In a great Lewes location on Pilottown Road, overlooking the Canal Park, this home is now Under Contract!

Once the home of Howard Schroeder, noted Lewes artist, this lovely home is what living in Lewes is all about. Walk around the corner to enjoy the shops and fine dining available. Watch the sunrise and sunset from your front porch or balcony.

There are some charming homes available in great locations in Lewes, Delaware, but they are selling.

Don’t delay. With the low interest rates and great prices this is an opportunity that will not come around for Baby Boomers again.

If you have always wanted to live in Lewes, Delaware, now is the time to give me a call.

I was scheduling showing appointments for two new listings in Lewes for this Sunday and heard these words -

“Sorry, but that house is under contract and we already have a backup contract”!

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Wow, I haven’t heard those word in some time. The clients that are going to be here on Sunday have been looking at homes with me for several months now. Each time they have come back there were a few new homes on the market but most of the ones they had already seen were still available. Hard to feel any sense of urgency when it doesn’t appear that anything is selling.

Then one of the homes on the MAYBE list sold. Now this one they never got to see is apparently sold. Everyone in my office is busy, busy, busy showing properties and making offers.

There have also been a few price reductions on other homes for sale in Lewes, Delaware, 19958 – homes that remain on the market but have not yet sold. Some very good homes in terrific locations are for sale at prices we will never see again, at least not in my lifetime. So how will that affect the buyers we are all working with? Only time will tell, but history says that once the ball starts rolling, it picks up tempo.

Just a few photos from the town of Lewes, Delaware. With the fabulous summer sunshine, the streets are full of families having a great time, especially the kids!

The cars are lined up outside my window overlooking the intersection of Savannah Road and 2nd Street. Just down the road is the Canal and beyond it is the Lewes Beach. Finally summer has arrived and it’s Beachtime in Delaware.

There are lots of activities planned for the holiday weekend but it’s also a good time to get acquainted with our town and see what fun it would be to own a home here in Lewes, Delaware. You can always search homes for sale in Lewes by using the easy Search capabilities at our web site. You can look for homes in town in the Historic District or in one of the communities on the outskirts of town like Nassau Station or Pilottown Village. Each neighborhood has something unique to offer, but all share the fine restaurants, shops and beaches that make Lewes a charming home town.

Start the day tomorrow at the Farmers Market and pick up some fresh vegetables and beautiful strawberries and other healthy goodies.

I love to pick up some colorful zinnias from Lucky Penny if I get there early enough.

Second Street will be closed to traffic during the day to make room for Sidewalk Art Show & Sale beginning at 9 am.

Then make your way to the Canal before the 4th of July Boat Parade – get there in time to get a place on the bridge for the best view. Lewes is the place to celebrate the 4th of July is you prefer a family friendly, dog friendly and people friendly town out having a good time. For more information about what’s going on, visit the Lewes Chamber of Commerce!

 Me? You’ll probably find me at the office, right here in the heart of it all. Stop in and say HI.

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I am getting ready for Buyer Clients coming to town on Saturday and I just checked to see what’s happening right now in the Lewes Delaware real estate market. I searched for all single family homes that are Under Contract (Pending) with a Lewes address and found 44 single family homes are under contract. The Lewes postal address includes communities that are outside the town limits of Lewes. It includes new home communities like Harts Landing on Route 24 about 3 miles west of Route 1. Homes in established communities like Rolling Meadows, Pilottown Park and Sea-Wood, Nassau Grove and Mill Pond Acres are in the Lewes zip code 19958. But did you hear me – 44 single family homes in the 19958 zip code are under contract and proceeding to settlement! Does that sound like a bottom? I can hear the scraping sound and I seriously hope that my clients don’t wait until the interest rates have soared and the choice of great homes at reduced prices are gone.

Here is one of the homes still available for sale in Lewes. Overlooking the Lewes Harbor and Canalfront park, you can walk to all the restaurants and shops that make Lewes such a charming town.

