The weather may be cooling off but the real estate market in Garrett County & Deep Creek Lake is not! September saw several great improvements over the 5-year-average for the month. Closed Sales were up 26%, with 63 in September 2019 compared to the 5-year-average of 50. Pending Sales were also up 6%, with 54 in September 2019 compared to [...]

Our sales team is growing! Railey Realty is thrilled to announce the addition of local agent Mike Fenton to our expert group of agents! Mike has been selling real estate locally for the last few years and is looking forward to serving local and vacation home buyers and sellers! When he's not working, he's enjoying the local parks and [...]

August was a busy month for real estate! Closed Sales for the month were up 14%, with 48 sales August 2019 compared to the 5-year-average of 42. Pending Sales were also up, with 61 Pending Sales in August 2019 compared the 5-year-average of 59 for the month of August. [...]

Railey Realty is thrilled to announce that we've added another agent to our powerful sales team! Kelsey Meyers spent many years vacationing in the area before moving here full time. She comes to us with 4+ years of local real estate experience under her belt and she's ready to hit the ground running! In her free time, Kelsey enjoys taking [...]

Earlier this year, Wisp Resort announced that general manager Jerry Geisler was retiring after 45 years with Wisp resort. With very large shoes to fill, they've officially announced Geisler's replacement, ski & resort industry veteran Ron Hawkes. Hawkes has devoted almost his entire professional career to ski resorts, many in the [...]

A brand new clothing boutique has opened at Deep Creek Lake! Cashmere Clothing Co. is a must-see for shoppers!

July was a busy month! Buyer activity was very high this past month and has remained strong as we've moved through August. For July, Pending Sales were up 37%, with 78 Pending Sales for July 2019 compared to the 5-year-average of 57. [...]

June 2019

The Garrett County real estate market remained fairly stable within our recent trends for the month of June. Closed Sales were up 2%, with 42 sales in June 2019 compared to the 5-year average of 41. New Pending Sales were down slightly, with 46 in June 2019 compared to the 5-year average of 48 for June. New Listings were down 12% [...]

Last week, the Garrett County Commissioners presented their annual State of the County address at the Garrett County Chamber of Commerce Business Before Hours. Commissioners Jim Hinebaugh, Larry Tichnell, and Paul Edwards each spoke about areas of concern and focus from last year and moving forward, and addressed questions from the [...]

Railey Realty is honored to announce that Larry Smith has been chosen as Realtor of the Year by the Garrett County Board of Realtors! Larry has been an agent for almost 20 years, earning his Associate Broker designation in 2017, and was born and raised in the Deep Creek Lake area. Larry had an outstanding year in 2018 as one of the top 10 [...]