Long Island, NY Real Estate and Homes For Sale

The sister hamlets of Baldwin, Baldwin Harbor, & N. Baldwin are close-knit communities where residents share the same zip code, school district, retail stores, services and parks.

Revitalization efforts include neu street lights, brick pavers and store facades along Grand Avenue. The Baldwin Public Library was recently expanded to 45,650 square feet.

Many different neighborhoods with wonderful tree-lined streets make up the town. Some earlier developments feature either Capes, Colonials, Split Levels, or Tudors, while other sections share a mix of architectural styles and some waterfront homes. Baldwin Harbor has some original cottages that have been renovated.

Baldwin Harbor Park, a town facility bordering Middle Bay, offers athletic fields, a playground, bike paths, a roller rink and skate park.

Sales volume is way down between 2007 and 2008 (almost 50%)  average selling prices for the 2^nd Quarter of 2008 are only down a little less than 9%.

Baldwin,BaldwinHarbor, & N. Baldwin Real estate sales stats are in

Statistics for June 2007 sales

Statistics  for June 2008

Statistics for 2Q 2007

Statistics for 2Q 2008

(Calculations are done excluding zero-values except for %Difference)

Long Island NY home sells for Less than $60,000!!!

This week at the foreclosure auction  Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola on Tuesday May 6 2008 at 11:30 am 98 Brittle La, Hicksville NY 11801 was sold to an investor for $57,000.00. (pictured below)

The same unknown investor bid $231,000.00 on 24 Primrose Ave Levittown NY 11756 and was the winning bid. (pictured below)

These 2 were the only Long Island Foreclosed homes that were purchased or even bid upon by investors.

The following properties were offered for bid, and recieved no bids from the investors at the Nassau County foreclosure auction on Tuesday May 6 2008 at 11:30 am

230 West Pine St Long Beach NY 11561 a 2 Family, The Bank was looking for bids above $481,000.00

1675 Cornelius Ave Wantaugh NY 11793 a 4 bedroom 2.5 bath splanch, The Bank was looking for bids above $780,000.00

176 Biltmore Ave Elmont 11003 a colonial built in 1918 that needed work, the bank was looking for bids above $297,658.00

186 Jerusalem Ave Levittown NY 11756  a 5 bedroom 2 bath Hi Ranch on a 50 foot by 86 foot lot, the bank was looking for bids above $334,400.00

161 Colonial Ave Freeport NY 11520 a 4 room cottage on a 50 x 165 foot lot, the bank was looking for bids above $280,000.00

106 Peters Ave Hempstead NY 11550 a 2 bedroom 2 bath cape, Deutsche Bank was looking for bids above $251,487.07

1933 Anita Ct N. Baldwin NY 11510 a 3 bedroom Cape styled house, Deutsche Bank was looking for bids above $339,690.37

178 Hollywood Valley Stream NY 11581 a 3 bedroom ranch, Wells Fargo Bank was looking for bids above $364,012.60

100 Jerusalem Ave Levittown NY 11756 a 4/2 cape cod styled home in the Levittown School District, Wells Fargo Bank was looking for $403,394.00 US

148 Harris Ave Freeport NY 11520, a 3 bedroom 1.5 bath colonial house, Option One Mortgage Corp was looking for bids above $ 320,450

18 Andrews Ave Roosevelt NY 11575, a cape that the previous owner said was a Huge Dormered  Cape With Room To Grow! 6Brs,3 Full Baths, And A Pos Mother/Daughter. Extra Large 100X125 Yard (Pos Sub-Division). Ideal For Landscaper, Contractor, Builder! Great Buy! Reduced Thousand For Quick Sale!!!! Hsbc Bank Usa was looking for more than $278,414.07 

These homes will be REO properies for sale soon. 

Foreclosures are on the rise for more go to http://www.nypost.com/seven/01282007/news/regionalnews/foreclosures_soaring_regionalnews_elizabeth_wolff.htm