.
Somers Point questions
Is Dad's house in the Somers Point Bay Front Historic District?
It may be; the district covers 82 acres near the bay. We check the address and take historic homes as they stand.
Mom's Somers Point rental still has tenants. Do they have to leave first?
No. We can take the house with the tenants and their leases in place.
Where is probate filed for a house in Somers Point?
Probate for someone who lived in Somers Point 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 Somers Point 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.
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