Guides
Guides to selling a house in Babylon
Background rather than sales copy. What the Babylon market is actually doing, how a house gets valued, what an agent's commission buys, and how to check whether the company texting you about your house intends to buy anything.
Local market Housing Market A median is a blunt instrument. It tells you what the middle house in Babylon sold for, and it tells you almost nothing about what yours is worth if yours is not the middle house. Where we buy Where We Buy The short answer is all of it. We do not have a preferred side of Babylon and we do not skip streets. Commuter belt Near the LIRR Every listing within a mile of the Babylon station mentions the station. That tells you the premium is real. Coastal property Flood Zones Being in a flood zone does not stop a Babylon house selling. It changes who can buy it, what their lender will require, and how long the whole thing takes, and those three changes are worth understanding before you list. Before you reply to anyone Is a Cash Offer Legitimate? If you are reading this, somebody has probably contacted you about your Babylon house. Valuation What Is My House Worth? Ask three people what a Babylon house is worth and you can get three very different figures without anybody being dishonest. They are answering different questions. Your options Selling Without a Realtor There are two quite different versions of this. Selling it yourself on the open market, and selling directly to a buyer.
Why these are on the site
Most of what a homeowner can find about selling a house quickly is written by somebody who wants to buy it, which includes us. The difference we are trying to hold to is that these pages are useful whether or not you ever call, and several of them will tell you to do something other than sell to us.
Every figure quoted carries its source and its date. Where we do not have a number we can stand behind, we say so rather than estimating one.