Guides
Guides to selling a house in Hempstead
Background rather than sales copy. What the Hempstead 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 We track the Hempstead market because we buy here, and a buyer who is wrong about the market pays for it directly. Where we buy Where We Buy We buy across Hempstead, and we only buy on Long Island. That second part is the one worth explaining, because most of the companies contacting Hempstead homeowners right now are not local to anywhere in particular. Commuter belt Near the LIRR Walking distance to the Hempstead station is the single most quoted selling point in Hempstead, and it is genuinely worth something. Before you reply to anyone Is a Cash Offer Legitimate? Short answer: some are, many are not, and the difference is easy to establish if you know what to ask. Valuation What Is My House Worth? The honest answer is that your house does not have one value. It has three, they can be a long way apart, and which one applies to you depends on the condition of the property and how much time you have. 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.