Blog :: 2013

Existing Home Sales Show Significant Gains Year-Over-Year

National homes for sale

The National Association of Realtors recently released some data that is sure to be encouraging for anyone thinking about selling a home.

Evidently, existing home sales increased for the second month in a row in May to a level that is significantly higher than last year.

Whats more, median home sales prices saw double-digit year-over-year [...]

July 4th Weekend in Milton Delaware

Celebrate the 4th of July In Milton!

Enjoy a festive old-fashioned Independence Day celebration in Milton, Delaware. Activities will be held downtown from 11 am until 9 pm, including:

  • Lydia B. Cannon Museum is open from 11 am - 2 pm. Admission is always free, and there will be free craft activities for children.
  • Rising Sun Lodge No. 4 will be selling delicious barbecued chicken and fish with baked beans, green beans and potato salad from 11 am - 6:30 pm in Milton Memorial
  • [...]

Meet Anne French

Anne was born and brought up in Hells Kitchen in New York City. Most Delawareans only know Hells Kitchen because of the Gordon Ramsey cooking competition, but do you know exactly where it is? I asked Anne and learned that is between 8th Avenue and 12th Avenue and 34th Street to 59th Street, just outside the Theater District. Not so far from [...]

Report: U.S. Home Prices on the Rise

Much to the elation of home sellers everywhere, home prices are on the rise in nearly all states, according to arecent report from the real estate researcher CoreLogic.

Evidently, 48 states showed year-over-year gains in April.

Meanwhile, home prices also showed month-over-month gains between March and April.

As a result, home sellers from [...]

Use a Local Mortgage Company in Coastal Delaware

Gail Alm

Why do we recommend that you use a local mortgage company when buying a home in Coastal Delaware? This month we had several settlements in which our Buyer clients had decided to obtain a mortgage from one of the big banks or mortgage companies. In one case, the clients had maintained a relationship with that BIG BANK for years and felt he [...]

Lewes Delaware is dog friendly

When I have clients coming to town and they ask

Can you recommend a dog friendly hotel?

it tells me a lot about them.

If the dogs come along on our house hunting trips, I know the next question might be whether this community or that allows fences in the back yard. Some new home communities and mostactive adult communities do not allow [...]

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