Month: June 2011

Retire to the Cadbury at Lewes Community in Lewes, DE!!

Cadbury at Lewes features a selection of spacious apartments, duplex beach cottages or free standing deluxe cottages. Cadbury at Lewes offers an enriched lifestyle where residents can optimize their retirement years with a wide variety of services and amenities. And, have the security of knowing that assisted living and long term health care are available in the same community, should the need arise.

Connie Cooper

My husband, Tommy, and I recently had the pleasure of assisting a retired couple relocate to the Cadbury at Lewes Community.  This very nice couple had worked hard all their lives and were looking forward to spending their “Golden Years” meeting new friends and becoming involved with some new experiences and activities.  We were able to assist them in selling their home outside of Lewes, DE, which provided them with the financial resources needed to re-locate to Cadbury.  I am happy to report that they are thrilled with their new residence and excited to be meeting new friends and trying new activities.  Cadbury at Lewes offers residents an opportunity to live in one of the most desirable retirement locations on the east coast. This community for age 62 and above is located on 35 acres with easy access to the small town, historic charm of Lewes, Delaware. It is also just minutes from Rehoboth Beach and within an hour of Ocean City, MD. Cadbury at Lewes features a selection of spacious apartments, duplex beach cottages or free standing deluxe cottages. Cadbury at Lewes offers an enriched lifestyle where residents can optimize their retirement years with a wide variety of services and amenities. And, have the security of knowing that assisted living and long term health care are available in the same community, should the need arise.

If you or anyone you know is ready to re-locate to a fabulous community, we would be happy to help in any way we can.

Connie Cooper/Cooper Realty Associates 302 644-2266

Cadbury at Lewes
Sea Glass Festival in Lewes, DE

The Mid-Atlantic Sea Glass & Coastal Arts Festival to be held at The Lewes Historical Society June 25 and 26, 2011 will have advance gate passes available for sale at Sand n Stones at 112 Front Street in Lewes and the Ryves Holt House Museum Shop at Second & Mulberry Streets beginning Memorial Day 2011. Passes are $5 and are good for both days of the show.

Click Here for Schedule and More Information

SHOULD I STAGE MY HOME?

We are still in a buyer’s market with more short sales and foreclosures coming on the market this quarter than we have seen in two years.

 DO YOU NEED TO STAGE YOUR HOME IN ORDER TO SELL IT?


To stage or not to stage? When selling your home, home staging can help but it may not always be necessary. Realtor® Karen McKnight of Kirkland, WA says that staging a property can help it sell, but that a seller shouldn’t spend money staging if they need to make a choice between a price reduction or paying for staging:

The biggest issue in selling your home is being priced well for the market. If your house is clean and meticulously maintained, you may not need to spend the extra money on staging. I have been in the business since a friend of mine started the concept of staging, which was originally a lot simpler than what has evolved through the 2000s. We are still in a buyer’s market with more short sales and foreclosures coming on the market this quarter than we have seen in two years. What this means for you is that you (under the guidance of your agent) need to be watching the activity very carefully and making decisions based on your number of showings and whether or not buyers are coming back twice. If you have been at your price 30 days with no offer you are probably still too high. Short Sales and foreclosures sell at a 10% to 20% discount so that has the effect of lowering prices. You want to stay ahead of your competition. Make sure you are the best active listing on the market in the area, and that includes competition in nearby neighborhoods, because buyers usually look within a number of neighborhoods based on their commuting and pricing criteria.

Woodland Ferry Sagq

The Ferry has been outfitted with new thrusters and might be in service soon.  We have heard that before.  This million dollar boat just has not cut the mustard, it has been out of service more than in.

 The villain was fishing line caught in the thrusters.  Let’s hope they put screens on the intake side of the thrusters.  There is no way to get all of the fishing line out of the Nanticoke River.

Debt

The economy seems to be in slow motion.  Everyone is watching Washington to see the outcome of the debt ceiling debate.  This is the first time in my memory that this debate is not just a footnote on page 10 of the newspaper. 

How many water tight compartments were compromised before the unsinkable Titanic was doomed.  An iceberg does not have the smarts to avoid a collision.  The question is do our elective officials have the smarts to avoid the racing Titanic or do we go down with the ship?

HP 55

Delaware HP Bill 55 is an attempt to replace the Electoral College with the popular vote.  This bill would require that Delaware’s 3 Electoral Votes be given to the winner of the national popular vote and not the winner of state popular vote.

Our founding fathers developed the Electoral College to keep smaller states and regional voices heard, not just the large metropolitan areas.  This should not a partisan issue.  True the Democrats control the urban vote today, however, no one know who will control that vote 100 years from now.