When a marriage ends, the house is often the hardest asset to divide. A fair, all-cash sale lets both parties cash out quickly and move on, no repairs, no drawn-out listing, no fighting over showings. Close on a date the court and both of you can agree on.
Fair Value Investments is a private real-estate investor buying for our own account. We are not a broker, lender, attorney, or government agency, and we charge no fee to make an offer.
We can start with one of you, but we will want both of you, or both attorneys, to see the offer before anyone signs.
We give a single written cash figure with our math, so neither side is negotiating against a number the other cannot see.
Everyone on title signs, and the title company pays the mortgage and liens, then disburses the rest as the agreement or the court directs.
Splitting a house in a divorce can drag on for months, who fixes it, who lists it, who pays the mortgage in the meantime. A clean cash sale turns the house into a number both sides can divide, on a timeline the court can sign off on. We're buyers, not attorneys, and we'll coordinate with both parties and their counsel so it stays fair and drama-free.
In Illinois, a divorce is formally a "dissolution of marriage," and the marital home is usually one of the largest pieces of marital property the case has to address. The two broad paths are a negotiated settlement, written into a marital settlement agreement, or a decision by the judge after a trial. Either way, the final judgment says what happens to the house: one spouse keeps it and refinances, or it is sold and the proceeds are divided.
In Cook County these cases are heard in the Circuit Court's Domestic Relations Division. In DuPage, Will, Lake and Kane counties they are heard in each county's circuit court. Illinois Legal Aid Online has a plain-English guide to how property is divided.
Listing a house during a divorce means agreeing on repairs, an agent, a price and every showing, often while one spouse still lives there. An as-is cash sale replaces those decisions with one: whether to accept a written number. It can cost some price compared with a well-prepared listing, and when a listing would clearly net more, we will say so. Our pricing explainer shows how to compare the two paths honestly.
We are buyers, not attorneys or mediators, and we do not take sides. We give both parties the same information at the same time.
Comparable sales, minus itemized costs, next to what listing would likely net. See how we price a home →
No repairs, no fee, no obligation. See the number, then decide.