Sell your Babylon house to a cash buyer who knows it.
From the village by the bay to the streets of West and North Babylon, we buy houses as-is: flood-damaged, dated, tenant-filled or simply too much to fix. Written cash offer within 24 hours. Close quickly, or on your own schedule.
Probate, tenant-occupied, storm damage, pre-foreclosure. A three-bedroom estate sale on Cortland Street. A house on 14th Street.
Professional, patient, kind and willing to work with us having to change our closing date. … Communication was exceptional! I would recommend the company to anyone thinking of selling their home "as is" with very little worry at all.
In the press
- LongIsland.com
- realtor.com
- Newsday
- New York Post
- Forbes
We buy Babylon houses in any condition
You do not need to fix anything, clean anything, or explain anything. The condition changes the number, never whether we are interested. These are things we have bought around already.
- Needs a new roof
- Boiler or heat out
- Knob-and-tube wiring
- Fire or smoke damage
- Water damage or mold
- Foundation movement
- Full of belongings
- Vacant for years
- Tenants still in it
- Open code violations
- Buried oil tank
- Failed cesspool
Houses we have bought or walked through in and around Babylon
Real houses, photographed by our own team, most of them the way the seller left them.
Most people who call us are not just moving
They are selling because of something else that happened. An estate, a tenant who stopped paying, a house nobody has lived in since a parent went into care. These are the situations we see most often in Babylon.
Foreclosure & debt
Missed payments, a foreclosure notice, liens, back taxes or bankruptcy.
See all 8 →What this looks like in Babylon specifically
Babylon is roughly 12,188 people in Suffolk County, ZIP 11702, and the housing stock is mostly colonial, cape cod, victorian. Around Main Street and Deer Park Avenue, most of it is old enough that the mechanicals are on their second or third life. The Babylon stop pulls buyers who commute, which supports the good houses and does very little for the ones that need a roof. We have been buying across Suffolk County for 15+ years. We know what the Babylon Union Free School District does to a resale price, which blocks still have oil tanks in the ground, and what a house like yours is actually worth here.
The median is up 7.86% year over year as of 2026-05. A firming market gives you a little room for error on price, which is worth more than it sounds when the house is not in showable condition. A $751,000 median puts Babylon in the band where buyers are stretching to afford the house and have nothing left for the roof. That is precisely the buyer who walks away from a property needing work, and it is why condition matters more here than the price alone suggests. The median house here goes under contract in about 34 days, which is quick for Long Island. It is also a figure that only applies to property in showable condition.
What the two paths cost in Babylon
Work it against Babylon's own numbers. The median sale here is $751,000. A 5% commission on that is $37,550, and seller closing costs of about 2% add roughly $15,020. Those are costs we can cover on our side. That is $52,570 gone before anyone counts the repairs it took to get the house listable.
There are two waits in a listed sale and people usually only count the first. In Babylon the median house takes about 34 days to go from listed to a signed contract. Then it waits again, typically 45 to 60 days, while the buyer's lender orders an appraisal and underwrites the loan. Call it 79 to 94 days from sign to keys, assuming nothing goes wrong.
The part worth understanding is what a signed contract actually guarantees, which is less than most sellers assume. A retail buyer with a mortgage contingency can walk away right up to the end. If they do not qualify, if the appraisal comes in under the price, if they change their mind and let the financing lapse. A share of deals die exactly there, after months of waiting, and the house goes back on the market with time on it. We are not borrowing anything, so there is no lender to satisfy, no appraisal to come in low and no contingency to exercise.
| Listing with an agent | Selling to us | |
|---|---|---|
| Sale price | $751,000 (Babylon median) | Our written offer |
| Commission | −$37,550 | None |
| Seller closing costs | −$15,020 | We can cover them |
| Repairs before listing | Out of pocket | None |
| Cleanout | Yours | Ours |
| Showings | Until it sells | One visit |
| Listed to signed contract | 34 days (Babylon median, once listable) | 24 hours to a written offer |
| Contract to closing | 45 to 60 days (waiting on the buyer's lender) | A date you choose |
| Total wait | 79 to 94 days if nothing falls through | Yours to set |
| Can the buyer walk? | Yes (mortgage contingency runs to the end) | No financing to fall through |
| Before repairs and carrying | $698,430 | The number we put in writing |
The agent column uses a 5% commission and about 2% of seller closing costs, which are typical rather than fixed. It leaves out repairs and holding costs because no two houses are alike there. Where a house is in good condition, listing with a capable agent can beat our number, and we will be upfront if that is the case.
