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Newly released data from Realtor.com for April shows that potential buyers and sellers in New Castle County saw lower home sale prices than the previous month’s median of $350,000.
The median home sold for $327,500, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. That means April, the most recent month for which figures are available, was down 6.4% from March.
Compared with April 2025, the median home sales price was down 6.4% compared with $350,000.
Realtor.com sources sales data from real estate deeds, resulting in a few months’ delay in the data. The statistics don’t include homes currently listed for sale and aren’t directly comparable to listings data.
Information on your local housing market, along with other useful community data, is available at data.delawareonline.com.
Here is a breakdown on median sale prices:
In April, the number of recorded sales in New Castle County dropped by 5.9% since April 2025 — from 455 to 428. All residential home sales totaled $159.6 million.
Across Delaware, homes sold at a median of $385,000 during April, down 1.3% from $390,000 in March. There were 975 recorded sales across the state during April, down 11.5% from 1,102 recorded sales in April 2025.
Here’s a breakdown for the full state:
The median home sales price used in this report represents the midway point of all the houses or units listed over the given period of time. The median offers a more accurate view of what’s happening in a market than the average sales price, which would mean taking the sum of all sales prices then dividing by the number of homes sold. The average can be skewed by one particularly low or high sale.
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A man’s body was found in a retention pond near Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware, on Saturday morning.
Delaware State Police responded to Christiana Hospital, located at 4755 Ogletown Stanton Rd., shortly after 10:30 a.m. for a report of a dead body found in a retention pond at the entrance of the hospital.
Troopers say they found the body of a 30-year-old man from Wilmington in shallow water at the edge of the pond.
No word on how the man died.
Delaware State Police is investigating the death.
Acting on the advice of Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission (DTRC) veterinarians and stewards, Delaware Park canceled the remainder of today’s live racing card following the fourth race due to the heat index. Live racing is scheduled to resume with a special live racing card on Tuesday, July 21.
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Saturday, July 18, 2026 10:24AM
NEWARK, Del. (WPVI) — Delaware State Police are investigating after four people were shot outside a Waffle House restaurant.
Police arrived to the scene, along the 1400 block of Pulaski Highway just after 1a.m. They found dozens of shell casings.
Police sources said four people, two men and two women, were hit. Two are in serious condition, two are stable.
The investigation is active and ongoing. Action News has reached out to police for more information on suspects or a motive.
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