We buy houses in Caguas
We buy houses in Caguas for cash, as they stand
We buy houses in Caguas for cash, in any condition and in any sector: Villa del Rey and Bairoa, Cañaboncito, Borinquen, the downtown core. The offer is built from deeds recorded with CRIM, not from listing prices: 781 houses changed hands in Caguas in the last 12 months, and we show you the deeds from your sector. Written offer in 24 hours, valid 7 days, closing in 45 to 60 days with an attorney-notary and no commissions.

Key takeaways
- Caguas recorded 781 house sales in the last 12 months, with the most activity in Villa del Rey, Bairoa and Turabo Gardens.
- If the house is inherited, we walk you through the succession: declaratoria de herederos, estate return and Hacienda relevo with the attorney-notary, costs advanced by us. Past-due CRIM is paid from the price at closing.
- The municipality publishes and updates an inventory of houses declared public nuisances; if yours is closed up and owes CRIM, the clock is already running.
- Written offer in 24 hours, valid 7 days, closing in 45 to 60 days. CRIM debt is paid from the price at closing. No commissions.
How many houses are selling in Caguas?
Over the last 12 months CRIM recorded 781 house sales in Caguas. The sectors with the most sales were Villa del Rey (34 deeds), Bairoa (25) and Turabo Gardens (13). That's the basis of our offer: what people actually paid in your sector, not what the listings ask.
Caguas is the largest market among the towns we work, and that helps you: there are comparables to spare. A house in Villa Nueva gets compared with Villa Nueva sales; one in Cañaboncito, with Cañaboncito sales. When we give you the number, we show you the three to five deeds behind it, with date and price. If the house needs work, we deduct the renovation line by line and walk you through it.
One limit worth knowing: CRIM records the deed price, not the size or condition of the house. That's why we visit before signing and adjust if your house is bigger or in better shape than the neighboring deed suggests.
What happens to a closed-up house in Caguas? The public nuisance inventory
Caguas is one of the few municipalities that publishes its inventory of properties declared public nuisances, through the Oficina de Gestión y Registro de Bienes Inmuebles (OGReBI). The June 2026 inventory listed 14 properties, almost all in barrio Pueblo and Cañaboncito, with CRIM debts as high as $74,000. Anyone can file an intent form to acquire them.
The Caguas process runs through published notices: the municipality notifies, the owner or the estate has 20 days from publication to oppose in writing, and if nobody answers, the declaration becomes final. Then come the fine, the lien for cleanup and, if there's still no answer, expropriation. Since Act 97-2026, an estate has three years to claim the house, down from five.
If your Caguas house is on that list or you got the letter, you can still sell. We buy it with the debt, pay CRIM from the price at closing, and the attorney-notary handles the municipal file. See also how we buy abandoned houses.
Where do you sort out CRIM for a Caguas house?
The CRIM regional office serving Caguas is at Ave. Luis Muñoz Marín at Troche, phone 787-743-5735. That's where you pull the debt certificate and correct the owner's name. Almost everything can also be done online through the CRIM portal. We pull the account statement before the offer, so the number already has the debt deducted.
Something we see a lot in Caguas: houses in 1970s and 1980s urbanizaciones still in the name of a father or grandmother who has passed away. CRIM keeps billing that name and nobody fixes anything until someone wants to sell. That's an inherited house case: it needs the declaratoria de herederos, the estate return and the Hacienda relevo before the deed. We coordinate it with the attorney and advance the costs once a purchase agreement is signed.
What kind of house do you buy in Caguas?
Concrete houses in urbanizaciones, barrio houses with a half-built second floor, condo units with overdue fees, and downtown houses with a bad roof. We buy with a tenant, with debt, with hurricane damage or without a use permit. The only thing we don't buy is land with no structure.
- Urbanizaciones: Villa del Rey, Bairoa, Turabo Gardens, Villa Nueva, Bonneville, Caguax, Idamaris, Mariolga, Villa Blanca.
