Sussex County Home Prices by Type and What Your Budget Buys
Leaving a home you know starts with one number. A $600,000 Maryland sale leaves $552,000 to $554,000 for a Delaware home at a 5% commission, before any mortgage payoff. After both states take their share, that figure lands almost on top of the county’s median listing price. A median blends every kind of home on […]
Should You Sell Your Maryland Home or Buy in Delaware First?
You’ve made the decision. You’re leaving Maryland for Delaware. The question left is whether you sell your Maryland home first or buy in Delaware first. After decades in one house, that decision carries more weight than it should. Sell first, and you might spend a few months renting. You’ll be waiting for the right place […]
How to Know the Best Time to Move From Maryland to Delaware
You’ve run the numbers on a move to Delaware. No state sales tax, a real pension exclusion, maybe you’re already picturing Rehoboth Beach in October. Now you’re stuck on the one question the tax math can’t answer — when to move. That question sounds simple, but it isn’t, because a Maryland-to-Delaware move doesn’t run on […]
Why Delaware Closing Costs Run Higher For Maryland Buyers
Maryland buyers eyeing a move to Delaware almost always run the same numbers before they ever tour a single house. No sales tax and lower property taxes are usually the first two that come up. Add in the pension exclusion your neighbor mentioned the day she put her house on the market to chase the […]
The Strategic Blind Spots of Moving from Maryland to Delaware
Moving from Maryland to Delaware looks straightforward once the tax math checks out. Most retirees arriving at that decision already know about the Social Security exemption, the $12,500 pension exclusion for residents 60 and older, and the absence of a state sales tax. That research is accurate, and it’s also where most of the planning […]