Do you know the difference between "land lease" and "fee simple"? I never did until I got into real estate and moved to Delaware. In a land lease community, you buy the house but you do not own the land on which it sits. You pay a monthly or annual fee to rent the lot from the owner of the community. Even though this makes the home more [...]
Once a year, Realtors in Sussex County gather to auction "baskets" of wonderful goodies to raise money for families this holiday season. All of the funds from this event go to a big day of shopping for presents for 100s of families throughout southern Delaware. This year, the selection of items and baskets ranged from wonderful art work to [...]
Front page of the Sunday News Journal featured an article by Eric Ruth on Housing market gains in Delaware. Some of the statistics are still tentative but one fact is clear - Delaware weathered the housing turmoil better than many other parts of the country. Prices have begun to inch up again and builders are pulling permits. Sales of all [...]
It's always nice to get a compliment and it feels great to be recognized by your own industry for the work that you do. Recently, ActiveAdultsDelaware was recognized for outstanding niche marketing in the real estate industry! We spent much of the past year revising this blog site and providing information for our target market - Baby [...]
When I opened this email, it made my day! "Hello", it began,"I have a tattered article from Time Magazinethat features you and talks about your SRES designation. When it appeared in 2006 it made me ponder a career in real estate with a service aspect I felt was needed (I was, and still am, dealing with aging parents and neighbors on a daily [...]
January 19, 2010, the new Sussex County Profile 2010 was unveiled at a luncheon at The Brick Hotel in Georgetown, Delaware. Representatives from the Chambers of Commerce from Lewes, Milton, Georgetown, Seaford and many others joined with the Sussex County Council members and business leaders to network and celebrate the progress business is [...]
Are lower taxes enough of a reason to relocate? Maybe not, but it can be the main motivating factor for many Boomers who are preparing for retirement. If you live in New Jersey, a state with one of the highest sales taxes or New York, one of the 5 least tax-friendly states, Delaware is worth a look. Delaware ranks a low 47th when [...]
