By Bill Bell
The northernmost Delaware county is New Castle. It is closest to airports, Amtrak, and Route 95 with easy access to the major cities within the Mid Atlantic Region. A popular choice for people from NJ, PA and MD, it is not where you will find the least expensive homes. [...]
By Bill Bell
Kent County is home to the state capital Dover, Dover Downs and the Dover Air Force Base. In this area, you will find a good choice of smaller 55+active adult communities and the prices can be significantly lower than in the areas to the north or [...]
Does that mean you can buy a new home in that community between $300,000 and $325,000? Probably not.
If I tell you that you will end up spending 30% or more above the base model price of that new home, will you believe [...]
I am an avid CNBC watcher but not as much as I used to be. They have gone from reporting hard news to advocating for their own positions and favorite companies. If you only evaluated companies based on their stock performance or the comments of a CNBC on air personality, would you end up with the best [...]
Big homes are a big deal on the national housing market, according to a recent article in USA Today.
In fact, of the 569,000 homes built last year in the US, about 33 percent (or 188,000 homes) had [...]
This community began selling about 10 years ago and there are only a half-dozen new home lots remaining. Blenheim has begun building spec homes or what is known as Quick Delivery [...]
Sometimes yes but often it might be the developer. If the infrastructure is delayed or the utilities are not yet connected, it [...]
In a previous article, we talked about why it is important to Read the HOA documents before you sign a contract to purchase a new home. This article went over HOA or Condo documents and what is covered by law. No two communities are alike and the same is true of the [...]
You might think it is more expensive to build a custom home in Delaware but that is not necessarily so. If you built a new home 20 or 30 years ago, you probably worked with a local builder and built a custom home. Custom doesnt mean fancy or more expensive but it does mean that the builder will accommodate your specific wants and needs in [...]
A new home today is likely to be in a new home community where one or two builders have joined forces with a developer in a particular location with a plan to build 100, 1000 or more homes over a period of years. Sometimes called a planned community or an active adult community, it may also include a clubhouse, amenities like pools and [...]
