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 We Buy Houses in Hobart, Indiana — As-Is, On Your Timeline

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Hobart is a small city built around Lake George and a walkable Main Street, with a strong 1950s–70s ranch stock and an annexed Route 30 retail strip. Landlords have a July 15 rental registration deadline with steep fines, which makes a good hook for tired landlords.

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  1. Local Buyers Who Know Hobart

  2. Hobart Homes We Buy: Downtown Older Homes to Mid-Century Ranches

  3. Hobart Landlords: The July 15 Registration Rule

  4. Deep River, Lake George and Flooding

  5. How It Works

  • History: Before it was a city, Portage Township was farmland dotted with three villages: McCool, Crisman and Garyton (only 2,116 residents in 1950). Steel mills and the Burns Harbor port drove growth. Portage incorporated as a town in 1959 (Ogden Dunes and South Haven chose to stay out) and became a city in 1967 (Wikipedia).

  • Housing stock: Median year built 1981. 49% built before 1980, busiest decade the 1970s. 70% single-family detached, 8.4% mobile/manufactured homes, 12% in 5+ unit buildings. 73% owner-occupied, 5% vacant. Median value $224,200. Population 38,082, largest in Porter County (ACS 2020–24). Source: ACS.

  • Main neighborhoods/areas: Central Avenue/city center; the historic McCool, Crisman and Garyton areas; the lakefront near Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk (Indiana Dunes National Park). Ogden Dunes and unincorporated South Haven border the city. ZIP 46368.

  • Market: Median sale price $291,450 in August 2026 (YTD $275,000; 1.8 months of supply). Source: NIRA Local Market Update, Aug 2026 (Portage report).

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  • History: Platted in 1849 by George Earle, an English immigrant who dammed the Deep River to create Lake George. He named the town after his brother, Frederick Hobart Earle, who never left England. Town in 1889, city in 1921. Downtown includes a Carnegie library and the Pennsylvania Railroad station, both on the National Register (Wikipedia).

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  • Housing stock: Median year built 1971. 65% built before 1980, 13% before 1940, busiest decade the 1970s. 75% single-family detached, 20% in 5+ unit buildings. 69% owner-occupied, 7% vacant. Median value $215,200. Population 29,558 (ACS 2020–24). Source: ACS.

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  • Main neighborhoods/areas: Downtown/Main Street and the Lake George Commercial Historic District; neighborhoods around Lake George and the Deep River; the former Ross Township area annexed in 1993 along the US 30 retail corridor, which uses the Merrillville post office (Wikipedia). ZIP 46342.

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  • Market: Median sale price $265,000 in August 2026 (YTD $245,000; supply rose to 2.7 months from 1.4 a year earlier). Source: NIRA Local Market Update, Aug 2026 (Hobart report).

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Local seller issues:

  • Rental registration (Code Ch. 115, Ord. 2020-35): register every rental annually by July 15, $5/unit or per rental community, $100 late fee. Buyers after July 15 must register within 30 days of purchase. Fines up to $2,500 per unit per day (cityofhobart.org/623).

  • Flooding: Hobart is named in the USGS 2008 flood report. The Chicago Tribune reported continued flooding in Hobart and Lake Station in Feb 2018.

  • Assessor: Hobart Township Assessor, 1461 S Park Ave (219-942-7878). Probate: Lake Circuit Court, Crown Point.

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  • Nearby towns: Merrillville, Lake Station, New Chicago, Portage, Gary, Crown Point

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