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The U.S. Forest Service looked in Tennessee and found that more than two million acres of native forests were cut and more than 500 thousand acres of forest were converted to other uses, but if that isn’t reason enough for you to get excited about planting a tree, here is another reason.

Mature trees add “curb appeal” to a property and can make a home more energy efficient. Planted at the edges of a building, a tree’s broad canopy of leaves softens the hard lines of architecture and offers shade.

Trees absorb light reflected from the roof and decrease the air temperature surrounding your home through evaporation of moisture.

The positioning of trees and shrubs around your home has a significant effect on how much you’ll be paying to heat and cool your house each month. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, even one strategically placed tree can reduce your heating and cooling bill up to 25 percent. In general, deciduous trees planted on the south and west sides of the house keep the home cool during the summer and allow low-angle sun into the home during the winter. If you live on a windy hill or coastal bluff, planting evergreen trees or shrubs on the north and west sides of your structure will help protect your home from winter gusts and storms.

Consult your landscape designer for advice about your particular property.

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TRI-STATE MARKET RECAP

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MAY/JUN 2021 New Castle/N. Kent County, DE

2,005

NEW LISTINGS

1,688

LISTINGS PENDED

1,592 LISTINGS SOLD Jay Webster

Cecil County, MD

440 NEW LISTINGS 389 LISTINGS PENDED 327 LISTINGS SOLD

REALTOR® SRES, Certified Home Stager Certified Home Selling Advisor Certified Home Buying Advisor

Bill Webster REALTOR® CRS, SRES, ABR, GRI, SFR, ePro Certified Home Selling Advisor Certified Home Buying Advisor

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Southern Chester County, PA

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NEW LISTINGS

638 LISTINGS PENDED 585 LISTINGS SOLD Source: Bright MLS

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2021 TEAM WEBSTER NOT INTENDED TO SOLICIT ALREADY LISTED PROPERTIES. INFORMATION HERE WITHIN IS NOT WARRANTED.

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Tri-State MARKET SNAPSHOT

SOLD $467,500 NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DE Newark, DE BEDROOMS, BATHS: 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 2 half bath SQUARE FOOTAGE: 2,725 s.f. LOT SIZE: .35 acres ORIGINAL PRICE: $425,000 DOM 5 CONCESSIONS: NO

SOLD $470,000 CHESTER COUNTY, PA West Chester, PA BEDROOMS, BATHS: 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 1 half bath SQUARE FOOTAGE: 2,150 s.f. LOT SIZE: 1 acre ORIGINAL PRICE: $440,000 DOM 4 CONCESSIONS: NO

SOLD $475,000 CECIL COUNTY, MD Elkton, MD BEDROOMS, BATHS: 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths SQUARE FOOTAGE: 2,496 s.f. LOT SIZE: 1.78 acres ORIGINAL PRICE: $475,000 DOM 2 CONCESSIONS: NO

They call them tree huggers.

Is it not wrong to hug what gives you life.

You hug your mother.

The trees are also your mother.

They nourish us and give us life.

We give the world pollutants and trees turn the air iinto breathable air.

Without them we'd definitely turn this planet into an unlivable one in a years time for sure.

Hug a tree and let them be.

When thinking about buying or selling a home

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Team Webster

is the best. I wish I had more property to sell so I could work with them over and over again! Jay was awesome helping us determine what out go to market asking price was and providing practical advice to help us get it on the market with maximum appeal.

Bill was great at guiding us through the necessary documentation and helping us negotiate the price. He was also great at serving as an intermediary with our tenant and arranging all the showings, appraisal, walk through, etc. They got us an above asking deal 3 days on the market! I would recommend them to anyone who is looking to buy or sell a house. They helped us successfully navigate both sides of the transaction and we were thrilled with both outcomes.

Give Team Webster a call first.

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Increase Your Home’s

Mature trees can fetch you a Several recent nationwide surveys show that mature trees in a well landscaped yard can increase the value of a house by 7 percent to 19 percent.

A lush lawn with flower gardens is pretty, but didn’t add to the value of a house, the surveys showed.

