Since one year ago, real estate sales in New Castle County, Delaware have continued the same trend which existed at the end of 2011. January listings were up almost 17% compared to one year ago. The good news is that closed sales were up more…

CAROLYN ROLAND --YOUR HISTORIC HOMES RESOURCE February 2012 Historic Homes E News The Murphy House in Rockland, Delaware has been torn down by the Nemours Foundation as of 4:20 p. m. on Jan 11. In 2008, the State sold the house to the Foundation…

Although we had some light snow in October 2011, last night brought a couple of inches of wet snow in Wilmington It was pretty icy around 9 a. m., but by noon it had turned to a manageable icy layer with enough water under it to scoop to the side…

As was true in other local markets, New Castle County, Delaware had a surge of activity in December, 2011, but a year end compilation of figures still shows a slow market. Although new listings were up 1. 3% in December, they were down almost 13%…

JANUARY APRIL JULY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY 13 13 13 Wait--are we beginning to see a pattern here? For the first time since the early 1980’s, there will be a Friday the 13th (Like Today! ) in January, April and July during a leap year. And…

Once considered eligible for the Natiional Register of Historic Places, Brandywine Hundred's Murphy House was demolished yesterday. The Nemours Foundation owners of the children's hospital across the road, had agreed to restore the Murphy House…

Year-to-date (December 2011), close to one in four listings in New Castle County closed as a short sale or bank-owned property, and one in three in Kent County. Above, we see the figures for December alone, and below we see the figures for…

If you read my earlier blog, http://actvra. in/pbP you know that preliminary measurement and clean out was being done on the sewer laterals in Brandywine Hundred and in particular, South Graylyn Crest to prepare them for lining, per an EPA mandate…

Efforts to preserve the endangered Murphy House in Wilmington have encountered yet another setback as Delaware Secretary of Transportation, Shailen Bhatt signed paperwork changing the usage of the property. The modification to the usage includes…

The year-end figures are in for New Castle County, Delaware real estate, and we are not surprised to see the results. New listings were down almost 13% for the year, while closed sales were up almost 18% for the month of December, but only 4% for…

CAROLYN ROLAND YOUR HISTORIC HOMES RESOURCE JANUARY 2012 HISTORIC HOMES E NEWS Please join the Chester County Pops Orchestra for a performance benefitting the Chester County Historical Society at Fugett Middle School, West Chester…

Even though the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Amtrak train station in Wilmington Delaware was designed by Frank Furness in 1908 and is in a National Register Historic District it is very much an active place. As a matter of fact, it is the 11th busiest…