What’s my Middletown home worth?

Middletown has two sides, and both matter when pricing a home. Along Main Street and the streets near it you find older brick and frame homes, close to the shops and the Everett Theatre. Around them, planned communities built over the last few decades hold townhomes, carriage homes and single-family homes of many sizes and styles.

Getting around shapes a lot of decisions here. Route 1 runs north toward Christiana and Wilmington and south toward Dover, Route 301 leads into Maryland, and Route 299 crosses town east to west toward Odessa. Silver Lake Park and Wiggins Mill Park are close to the center of town.

With so many communities and so much new construction, two homes a mile apart can differ in age, lot size, HOA dues and builder upgrades. A new build down the road can also compete with a resale home. We look at recent sales of homes like yours, compare them with what is for sale now, and explain how each difference affects value, in writing.

If your home is in a community with a builder still selling nearby, we look at what the new homes include and what buyers pay for upgrades there. That helps show where a resale home stands out, such as a finished basement, a fenced yard, mature trees or a home that is ready to move into without a long wait. Tell us about any updates you have made, and we will include them in the comparison.

• A comparative market analysis. Recent sales of homes like yours, side by side, with what makes each one more or less like your home.
• A price range with reasons. Each adjustment for size, condition, updates and lot is explained. No automated number and no guesswork.
• What helps and what doesn’t. Which updates are worth doing before a sale, and which ones to skip.
• Your estimated net. If you are thinking of selling, a simple sheet of what you could walk away with after costs.