Buyers love landscaping The numbers don’t surprise Pat Vredevoogd Combs, immediate past president of the National Association of Realtors. “People tell us they want trees and privacy behind.”

Well-landscaped yards with mature trees and bushes that provide privacy not only fetch higher prices -- they sell more quickly than houses with little or no landscaping, she said, noting that they provide the ultimate “curb appeal” by impressing buyers before they even walk into a house.

The surveys were done by the University of Washington and the National Gardening Association. “It’s a significant increase,” said Charlie Nardozzi, senior horticulturist with the National Gardening Association, about the effect trees have on the value of a house. But buyers don’t stop there. “People are looking at big trees, rock walls, patios -- the whole feeling.”

Nardozzi suggests that people reconsider when they neglect their yards to focus on renovating kitchens and bathrooms. “Having a beautiful landscape could make the difference between breaking even on your home and making

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Value With Mature Trees

higher price and quicker sale. some money on the sale of your home.”

Plan before you plant A Clemson University study found that homeowners get a 100 percent or more return on the money they put into landscaping. Nardozzi advises homeowners with bare lots to start landscaping immediately because it takes 5 to 7 years for plants to mature. A good professional landscaper will look comprehensively at the site before planting.

Homeowners who decide to go it alone should get advice from a local gardening shop before planting “willy-nilly,” Nardozzi says, because this often results in planting the wrong plant in the wrong location. The result can be overgrown plants that cover the windows of a house or trees with roots that buckle a driveway.

“Do your homework,” Nardozzi says, because a poorly landscaped yard negates your efforts to add value to the home.

Pictured are homes Team Webster listed and sold. The well placed and maintained mature trees did add to home’s appeal as well to the higher sales price!

Team Webster can assist you in finding the right landscaper for your projects.

Call us: 302-375-5660 and let us refer you.

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Easy Peach Cobbler in only four steps!

An easy peach cobbler made with just 4 steps and 4 ingredients.

Toss 2 pounds of peeled and sliced peaches and 1/2 cup of sugar in an 8-inch square baking dish. Blend 1 cup of coconut cream and 1 cup selfrising flour in a bowl until loosely incorporated. Arrange the dough into 9 mounds on top of the peaches. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes... until the dough is evenly browned and the peaches are tender.

Serve with plant-based vanilla ice cream.

Clean, Clean, Clean. . .and a little staging makes all the difference!

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WHY ROOFTOP FARMING IS THE BEST SOLUTION FOR SMART URBAN AGRICULTURE We lose more than 50 acres of American farmland to urban development every hour. And in that same amount of time, our population grows by 240 people.

Less land to grow food + more mouths to feed = big problem.

However, increasingly, forward-thinking farmers are eschewing the confines of conventional agriculture and growing on what’s traditionally been considered unusable space: city rooftops.

3 Reasons Rooftop Farming Is a Fantastic Idea. Besides helping meet the growing demand for food production, rooftop farms offer the following benefits: 1. Enhance the urban landscape (and human well-being). By cultivating lettuces, kale, arugula, and other crops, rooftop farms literally make cities greener. And studies have found that exposure to nature and vegetation provides an array of psychological benefits, from decreased anxiety to increased productivity.

2. Make cities more eco-friendly. Bare roofs in cities absorb and then radiate heat — a phenomenon known as the “heat island effect.” This increases energy usage and contributes to the poor air quality that often plagues big cities. But rooftop farms help cool buildings, ultimately reducing carbon emissions. And by growing food in the communities they serve, rooftop farmers lessen the environmental impact of food transportation, as well.

3. Increase the availability of real, healthy food. When farmers grow inside — or better yet, on top of — the concrete jungles and food deserts that many of us inhabit, more people have access to fresh, wholesome, and affordable food. And because it travels fewer food miles, hyper-local produce is often healthier and tastier, too.

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Are You Living in Your Dream House?

If Your Answer is NO, Why Not? Here is my challenge for You. Set up a meeting with us.

Let’s create a roadmap.

Put a timeline on it.

Team Webster knows the market, we get to know you, and we make the deal happen.

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