Real Estate

It can be one of the most frustrating parts of running a small business – you hire new employees and spend good money to train them, only to see them leave for perceived greener pastures a couple of months later.

Local residents and businesses may help those less fortunate in the community by bringing in items to the Edward Jones branch office in Ocean View during regular business hours through Aug. 30. The physical address for the office is 111 Atlantic Ave., and they are located next door to the Coastal Point. The donated items will remain in the Indian River School District.

For the fifth year out of the past six, financial-services firm Edward Jones ranks highest in investor satisfaction with full-service brokerage firms, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Full Service Investor Satisfaction Study, announced Chris Theis, a financial advisor with Edward Jones.

ResortQuest Real Estate recently announced June’s top producers for its Delaware and Maryland locations.

Bill Hand received top honors for listing volume for the month of June.

The deadline for the completion of qualifying First-Time Homebuyer Credit purchases has been extended. Taxpayers who entered into a binding contract before the end of April now have until Sept. 30 to close on the home.

Rick Allamong, branch vice president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Bethany Beach, recently announced the office’s top agents for May 2010:

• Lauren Alberti was the Top Listing Agent.

• Peggy Mullen was the Top Sales Agent.

• Cindy Spieczny was the Top Producing Agent.

They braved nearly 100-degree temperatures, learned some new carpentry skills and endured the curious gazes of many a beach-bound passerby. But, most importantly, they got the job done on a day that was anything but conducive to working outside on the hot pavement.

John Rishko, local business owner and long-time Rehoboth Beach resident, has joined the real estate team of Barrows and Associates of Ocean Atlantic Sotheby’s International Realty, located at 330 Rehoboth Avenue in downtown Rehoboth Beach.

Figures recently released by the Sussex County Association of Realtors (SCAoR) show some encouraging signs for southern Delaware’s real estate markets, as the United States continues to rebound from the worst economic downtown in nearly a century.

ResortQuest Real Estate recently announced May’s top producers for its Delaware and Maryland locations.
Tammy Hadder and Anna Meiklejohn received top honors for listing volume for the month of May.

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has moved its Ocean View Parkway rental operations into their existing Sunrise Court sales office. The Sunrise sales office, located at 39682 Sunrise Court in Bethany Beach, enables both the rental and sales departments to continue growing their teams, where the rental team had outgrown the Ocean View Parkway office capabilities, representatives said.

John and May Shanaphy of the Long Neck office of Keller Williams at the Beach were recently named as Top Listing Agents for May, and Nick Varrato of the Keller Williams Millsboro office was named Top Selling Agent for the same month.

Rick Allamong, branch vice president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Bethany Beach/Sunrise Court, recently announced the office’s top agents for the month of April:

• Lauren Alberti was the Top Listing Agent.

• Tim Rhodes was the Top Producing Agent.

• Jim Stromberg was the Top Sales Agent.

Dottie Wells, manager of Long & Foster Real Estate Inc.’s Bethany Beach sales office, announced this week the affiliation of Tammy Sue Mushrush, a top producer, as a sales associate with the office, which is located at 33298 Coastal Highway.

Vickie York of the Ocean Atlantic Sotheby’s International Realty, Bethany Beach Division, located at 778 Garfield Parkway in Bethany Beach, recently received recognition as the company’s overall Top Producing Sales Agent for 2009.

Ocean Atlantic Sotheby’s International Realty, a luxury real estate firm based in Rehoboth Beach, recently participated in the 2010 Sotheby’s International Realty Global Networking Event.

Karla Mitchell-Morgan, with ResortQuest Real Estate, has earned the nationally-recognized Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource certification. The National Association of Realtors offers the SFR certification to Realtors who want to help both buyers and sellers navigate these complicated transactions, as demand for professional expertise with distressed sales grows.

Mark S. Holloway, vice president and Eastern Shore regional manager for Long & Foster Real Estate Inc., recently announced a new sales and marketing technology that will provide customers with immediate access to property information.

Bill Hand received top honors for listing volume for the month of February.

Top listing volume awards for individual agents by office went to: Hand for the Marketplace at Sea Colony office, Barry Grim for the Bethany Beach office, Steve Alexander for the Edgewater at Sea Colony office, Marc Grimes for the Bear Trap Dunes office and Anne Powell and Jen Hughes for the Bayside office.

Dottie Wells, manager of Long & Foster Real Estate Inc.’s Bethany Beach sales office, recently announced the affiliation of Linda Mueller, a top producer, as a sales associate with Long & Foster’s Bethany Beach Office located at 33298 Coastal Highway.

Mark S. Holloway, vice president and Eastern Shore regional manager for Long & Foster Realtors announced recently that the offices in his region have shown an increase in sales volume of 100 percent. The increase was for the month of January 2010 vs. the same month in 2009. Holloway said it was a significant increase and indicates that the real estate market is continuing to grow.

Mark S. Holloway, vice president and Eastern Shore regional manager for Long & Foster Realtors announced recently that the Sussex County Long & Foster offices, located in Bethany Beach and Rehoboth Beach have been named No. 1 in the Top 10 firms for the past year, based on data supplied by INOVIA for the Sussex County Association of Realtors.

ResortQuest Real Estate recently announced January’s top producers for its Delaware and Maryland locations.

Anne Powell and Jennifer Hughes received top honors for listing volume for the month of January.

After months of designing, reformatting and adding informative content, the Sussex County Association of Realtors (SCAOR) this week announced the launching of its new and redesigned Web site.

Gov. Jack Markell signed legislation into law this week clarifying protections of homeowners in foreclosure.

NVHomes will welcome guests to a Columbus Day celebration at Bay Forest at Bethany Beach on Saturday, Oct. 10. The open house will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. and is open to the public. The event will include complimentary food and beverages, free giveaways and multiple drawings for Tanger Outlet gift cards. Tours of the community and the new clubhouse and tennis pavilion will also be offered.

Tim Fisher with ResortQuest Real Estate has been awarded the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR’s) Green Designation, the only green real estate professional designation recognized by NAR.

Rick Allamong, branch vice president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Bethany Beach/Ocean View Parkway, recently announced Tim Rhodes as the office’s Top Producer and Top Sales Agent for the month of July.

Rick Allamong, branch vice president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Bethany Beach/Sunrise Court, recently announced the office’s top producers for the month of July: Kathy Cramer, Top Listing Agent; Jim Stromberg, Top Sales Agent; and Virgil V. Bullis Sr., Top Producer.

Lois Saraceni, with Prudential Carruthers Realtors, has been awarded the Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) designation by the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (REBAC) of the National Association of Realtors (NAR).