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When developers in Delaware claim to build affordable housing, their prices often don’t match what nurses, grocery store clerks, and hospital aides can pay. According to George Meringolo, founder of Little Living, major builders price their lowest-cost homes at $300,000 to $350,000. That is well beyond the reach of workers earning $35,000 to $70,000 a ...
A nonprofit in Delaware is building cottage-style homes for roughly 25 to 30 percent less than what outside contractors would charge for the same work, according to its founder. That cost advantage drives some of the lowest rents and purchase prices in the state’s new housing pipeline. But the advantage depends almost entirely on one ...
Sussex County, Delaware, is frequently cited as one of the most tax-friendly places to live in the United States. Property taxes are among the lowest in the nation, and the overall cost of living compares favorably to neighboring states like New Jersey and Maryland. Yet according to Dustin Parker, Founder and CEO of The Parker ...
The conventional explanation for why so few homes are for sale right now is that sellers are trapped by their mortgages. They locked in rates of 2.9 or 3 percent during the pandemic years, the story goes, and they refuse to trade those rates for today’s 6.5 percent. That explanation is not wrong, but real ...
The Delaware coastal real estate market has always operated differently from the rest of the country. Tucked between major Mid-Atlantic metros, Sussex County draws a steady stream of retirees and second-home buyers from New York, New Jersey, and the DC corridor, making it less dependent on local economic cycles than most markets of its size. ...
Original reporting from other Delaware markets on the KeyCrew network.
Delaware has three counties, and Diego Reyes sees the state’s growth moving toward the one in the middle. New Castle County in the north is already saturated, he says, and Sussex County along the coast is adding pressure of its own. That leaves Kent County, at the center of the state, as the place he ...
Large builders in Delaware call their homes “affordable” when prices start at $300,000 to $350,000. For workers earning 40 to 80 percent of the area median income, roughly $35,000 to $60,000 a year in Delaware, those numbers don’t work, even with down payment assistance attached. The gap between what programs label affordable and what service-industry ...
Homes in Delaware’s Wilmington and Pike Creek areas are staying on the market longer than at any time in recent years, giving buyers more time to evaluate their options and negotiate. George Manolakos, an associate broker with Patterson-Schwartz Real Estate who has sold homes in the region since 1988, says the slowdown is evident across ...
For decades, Florida has been the default retirement destination for East Coast residents, prized for its warm weather and low taxes. But a growing number of retirees from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York are now heading to coastal Delaware instead. This migration is driven by more than just tax savings or beach access — ...
Coastal real estate markets in Delaware and Maryland are attracting buyers who prioritize lifestyle, tax savings, and beach access over factors such as square footage, mega mansions, home remodeling projects, and lawn care. Favorable tax policies in Delaware and remote work have increased migration to these areas, especially among buyers from higher-cost states in the ...
Coastal Delaware is seeing a surge in new home construction as retirees from high-tax states move in, drawn by the promise of lower property taxes and year-round beach living. This influx is reshaping the local real estate market and creating opportunities for agents who specialize in new builds and understand the unique needs of relocating ...
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Spokane’s residential market has settled into a pattern that rewards discipline and punishes nostalgia. Sellers who list based on what they remember from a few years ago – when homes drew multiple offers within days – are finding that the market has moved on without them, according to Kim Hagel-Barkley of The Barkley Group in ...
The gap between Houston’s residential market and its coastal neighbor shows what happens when short-term rental speculation meets a correction. Harris County, Texas, currently has roughly six months of housing inventory – enough to classify it as a balanced-to-soft market where sellers need to price carefully and present homes in strong condition. But the sharper ...
The U.S. rental market built aggressively during the pandemic era, particularly in Sunbelt cities like Nashville, Austin, and Dallas. Now much of that new inventory, especially high-end apartments, is sitting partially empty, competing for renters whose budgets have tightened considerably since construction began. The disconnect is straightforward: developers built expensive Class A apartments in markets ...
In most American markets, holding a property for ten or twelve years builds a cushion of equity. In Manhattan, that assumption no longer holds across large segments of the market, according to Nikolay Afanasyev, Founder & CEO of CITY SPHERE Property Group, a boutique brokerage covering Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. Rising building carrying costs, ...
For buyers waiting on the largest purchase of their lives, the appraisal process is one of the last black boxes in a home purchase. Turnaround time isn’t a single number; it’s the sum of scheduling, inspection, report production, quality review, and any revision cycles that follow, and thin appraiser panels and uncontrolled revision cycles are ...
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