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2016's Clifford Brown Jazz Festival

Wilmington Celebrates The Legend of Clifford Brown

The Annual DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival will be held at Rodney Square in Wilmington, Delaware from June 21 - 25, 2016. This is a FREE event. According to our friends at VisitDelaware.com, "one of the only forms of music that is purely American, jazz music has been popular across our [...]

How to Qualify for a Lower Interest Rate

Did You Know... If Just One Of You Apply You Could Qualify for a Lower Rate!

Ken Harney, at The Nation's Housing posed this question: When you and a spouse or partner apply together for a home loan, could you be leaving money on the table by paying too high an interest rate?

His answer: "New research from the Federal Reserve suggests the [...]

ACTIVE ADULTS DELAWARE � Since 2006

Our independent brokerage was recently featured in Milestones, a Special Publication of the Cape Gazette.

As a featured business in this special section, the article titled, ACTIVE ADULTS DELAWARE Since 2006, talks about our boutique brokerage's unique approach to selling real estate. We are very happy to post the following article and links [...]

9 Tax Tips for Next Year!

These 9 Tax Tips will help you to save money next year. Remembering this sage advice from Stacy Rapacon at Kiplinger.com every tax season for years to come is a good practice, It's never too early to start planning for next year's tax bill. The contributing financial experts for Kiplinger's Wealth Creation Channel have offered a lot of sage [...]

Active Adults Realty Receives 2015 All Star Award

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All Star Brokerage Recognized for Achievements Using Online Marketing Tools to Drive Success

LEWES, Delaware - Kathy Sperl-Bell, Broker and Bill Bell, Associate Broker at Active Adults Realty owners are pleased to have been named a 2015 All Star Award winner by Constant Contact, Inc. This annual award recognizes the most successful 10% of [...]

What's Happening in Kent and New Castle Counties

Kent and New Castle Counties February 2016 Real Estate Stats

February home sales getting a modest boost by the extra day in this Leap Year, exceeded February 2015 by 15% and are now 19% ahead of 2015 Year-To-Date, according to Dave Davis, resident statistics guru at TREND MLS. While we are very unlikely to continue exceeding 2015 by almost [...]

Delaware's Real Estate Taxes are the 4th Lowest-Again!

Delaware has the nations 4th-lowest real estate property tax rate, according to a recent report from WalletHub.

Aiding Delaware is the lack of vehicle property taxes seen in other states. The rankings were as follows.

  • Real-Estate Property Tax Rank*: 4th
  • Vehicle Property Tax Rank*: 1st
  • Real-Estate Tax on Median State House Value: $1,231
  • Real-Estate Tax on Median U.S. House Value:
  • [...]

TripAdvisor's Top 10 Delaware Attractions

Our friends the Delaware Tourism Office posted TripAdvisor's Top 10 Delaware Attractions on their website visitDelaware.com commenting, "There are so many things to do in Delaware. Picking just one can leave you in a whirlwind of awesome options. Thats where TripAdvisor comes in. The best way to know how fun an activity or attraction will [...]

Existing Home Sales Bouncing Back

Despite Low Home Inventories, Existing Home Sales Are Bouncing Back!

 

According to Keeping Current Matters, the highlights in Home Sales Bouncing Back Graph are:

  • Sales in December were 14.7% higher than those in November, marking the largest month-over-month increase ever recorded.
  • Inventory levels are still below historic norms at 3.9-months
  • [...]

Annual Lewes Tulip Celebration April 7-16

Move over Philadelphia Flower Show... Tiptoe To The Tulips in the most beautiful small town in America at the 7th Annual Tulip Celebration blooming in Lewes from April 7-16!

The Lewes Chamber of Commerce continues its partnership with Lewes in Bloom, The Lewes Historical Society, Lewes Parks & Recreation Commission, the Zwaanendael Museum [...]

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