Dix Hills (Islip, Babylon, Huntington: 2009, to rent, houses)

[snforstuff]

Is it me or are there not a lot of new listings in this area? We've just decided (for sure) that we'd like to move to Dix Hills, but there haven't seen a lot coming onto the market. Actually, we haven't seen one thing yet that would fit our criteria. I'm kind of bummed. When we were looking at other areas, there were new listings constantly!

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by snforstuff

We've just decided (for sure) that we'd like to move to Dix Hills ...

For those who may not be familiar with Dix Hills:

Dix Hills takes its name from Richard, or Dick, Pechagan, a Secatogue Indian who controlled the hilly area in colonial times. Over the years, the spelling was changed from Dick's Hills to Dix Hills.

Dix Hills is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the southeast part of the Town of Huntington, in the west part of Suffolk County, along the Huntington/Smithtown, Huntington/Islip and Huntington/Babylon town lines.

Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of Dix Hills in the Town of Huntington is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of Elwood and the Hamlet of Commack in the Town of Huntington; on the east by the Hamlet of Commack in the Town of Smithtown (the Huntington/Smithtown town line) and the Hamlet of Brentwood in the Town of Islip (the Huntington/Islip town line); on the south by the Hamlet of Deer Park and the Hamlet of Wheatley Heights in the Town of Babylon (the Huntington/Babylon town line); and, on the west by the Hamlet of Melville and the Hamlet of South Huntington in the Town of Huntington.





The Hamlet of Dix Hills has a different border than does the "Dix Hills, NY 11746" ZIP Code postal zone (i.e., a place can have a "Dix Hills, NY 11746" mailing address and not be in the Hamlet of Dix Hills and a place can have other than a "Dix Hills, NY 11746" mailing address and be in the Hamlet of Dix Hills): places that have a "Dix Hills, NY 11746" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of Dix Hills are in the Hamlet of Huntington Station, the Hamlet of Elwood, the Hamlet of Commack, the Hamlet of Deer Park and the Hamlet of Melville; and, at the same time, there are places in the Hamlet of Dix Hills with a "Brentwood, NY 11717" mailing address.


For a good set of town-by-town maps showing all the villages and hamlets in each of LI's 13 towns (3 in Nassau County and 10 in Suffolk County): http://www.city-data.com/forum/long-...-resource.html

[monkeygorilla]

Funny...I was poking around on MLS last weekend & I noticed the same thing!! And it seems like there is more inventory at slightly lower prices now.

[TomMoser]

There have been 55 new listings in Dix Hills in the last 30 days. However, many of them were probably homes that expired, and then re-listed. This time of year, many sellers are waiting until spring. Next month there should be many more.

[jamibit]

My husband and I have also been looking in Dix Hills and there's like one listing a week that fits our criteria. It seems odd since springtime is the time to put your house on the market. I'm ready to go to open houses but there just aren't that many (again, fitting our criteria).

[DodgeViper01]

Dix Hills is probably on a big boom because it is right outside of Nassau County but is a little cheaper than the closer Nassau Counties? Just a thought.

[Jrprofess]

Originally Posted by TomMoser

There have been 55 new listings in Dix Hills in the last 30 days. However, many of them were probably homes that expired, and then re-listed. This time of year, many sellers are waiting until spring. Next month there should be many more.

I get this feeling that many folks who were considering selling are also holding off right now, given their perspective that the market is slow. And I agree with the re-listing thought, as I have begun to recognize a number of "new" listings that are in fact homes that I saw online earlier last year.

[jamibit]

I don't know about people holding off....my house is on the market because I want to sell it now before the prices really drop. I'm even willing to rent (with 2 small kids) if I have to just to make sure I sell my house....then I'll have better bargaining power. I think now is a great time to sell.

[TomMoser]

Originally Posted by jamibit

I don't know about people holding off....my house is on the market because I want to sell it now before the prices really drop. I'm even willing to rent (with 2 small kids) if I have to just to make sure I sell my house....then I'll have better bargaining power. I think now is a great time to sell.

You are the exception. From my experience, every seller thinks the market is going up (and therefor they should get top dollar) and every buyer thinks the market is going down (and therefor they should get a house at bargain basement prices). Funny thing is, once the seller sells and becomes a buyer, so does their perspective of the market.

This is not just in today's market. This is how it has always been and probably always will be.

[Kbinspections]

Originally Posted by TomMoser

You are the exception. From my experience, every seller thinks the market is going up (and therefor they should get top dollar) and every buyer thinks the market is going down (and therefor they should get a house at bargain basement prices). Funny thing is, once the seller sells and becomes a buyer, so does their perspective of the market.

This is not just in today's market. This is how it has always been and probably always will be.

This is only one of many reasons I think agents have a very hard profession....my hat is off to you!