In most NH divorce cases, both spouses must consent to the sale unless the court grants one spouse sole authority to execute the transaction as part of a temporary or final divorce order. If you and your spouse disagree on whether to accept our offer, your attorneys can present the offer to the family court judge, who may order the sale if it serves the best interest of finalizing the divorce and dividing assets equitably. We provide identical offer documentation to both parties and their legal counsel to ensure transparency and reduce conflict over terms.

Our offer calculation starts with recent comparable sales in Exeter—typically homes sold in the past 90 days within a half-mile radius of your property. We subtract our acquisition cost (closing costs, holding costs, and repair estimates if applicable) and our profit margin, resulting in an offer typically 70–85% of retail market value depending on condition and urgency. If the court ordered an independent appraisal, we use that appraised value as the baseline and explain any variance based on condition or market timing. We provide a written breakdown of our offer calculation to both spouses and their attorneys.

If your mortgage balance exceeds the current market value of your Exeter home, selling requires lender approval of a short sale, which typically takes 120–180 days and often fails. Home Helpers can submit a short sale package on your behalf if you provide authorization, but we cannot guarantee lender approval. Alternatively, if one or both spouses can cover the shortfall at closing (the difference between sale price and mortgage payoff), we can close in our standard 7–21 day timeline. Your divorce attorney should address shortfall liability and payment responsibility in the settlement agreement to avoid post-divorce disputes.

If both spouses hold title as joint tenants or tenants by the entirety, both signatures are required to convey the property unless the divorce decree grants one spouse sole authority to execute the sale. If you are the spouse who wants to sell fast in Exeter and your partner is uncooperative, your attorney can file a motion requesting the court to authorize the sale and appoint you as the agent for conveyance. We work with court-appointed agents and referees regularly and can structure the purchase agreement to satisfy judicial approval requirements.

Yes—our purchase agreements comply with NH RSA 458:16-a, which governs equitable distribution of marital property in divorce cases. We structure transactions as arms-length sales between unrelated parties, provide market-based valuation documentation, and coordinate closing timelines with court hearing schedules. Family court judges in NH routinely approve our purchase agreements because they produce definite net proceeds both spouses can divide according to the settlement terms, eliminating the uncertainty of contingent buyer offers that may fall through during the divorce process.

Selling your Exeter home to Home Helpers eliminates realtor commissions (typically 5–6% of sale price), pre-listing repairs and staging costs (often $3,000–$8,000), buyer-requested repair credits after inspection (average 1–2% of sale price), and closing cost concessions that buyers frequently negotiate in traditional sales. On a $300,000 home, avoiding these costs saves $18,000–$27,000 in total transaction expenses, increasing the net proceeds available for equitable distribution. You also avoid carrying costs—mortgage, insurance, utilities, and property taxes—during the 60–120 days a traditional listing typically requires.

We conduct a single property walkthrough to assess condition and calculate our offer, but we do not require you to make any repairs or improvements before closing. If your Exeter home has code violations, deferred maintenance, or cosmetic issues, we factor those into our purchase price and handle all repairs after we take title. This eliminates the common divorce conflict over who pays for pre-sale repairs and allows both spouses to walk away without investing additional money into a property you are liquidating as part of the settlement.