New JerseyFIPS 34013October 2026 drop
Free-and-clear properties in Essex County, NJ
83,834
free-and-clear properties on this list.
39% of 213,677 properties on file in Essex County
No open mortgage or lien is recorded against the property. Each row comes with the owner’s name and mailing address, ready to mail.
- List
- Free and clear
- Area
- Essex County, NJ
- Matching records
- 83,834
- Rate
- $0.02 each
83,834 × 2¢ = $1,676.68. One payment, the CSV is yours.
01Other lists here
Same county, six more signals.
One property can sit on several lists. The owners who stack signals are often the ones worth calling first.
- CoreAbsentee owners85,862$1,717.24 for the list
- CoreHigh equity197,787$3,955.74 for the list
- CorePre-foreclosure23,855$477.10 for the list
- CoreTax delinquent572$11.44 for the list
- Extra signalVacant1,501$30.02 for the list
- Extra signalCorporate owned54,493$1,089.86 for the list
02Working it
What to do with it.
- Seller-finance buyersOffer monthly payments in place of a bank loan.
- WholesalersMake clean cash offers that close fast with no payoff to clear.
- LendersReach owners who could borrow against a home they own outright.
Before you mail
Free and clear means nothing is recorded against the property. A loan recorded late, or never recorded, can still exist.
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03Columns
In every row.
- owner_name
- Owner on title, plus a second owner when there is one
- mail_address
- Where the owner receives mail: street, city, state, ZIP
- property_address
- Street address of the property itself
- apn / county_fips
- Parcel number and county code, for matching to county records
- property_type
- Single family, condo, multifamily, land and so on, with beds, baths and sqft
- est_value / equity_pct
- Estimated value and the share of it the owner holds as equity
- open_lien_balance
- Total recorded on open mortgages, with the first lender and loan amount
- tax_amount / tax_year
- Latest annual property tax bill
- last_sale_date / price
- When the property last changed hands and for how much
- years_owned
- How long the current owner has held it
- signals
- Every list the property matches: absentee, high equity, free and clear and more
One row per property, as a CSV. 2¢ a row, $10 minimum.
04By the numbers
Essex County, in short.
- How many free-and-clear properties are in Essex County, NJ?
- 83,834 of the 213,677 properties on file in Essex County, New Jersey are on the free and clear list in the October 2026 data, 39% of the county. The rule: No open mortgage or lien is recorded against the property.
- How much does the Essex County free and clear list cost?
- 83,834 records at 2¢ each comes to $1,676.68, paid once. No subscription.
- What other motivated seller lists are there for Essex County?
- Largest first: high equity (197,787), absentee owners (85,862), corporate owned (54,493), pre-foreclosure (23,855), vacant (1,501), tax delinquent (572). One property can be on several lists, so these overlap.
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