Sell Your Ewing Township House for Cash

Ewing in Numbers

About 39,000 people live in Ewing's fifteen square miles, and the township has grown a little faster than its neighbors since 2020. About 67 of every 100 homes are owner-occupied, the average household is 2.28 people, and roughly one resident in six had moved within the past year. That mix of long-time owners and a steady stream of renters shapes the calls we get: older owners ready to move on, heirs with a house to settle, and landlords who would rather not keep up with another round of township paperwork.

• 39,030people estimated for July 2025, up from 37,264 in 2020
• 66.9%owner-occupancy rate (ACS 2020–2024)
• $294,400median owner-reported home value (ACS 2020–2024)
• $1,679typical monthly rent, gross (2020–2024 survey)

Data: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, Ewing township, Mercer County, New Jersey.

A median tells you about the township, not about your house. We look at yours once, factor in its condition and who is living there, and put a single price in writing.

Ewing's Property Transfer Certificate

Chapter 114 of the Ewing code requires a property transfer certificate before a single-family house, a rented single-family house or a residential building with fewer than three units is sold, rented or otherwise transferred. The Construction Official issues it; the Code Enforcement office works out of the back of the Ewing Fire Department building at 1666 Pennington Road, and requests go through the township's SDL online portal. If the seller never applies, the code makes the buyer responsible for getting one.

Once the application and fee are in, the township has 15 working days to inspect. The inspector checks the house against the International Property Maintenance Code, and since a 2025 amendment the municipal tax assessor may come along unless the owner objects. What happens next:

• The seller has to give the buyer a copy of the inspection report and its violation list before closing.
• Violations are supposed to be fixed before the transfer. Where nothing poses a serious or immediate danger, the Construction Official may issue a temporary certificate if the buyer agrees in writing to take the violations on.
• Where no one is moving in right away, the code waives the inspection at transfer but requires it before anyone occupies the house.
• The certificate runs 120 days, and one 30-day extension is possible with a re-inspection at no charge.
• Re-inspection pricing: no charge for the first return visit, $75 for a second, $150 apiece after that.

What this means in practice: the township's list of repairs lands on whoever owns the house. When you sell to us and the township allows a temporary certificate, we sign the written assumption of the violations and do the work after closing, sparing you contractor bids and repeat inspections. An owner who skips the certificate or keeps the report from a buyer can be fined up to $500, so we make sure the filing is done properly either way.

Ewing's fee schedule prices the state-mandated alarm certificate by lead time. Apply with over ten business days to spare and it is $45; with four to ten days left, $90; inside four days, $161. Booking early keeps that cost at the low end.

Taxes and the ELSA Sewer Bill

Ewing mails its tax bills in July. The four quarterly installments each fall on the first day of a month, namely February, May, August and November. The Tax Collector's office also bills sewer use: those bills go out in March, with halves due April 1 and October 1. Each payment gets ten calendar days of grace, counting the due date, and a postmark proves nothing here; the payment itself must reach the office within the grace window. Late balances accrue interest at two tiers: 8% a year below the $1,500 mark, 18% over it. The online Edmunds portal takes only current-year charges; a prior-year balance or a lien has to be paid to the office directly, which is one more reason to let a title company handle a payoff.

On the state's 2025 tables Ewing's general rate was 4.051 and its effective rate 2.690, above Hamilton and Lawrence but well short of Trenton's 3.468. Treatment of the sewage is handled by the Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority, set up in 1947 and run by a board with three members from each township, at 600 Whitehead Road in Lawrenceville. Trenton Water Works supplies water to parts of Ewing, and in the townships an unpaid water balance follows the account holder. We request the final water reading and the sewer and tax payoffs as soon as a date is set. If you are already behind, our guide to tax liens shows how back taxes are cleared from the price.

Rentals, Senior Tenants and Rent Control

Every owner of a non-owner-occupied rental in Ewing registers as a landlord each year, by January 31, and the fee schedule sets that registration at $50. The township's code also has tenants receive a copy of the rental license and the property transfer certificate. A rental that changes owners or tenants needs that transfer certificate too.

Ewing's rent control is narrower than in some cities. A Rent Control Board, created in 1998 under Chapter 14 of the code, protects tenants who are senior citizens or have disabilities, and it can lower or raise rents, award compensation or order a landlord to make repairs. Any protected tenant keeps that protection under a new owner. We purchase with every lease intact; New Jersey's Anti-Eviction Act gives no eviction ground for a change of ownership. Deposits, with the interest owed, are transferred to us at settlement. Our rental property page covers the rest.

Empty Houses in Ewing

Under a 2013 ordinance, registration is due 30 days after a property goes vacant, or 30 days after someone acquires one that already is. The fees climb the longer it stays empty: $250 to register, $500 at the first renewal, $1,000 for later renewals up to five years and $5,000 after that. The owner also has to post a contact sign inside, keep the house secured, stop the mail and shut off and drain the water lines. An inherited or long-vacant house can quietly run up those costs, and selling ends them. Executors can sign with us once the Mercer County Surrogate issues letters; see the inherited house guide.

Older Houses and Historic Sites

Ewing was part of Hunterdon County until Mercer was created in 1838, and its Historic Preservation Commission keeps a list of locally registered historic properties. The commission's own materials mention losses such as the original part of Reed Manor, from about 1795, demolished in 2010. If your property is locally designated, ask the township about the review rules before planning changes. For a sale itself, no approval is needed, and we buy older homes in their present condition.

How the Sale Works

1. Start with the address, either on the form at the top or by phone, plus a sentence or two about the house.
2. One visit; a written cash figure follows, most often the next day.
3. Once you accept, we apply for the property transfer certificate and the smoke and CO certificate and order the payoffs.
4. Title pays your mortgage, taxes, sewer charges and any lien from the sale price.
5. Closing day is yours to pick, in person or with a mobile notary.

Ewing is one of the twelve municipalities we buy in across Mercer County. Neighboring towns: Trenton to the south and Lawrence Township to the east.