- Barrios: Cañaboncito, Borinquen, Tomás de Castro, Bairoa, San Salvador, Beatriz, Río Cañas, Turabo.
- Downtown: Padial, Muñoz Rivera, Betances and the surrounding streets, including storefronts with a home upstairs.
If the house has an unpermitted addition, no bank will finance it and the traditional buyer falls through. That doesn't stop us; we deduct it and fix it during the renovation. It's explained in unpermitted house.
How does selling your Caguas house to us work?
You send us the address or the CRIM parcel number. Within 24 hours we send a written offer, valid 7 days, with the comparables and the renovation breakdown. If it works for you, we sign a contract with a deposit and close in 45 to 60 days with an attorney-notary. Debts are paid from the price at closing. We charge no commission.
You can sell from Orlando or from the next street over: if you live off the island, you sign with an apostilled power of attorney, and we explain the 15% non-resident withholding in selling from the States. If the house belongs to several siblings, we talk to each one. And if what you have is a neighbor's closed-up house that isn't yours, see the $1,000 reward for referring a house we end up buying.
Town facts we use to make the offer
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Houses sold in the last 12 months | 781 deeds (as of October 30, 2026) | CRIM recorded deeds; our own count |
| Sectors with the most sales | Villa del Rey (34), Bairoa (25) and Turabo Gardens (13) | CRIM recorded deeds; our own count |
| Who declares a public nuisance | Oficina de Gestión y Registro de Bienes Inmuebles (OGReBI), 787-545-3512 | Regulation under Ordinance 20, series 2018-2019; public inventory updated September 1, 2026 |
| Time to oppose the declaration | 30 days from notice; hearing before an examining officer | Municipal Code, Act 107-2020, art. 4.010 |
| Fine if it is not corrected | $1,000 to $5,000, plus the cleanup cost as a lien | Act 107-2020 as amended by Act 97-2026 |
| CRIM office that serves the town | CRIM regional office in Caguas, Ave. Luis Muñoz Marín at Troche, 787-743-5735 | CRIM office directory |
| Properties with no identified owner (CRIM 2026) | CRIM counted 55,521 properties with no identified owner island-wide (July 2026); it published figures only for San Juan, Ponce and Utuado, so there is no number for this town | El Nuevo Día, July 28, 2026 |
Sales are deeds recorded with CRIM in the last 12 months, houses only (no lots), excluding court transfers and deeds under $5,000. Municipal and CRIM figures come from public documents; confirm them with the office before you go.
What we do not do
We are not attorneys or brokers. In a foreclosure, catching up or negotiating with the bank comes first; a cash sale is one exit, not the only one. We do not promise a date an official procedure will not allow, and we do not publish fee figures: the attorney-notary confirms them.
Frequently asked questions
Before you request an offer
- ✓The house address or the CRIM parcel (catastro) number.
- ✓Whose name the property is in, and whether that person is alive.
- ✓What is owed: CRIM, mortgage, water, power, maintenance fees, even roughly.
- ✓If there is a lawsuit, bank letter, municipal fine or FEMA claim, the date on the document.
- ✓Whether anyone lives in the house today.
- ✓Exterior photos or a WhatsApp video; with no access, the address is enough to start.
Let's talk about the house
Tell us the address or parcel number of the Caguas house, whose name it's in and what it owes. We send the written offer within 24 hours.
Sources
- Municipio de Caguas: inventory of properties declared public nuisance (September 1, 2026)
- Municipio de Caguas: public notice of nuisance declarations (August 28, 2025)
- CRIM Caguas regional office: address, phone and towns served
- CRIM cadastral map (parcel number, recorded owner, sales)
- Puerto Rico Municipal Code, Act 107-2020 (OGP text)
- Guide to Act 97-2026 on public nuisances (Platea PR)
- El Nuevo Día, July 28, 2026: 55,521 ownerless properties; CRIM starts identifying them
This is not legal or tax advice. It is general information so you understand the process; the advice comes from the attorney-notary who takes part in the transaction. Last reviewed: October 30, 2026.
