Sell your Citrus Heights house fast, for cash

A city that’s already built

Citrus Heights became a city on January 1, 1997. It sits between Roseville, Orangevale, Fair Oaks and Antelope, and has 86,348 people. It’s built out: the city’s earlier Housing Element said less than 3% of its homes had been built in the previous ten years, and called its housing stock aging.

That’s the kind of house we buy every week. Dated kitchens and baths, an old roof, a garage full of someone else’s things: we buy it as it stands, with our own cash, and you never pay for a repair. If you’re clearing out a parent’s house, our guide to selling a house full of stuff may help.

Renting out a Citrus Heights house

Citrus Heights runs a Rental Housing Inspection Program. The city says it is “unlawful for any person to engage in the business of rental housing” without registering. There’s one form per property, a new form is due within 30 days of a change of owner or rental status, and since January 2024 a yearly Housing Stock Fee of $28 per unit (for one to four units) comes through the utility bill. Homes built in the last five years may be exempt.

If you’re a landlord who’s done with registrations, repairs and turnover, we buy rental houses with tenants in place or empty.

Citrus Heights by the numbers

Citrus Heights had 87,583 people at the 2020 census and 86,348 in the 2025 estimate, slightly fewer. About 61% of homes are owner-occupied, and the median household income is $82,314.

Because Citrus Heights is in Sacramento County, the paperwork for a sale runs through county offices. Deeds are recorded by the Sacramento County Clerk/Recorder at 3636 American River Drive, Suite 110, with same-day recording on weekdays from 8am to 3pm. If the house has to go through probate, the case is heard at the William R. Ridgeway Family Relations Courthouse, 3341 Power Inn Road, not the downtown courthouse. The county’s transfer tax is $1.10 per $1,000 of the price, and Citrus Heights adds nothing on top.

Water and the Sunrise Mall plan

The Citrus Heights Water District serves about the eastern two-thirds of the city, plus parts of Orangevale, Fair Oaks, Carmichael and Roseville, about 66,000 people in all, buying its water wholesale from the San Juan Water District. In 2021 the city adopted the Sunrise Tomorrow Specific Plan to turn the 100-acre Sunrise Mall site into a mix of uses.