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Can you picture yourself with your morning coffee watching the boats and the fisherman leaving port?

I am a big fan of the Historic Lewes Farmers Market and this year’s season is about to open. To celebrate, we bought tickets to last evening’s festivities. It all began with cocktails at the Lewes Historical Society complex. It was a beautiful evening as you can see and we mingled with old and new friends. Each of us received a card with our Hosts’ name, address and directions. At homes all over town, groups of 10 – 12 each enjoyed a wonderful meal, prepared by some of Lewes’s best chefs – all donated by the Hosts. All of the money raised selling tickets will provide support to the volunteers that make this one of the best Farmers Markets around.

This roving photographer drove through some communities in and around Lewes, camera in hand, and look what I found! Signs of new homes being built where there was only dirt for months on end. The good news is I hear that they are building because of sales, not building to inventory like the days of old.

The builder and real estate agents that kept working and doing things right are here now and ready to rock and roll!

Remember, all real estate is local, very local.

The recent real estate market has been tough on lots of home builders and the biggest issue for the survivors just might be the decision to build to inventory or build only to sales. In Lewes, Delaware, there are very few inventory homes for sale, but we just got word about some excellent opportunities.

The builder’s concern? You will finally sell your existing home and be ready to buy BUT they won’t be able to have a home ready in time. What you want is to settle on your home sale and move right into your new home the very next day. The builder wants to be ready so he builds a few of the most popular models without a sales contract. Sometimes he guesses wrong and that’s when the deals get attractive.

The offers change rapidly and yet the best deals generally fall into one of two categories:

1. Inventory Homes – the result of a builder getting too far ahead of the market. The longer they sit, the better the deal. Most builders are only building to sales these days but there are occasional inventory homes for sale at a really great price. Price reductions of $50,000 – $70,000 are not uncommon. Contact us for details.
2. The Next Buyer – or what I like to call the “one deal at a time” specials. Until a builder feels that the traffic and sales are where they should be, they will offer a special deal that helps them as well. For example, if there is one lot left on the main steet, that might be the “Special” deal. Not the lot in the back of Phase II, but this one he wants to build on next.

Some deals are not really new deals at all. Some builders have so many special offers in their advertising and marketing but they all boil down to the same thing. You need to know what works for you and you need to be represented by a knowledgeable Buyer Agent who knows what the real deals are and how to negotiate on your behalf. If you are ready and able to buy, we know how to ask the right questions and how to evaluate the different offers.

My morning began today at the Lewes Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting. It’s a great way to network with other local business people and newcomers to Lewes. Our guest speaker this morning was Julie Wheatley, the new Director of the Sussex County Economic Development office and she shared some interesting statistics with us about Lewes:

• The average age in Lewes, Delaware is 53!
• 30% of Lewes residents are over the age of 65!

She also referenced a quote from Joe Biden -

“On the northern end of Delaware’s beaches, Lewes, for example, is an historic town centered around boating with a distinctly New England feel.”

Lewes Chamber of Commerce

We all agreed that he captured the charm of this town we love, so I came back to the office to search online for the rest of the story. I found the article written by Peter Greenburg on his Travel Detective Blog.

Now that our Joe is the Vice President of the United States, it’s no more Dela-WHERE? We’re getting all kinds of attention and most of it is good.

Julie has promised to forward her entire presentation to me and I’ll post it on this blog. If you’d like more information about living in Lewes, Delaware, drop me a line or give me a call.

Homeowners, Guests, Realtors – over 200 of us – had a great evening with funny money at Nassau Grove Saturday, March 14th. Several clients of mine who have bought homes at Nassau Grove recently were right in the thick of the crowd at the blackjack table. You can see the back of my head there at the crab table. I’m so glad it wasn’t real money or I would be at the Soup Kitchen today!

Ask  me if Nassau Grove might be the right community for your future life here in Lewes, Delaware.