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State Treasurers Urge Feds to Respond to Mortgage Crisis
March 25, 2008 Posted by Dealaware RealEstateRama
Markell Backs Plan To Help Homeowners, Lenders Weather Housing Storm
Delaware State Treasurer Jack Markell and six other State Treasurers have united behind FDIC Chairperson Sheila Bair’s national foreclosure proposal and requested the support of the Secretary of the Treasury, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, the United States Treasurer and Congressional leaders to support it, as […]
Carper, Castle Announce More Than $1.7 Million in Grants for Five New Housing Projects in Delaware
January 9, 2008 Posted by Dealaware RealEstateRama
Honor the Village of Eastlake for National Recognition
WILMINGTON, DE - January 7, 2008 - U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (DE), U.S. Rep. Michael Castle (DE), and Wilmington Mayor James Baker joined the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) of Pittsburgh this afternoon to announce more than $1.7 million in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant money to five housing developments […]
Smyrna feels building boom; Shopping center springs up as diner readies move
November 12, 2007 Posted by Dealaware RealEstateRama
SMYRNA — A construction explosion has been going on in South Smyrna with the building of a shopping center, adjacent stores and the start of major move for the Smyrna Diner.
The landmark restaurant has been working on moving from its current in-town location to a spot near the Gateway North shopping center at the intersection […]
Dilsheimer Communities Offers Homebuyers the Chance to ‘Live Free For a Year’
November 6, 2007 Posted by Dealaware RealEstateRama
Live Free for an Entire Year- No Kidding. No Catch.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ — Dilsheimer Communities, a builder of new homes in North Carolina, Delaware and Pennsylvania, is offering homebuyers the ultimate deal: They are offering to pay the entire first 12 months of principal and interest payments on all new Dilsheimer homes sold for […]
New form clears up home sale confusion
November 5, 2007 Posted by Dealaware RealEstateRama
Effective Nov. 1, all Delaware Realtors have a new sales agreement available for residential property. This agreement has been adapted for all three counties in an attempt to include the best practices from each county.
Housing woes lead to Freeman layoffs
September 13, 2007 Posted by Dealaware RealEstateRama
FENWICK ISLAND — Feeling the pinch of a sluggish real estate market, Bayside in Fenwick Island has cut nearly 30 percent of its home building staff.The layoffs won’t curtail the project’s final buildout of 1,640 homes, said Patti Grimes, vice president of the community division for Carl M. Freeman Associates.
Kent can’t control all property
August 14, 2007 Posted by Dealaware RealEstateRama
Eric Buckson’s explanation regarding his anti-development decisions in Kent County during recent Levy Court decisions sounds logical and convincing until you analyze exactly what he is proposing and the consequences.
Townsend considers hiring its own cops
August 2, 2007 Posted by Dealaware RealEstateRama
TOWNSEND — This tiny southwestern New Castle County town is no hotbed of crime, but that doesn’t mean that the 1,000 or so residents feel safe and satisfied.
In fact, even though Delaware State Police handled just 222 calls for service in Townsend all of last year, the community is thinking seriously of starting its own […]
State to buy BofA building for $13 million
July 2, 2007 Posted by Dealaware RealEstateRama
Delaware will pay Bank of America $13 million for an office building and parking lot in downtown Wilmington, and create a state employee education and training center at the site, legislators decided Sunday in the waning hours of their 2007 session.