How selling to us works in Babylon
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Start with the basics
Where the house is (11702) and a rough sense of its condition is all we need to begin. Call or use the form. Nothing needs fixing or clearing out beforehand.
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We come and look at it
One visit, one person, usually under half an hour. On a colonial or cape cod of the age most of Babylon was built, we are mainly looking at the roof, the boiler and the electric rather than the kitchen.
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You see the number
Within a day you get our offer as one written figure. Get a Suffolk County agent's opinion alongside it if that helps. For a house that could go on the market as it stands, listing may come out ahead, and we will tell you if so.
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Closing happens on your date
If you need it done quickly, it can be. If probate, a tenant or a move means waiting, we wait. What you skip is the 79 to 94 days a Babylon listing usually spends on finding a buyer and then on that buyer's lender.
How we arrive at a number
On a house we start from the end: what it sells for once the work is done. From that we take away the cost of the work and a margin for the chance that we have misjudged either one. That is the whole method. Nothing is hidden in it.
- What it is worth repaired. Not the Babylon median of $751,000 on its own, but what houses like yours on your street actually closed at recently.
- What the work costs. Roof, boiler, electric, the kitchen and bath. In Babylon the stock is largely colonial and cape cod, and on houses that age the mechanicals are usually the expensive part rather than the cosmetics.
- How long we will hold it. The median Babylon house goes under contract in about 34 days once it is showable, then waits 45 to 60 days more on the buyer's lender. Ours has to get to showable first, and we carry taxes and insurance across the whole of it.
- What we are wrong about. Walls and floors hide things until they come up. We price for that uncertainty, and it accounts for much of the distance between a cash offer and a retail price.
How we can pay this and still make it work
Most cash buyers skip this part. We do not. We run millions of dollars of construction a year, so we buy materials at contractor prices and keep our crews busy all year. The same renovation costs us roughly half of what you would be quoted as a homeowner.
That difference is how we make money. It is also why renovating before you sell seldom comes out ahead: you would pay retail for the roof and the boiler and then hope a buyer pays you back for them. Most of the time they do not. Our margin comes from building for less, not from buying from you for less.
If our number does not work for you, tell us. We would much rather hear it than push. We will go through your situation and give you a straight view of your options, including the ones that leave us out. A lot of people do better listing with an agent, and if you are one of them we will tell you now rather than have you find out later.
What sellers say
More reviews →Professional, patient, kind and willing to work with us having to change our closing date. … Communication was exceptional! I would recommend the company to anyone thinking of selling their home "as is" with very little worry at all.
I went into the process expecting a hard sell from a shark looking to prey on my situation. Instead I met the owner who was responsive, honest, thoughtful, and willing to share his knowledge with me. … He went out of his way to offer options that would actually net me more money than I would have received otherwise.
Honest , straight forward discussions .. I recommend a chat with these guys
Common questions
Do you actually buy in Babylon, or is this a national site?
Nassau and Suffolk County are the only places we buy, and we have no plans to expand past Long Island. A buyer who operates in fifty states does not know what your street is worth.
Is there any obligation?
None. The visit is free, the written offer is free, and if you say no we do not call you again. There is no follow-up campaign.
Do I need to repair or clean anything first?
No. Take what you want out of the house and leave everything else where it is, including furniture. Clearing it is our cost.
Will you pay what my house is worth?
We pay below what a fully renovated house on your street sells for, because we are buying it unrenovated and carrying it while it is fixed. We will show you exactly how we got to the number, and if listing with an agent would net you more we will tell you that instead.
How fast can you close?
Close quickly, or on your own schedule. Some people need three weeks. Some are waiting on probate or a tenant and need three months. The closing date is a term you set, not something a lender dictates.
Find out what your Babylon house is worth to us
One visit, a written number within 24 hours, and a straight answer about whether selling to us is actually your best move. If it is not, we will tell you that too.
Or call (631) 318-8523