Starting June 30, 2015 any new house constructed in Garrett County, Maryland will be required to have a full fire suppression system. Estimates of adding a sprinkler system on a property with public water will add approximately $10,000 to the total construction costs. New construction homes on a property with a well may end up costing several times that [...]

Last year was once again encouraging for the Deep Creek Lake and Garrett County real estate markets. Last year ended on a very positive note as total county home sales in the 4^th quarter were up over 40% compared to the previous year. For the entire year, total dollar volume and closed transactions once again improved now making it 5 [...]

Railey Realty proudly welcomes our newest Real Estate Agent, Nina Beitzel:

After transitioning to Deep Creek Lake with her husband, who is native to the area, Nina fell completely in love with Garrett County. Road biking and participating in events such

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Many of the vacation style houses we list and sell in the Deep Creek and Garrett County area have fully finished walk out basements with carpet.  About half of that living space is below grade. Basements in general have more dampness and are more susceptible to mold problems as the carpet ages. [...]

Garrett County also recently hosted the 2014 Adventure Racing National Championship. The race took place the first weekend of October and Wisp Ski Resort served as the race headquarters. In Adventure Racing, teams of 3 were required to navigate a series of checkpoints throughout Garrett County using only a map and compass to guide them while [...]

Deep Creek 2014 Recap

The 2014 IFC Canoe Slalom World Championships were recently held in Garrett County at the ASCI whitewater course atop Wisp Mountain. The Deep Creek Lake resort area had an audience from all over the world and received international exposure as 42 nations participated in this canoe and whitewater event. Over 11,000 people attended the 4 day event and Railey Realty was proud to be a major [...]

Railey Realty became a major supporter of the Garrett County Memorial Hospital Foundation with their recent pledge of $25,000 towards the upcoming renovation/construction project slated to begin later this year at the Hospital. Mike Kennedy, co-owner commented, “Railey Realty strongly believes in giving back to our community and helping our [...]

Every year we help many families and buyers in their search and eventual purchase of a vacation home at Deep Creek Lake. But every sale from start to finish has important details that must be considered along the way. In my experience as a long time REALTOR at Deep Creek Lake, here are a couple of tips I'd like to share that will help make [...]

Deep Creek 2014 welcomed Railey Realty as one of their major sponsors this week. The event will take place September 17-21, 2014 atop Wisp Mountain at the ASCI whitewater course. Railey co-owner Mike Kennedy commented “We are very proud to support the Deep Creek 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. This event will provide many great [...]

Another 23 inches of fresh powder fell on Garrett County and Deep Creek Lake yesterday. The skiing and snowboarding conditions were epic at the Wisp yesterday! This latest Nor'easter storm brings our winter season's total snow accumulation to well over 100 inches.

The Baltimore Sun ran a really good article explaining our unique winter weather patterns in Garrett [...]