Want a fast way to search for Short Sales on the Long Island MLS?   There’s a short-cut button on my website which will display all the available short sales with one click.  Dix Hills and Melville are pre-selected - but you can change that to search for short sales in any area on Long Island by selecting the Towns you want.  Start typing and then select Town from the drop-down list.  Click Search at bottom of page and then click on the Results tab to display the listings if it doesn’t open automatically.  Move mouse over the green “push-pins” on the map for a thumb-nail pop-up to locate homes. 

For more information about these homes or to arrange an appointment to view any, please contact us at Team@CherylGrossman.com  or 631-549-1993.  You can Search All Homes for Sale on MLS at www.LIagent.com.

It’s time for Free Outdoor Movies on Long Island!  There are several locations on Long Island where free outdoor movies will be available.  These are the ones I found for the Huntington area:

Monday, June 29^th at Dix Hills Park, Dix Hills -   “Igor” 

Thursday, July 9^th at Newsday, 235 Pinelawn Rd., Melville – “Transformers”

7-10PM - Tickets at www.newsday.com/transformers or 631-843-2666

Thursday, July 23 at Crab Meadow Beach, Northport –“Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa”

Monday, August 3 at Heckscher Park, Huntington – “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” 6PM

Friday, August 7 at Hoyt Farm Preserve, Commack – “Kung Fu Panda” 8:30PM

Call 631-543-7804

Thursday, August 20 at Crab Meadow Beach, Northport – TBD

Thursday, August 20 at Newsday, 235 Pinelawn Rd., Melville – “Hotel for Dogs”

7-10PM - Tickets at 631-843-2666

Except where noted, you can obtain more information about the outdoor movies in the Huntington area by calling 631-351-3112 or from the Town of Huntington website.

Are you selling a luxury home in Dix Hills, Huntington or in The Town of Huntington?  Then it’s a good idea to know where the buyers for luxury homes are coming from.  Linda Bonarelli from our Realty Executives office put together these pie charts based on the Closed Transactions for 2008 from the Long Island Multiple Listing Service.

In all three charts, “Relocation” figures prominantly - So shouldn’t your marketing target relocation buyers?  Internet marketing, luxury home networking groups, social networking groups…  Think about where You would look if you were relocating to a new city or area.

As a Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist and a Certified Relocation Specialist I have the training, experience and connections to market and sell your luxury home.  Contact me at cheryl@LIagent.com.  Visit my website at www.LIagent.com.

The Dix Hills, Melville, Half Hollow Hills School District, Housing Market Report for June 1 to 14. 2009 indicates an increase in the numbers of homes for sale in Dix Hills and a reduced number of sales in comparison with the previous bi-weekly report.  The numbers for Melville remain about the same.  The median listing prices for both Dix Hills and Melville fairly constant - which is a good sign that the increase in the numbers of new listings has not pushed the median listing prices up.  Sometimes when homes are introduced to the market there is a tendency to list a little higher than the market price. 

The market is fairly active at this time - which should result in more houses entering into contract.  Buyers may be looking at the recent increase in interest rates and not want to “miss-out” on an affordable mortgage.  The sellers of all those homes being sold to 1st-time homebuyers are now shopping for homes.  We saw an indication of that in the previous report - with the increase in contracts in the $600,000 to $700,000 price range.   The Dix Hills, Melville, SD#5, Housing Market Report, Jun 1-14 is available in a .pdf format. 

For more information contact me at Cheryl@LIagent.com.  To search for homes go to my website.

Good News in the latest Dix Hills, Melville, School District, Bi-Weekly Housing Market Report for May 17 to 31, 2009!  A real increase in the sales numbers with the Inventory numbers down slightly for Dix Hills and about the same for Melville.  Sales continue to be more active in the moderate price ranges.  The First-Time Home Buyer $8000 Tax Credit and Low Mortgage Rates are helping in those ranges.  Remember you only have until November 30, 2009 to close on a home in order to take advantage of the Tax Credit!  The Dix Hills

We’re seeing more showings for all listings - creating more energy in the market.  Time will tell whether that activity translates into more sales!  For more information please contact me at cheryl@liaagent.com or visit my website at www.DixHillsHomes.com.

The Art League’s Annual Art in the Park at  Huntington’s Heckscher Park is scheduled for May 30 and 31!  It’s one of my favorite events and is not to be missed!  The juried arts and crafts fair is lots of fun for the whole family - and admission is free.  Bring a picnic and enjoy the beautiful park grounds along with the fair - which is open from 10-5 on both days.  For more information contact The Art League of Long Island.

Did you miss the production, “Shoreline Sonata, A Long Island Love Story” presented by WLIW21, New York Public Television?  The beautiful photography highlighted Long Island’s natural beauty with poetry “inspired by the shoreline’s eternal ebb and flow”.  It’s a celebration of all we love about Long Island. 

There is an encore presentation on Wednesday, May 27 at 9 PM.  You can read more about it on their website and also view the video there.

The Dix Hills, Melville, Half Hollow Hills School District Housing Market Report for May 3 to May 16, 2009 follows the same trend as the last couple of reports.  There is some increase in the numbers of houses on the market and about the same number of homes entered Under Contract. 

Check out the Altos Market Research Reports available for Dix Hills, Melville and all areas in the Town of Huntington, including Commack, E. Northport, Huntington, Huntington Station, Centerport and Northport.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced on Tuesday that the Federal Housing Administration is going to permit its lenders to allow 1st-Time Homebuyers that meet the requirements to use the $8000 tax credit as a downpayment.

Speaking at the mid-year National Association of Realtors Meeting in Washington, D.C., Shaun Donovan, the HUD Secretary said “We all want to enable FHA consumers to access the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit funds when they close on their home loans so that the cash can be used as a down payment,”  He said that FHA’s approved lenders will be permitted to “monetize” the tax credit through short-term bridge loans - which allows eligible 1st-Time Homebuyers to access the funds at the closing table.

In comments about the housing market, Donovan said,  “I do think we have some early signs hat the market overall is stabilizing. …Since January we’ve seen both home sales moving up and down around a relatively stable number and we are seeing the first signs that the rapid decline in home prices is starting to abate.”

If you’re a First-Time Home Buyer, Start your Home Search here at www.LIagent.com!  Cheryl Grossman and her Team, Patricia Giambalvo and Paulette Rosenberg are ready to help!  Contact us at Team@CherylGrossman.com or 631-549-1993. 

The List of Homes for Sale as Short Sales within the Town of Huntington, include Dix Hills, Melville, Huntington, Huntington Sta., Centerport, Elwood, Greenlawn, Commack, E. Northport and Northport - as well as other areas within the Town’s borders.  The Short Sale List is in .pdf format.  For more information about these homes or to arrange an appointment to view any, please contact us at Team@CherylGrossman.com or 631-549-1993.  You can Search All Homes for Sale on MLS at www.LIagent.com