Hudson County, New Jersey
An inherited house in Union City, handled with care.
When your family sells the property to us, we handle the probate at the Hudson 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 Union City
What families find in Union City.
Perched on the ridge of the lower Palisades, Union City is the one Hudson County municipality surrounded on every side by other towns in the county. The city was formed in 1925 when Union Hill and West Hoboken merged, and Route 495 crosses it heading for the Lincoln Tunnel. Bergenline Avenue runs its full length as the commercial spine. Most of the housing is brownstones, apartment buildings and two-family homes, many of them a century old, and that is usually what an estate here is handling.
Century-old two-families
Brownstones and two-family houses have long made up the bulk of Union City. In a building that age, a parent may have kept the original boiler, plumbing or wiring going for years. Once the house is empty during the estate, those systems can fail with no one there. Gembrook buys the property in its current state, so heirs aren't managing repairs from afar.
Tenants and rent rules
Rent control is part of Union City's local law, and at least one complex landed under it once tenants contested their rents. If the late owner rented out an apartment, the estate inherits the tenant, the lease and the rent rules that go with it. We can purchase the building occupied, and we speak with each heir separately about the sale.
Storefront buildings
Bergenline Avenue is described as the longest commercial avenue in the state, with its busiest stretch, the Miracle Mile, running from 32nd Street north into North Bergen. A parent who owned a building with a shop downstairs leaves the estate a commercial lease along with a home. Gembrook can take mixed-use buildings with those tenants in place.
Probate for a Union City property
The Hudson 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 Hudson County that's the Hudson County Surrogate's Court in Jersey City. 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 Hudson County Surrogate.
4 · Get paid
Close as-is, often in 30 to 60 days.
Union City and the towns around it
Neighboring towns we also serve
We serve every municipality in Hudson County and all 21 New Jersey counties.
Union City questions
The two-family my father left in Union City has tenants who've lived there for years. Does the estate need to remove them?
No. We take the building with the existing tenants and leases, and the executor or administrator signs for the estate.
Not all of the heirs agree on selling Mom's brownstone. How do you handle that?
We speak with each heir privately and answer their questions. The decision belongs to the family, and we don't push one.
Where is probate filed for a house in Union City?
Probate for someone who lived in Union City is handled by the Hudson County Surrogate's Court in Jersey City. 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 Union City 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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