EXIT Shore Realty specializes in Eastern Shore real estate sales and listing of Homes, Land and Condos in the towns and cities of: Salisbury, Fruitland, Mardela Springs, Pocomoke, Princess Anne, Crisfield, in Wicomico & Somerset Counties, as well as in areas in and around Cambridge and Easton, MD. With its lower tax rates, southern Delaware has become increasingly popular to homebuyers and investors with towns like Delmar & Seaford are all experiencing tremendous growth over the past decade. Our seasoned and top performing Realtors have years of experience in the local market and vast knowledge in Eastern Shore Farms, Water Front Homes, 55+ Communities, Investment Homes under $100,000, Homes from $100,000 to $500,000, Executive Homes over $500,000, Homes over 1 Million Dollars, Homes with Acreage, Eastern Shore Homes with Pools, Eastern Shore Foreclosures and Distressed Properties, and more! To search the entire Eastern Shore MLS by city, CLICK HERE.
EXIT Shore Realty specializes in Resort, Vacation and Second Home real estate sales and listings of Homes, Condos and Townhomes in towns and communities in and around Ocean City, West Ocean City, Ocean Pines, and Berlin in Maryland as well as Delaware resort areas such as Fenwick Island, Bethany Beach, Rehoboth Beach, and Dewey Beach. Our resort area Realtors are trained in the sales of vacation homes and have years of experience in sales of ocean front and bay front Condos, Properties with water views, Ocean block properties and condos on the board walk, multi-family investment properties, commercial properties, condos and homes under $100,000 in Ocean City, Million Dollar condos and homes, Ocean City Condos from $200,000 to $350,000, resort foreclosure and distressed properties, and more! To search the entire Resort and Beach Properties MLS by city, CLICK HERE.
EASTERN SHORE HOMES FOR RENT
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The Eastern Shore of MD includes portions of southern Delaware, eastern Maryland & northeastern Virginia. Local residents and visitors also call this panhandle between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, “Delmarva”. Most popular destinations on the Eastern Shore are within an easy 3 hour drive of large metropolitan areas such as Baltimore, MD, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, PA and Norfolk, VA. Many of the small towns, communities and property developments on the Delmarva Peninsula have become home for people of all ages and backgrounds. People who reside on the Eastern Shore seasonally or year round are able to enjoy many popular outdoor activities such as sailing, sport fishing, hunting & golf. With so much more to do and so much more to see, Maryland’s Eastern Shore has become a real treasure that can be cherished by everyone twelve months a year.
Many people commute from their homes on Kent Island, Easton & St. Michael’s to their jobs on the western side of the Chesapeake Bay. Others have settled in new communities built up near Cambridge or Denton in Maryland and near Delmar in Delaware. Among these towns and communities is Maryland’s 2nd largest port, the City of Salisbury.
SALISBURY, MD
The largest city on the Eastern Shore is Salisbury, MD which is also a primary commercial shopping district for other nearby towns including Fruitland and Mardela Springs. Due to its centralized Eastern Shore location where two major highways intersect at US Rt. 50 and US Rt. 13, Salisbury is sometimes referred to as the “Crossroads of Delmarva.” Salisbury is considered the center of commerce and culture in Delmarva and is also home to Salisbury University, one of the Maryland’s fastest growing institutions of higher learning.
BUSINESS
Recognized as the business, industrial, and service center of Delmarva, Salisbury has helped to foster the growth of a well-balanced economic base where new and varied businesses continue to thrive within the ambience of the area's natural beauty. Purdue Farms, a multi-national poultry corporation, is headquartered in Salisbury. Other industries in Salisbury include electronic component manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, shipbuilding and agriculture.
There are 16 hotel and motels with over a thousand rooms. The area now has over 60 restaurants and 20 shopping centers.
CULTURE
Salisbury is home to the Wicomico County Convention & Visitors Bureau where off Broadway productions, major sporting events, and many other national acts are featured regularly. Salisbury’s status as the cultural center of the peninsula has made it home to numerous public museums and other local attractions, including:
- Eastern Shore Baseball Hall of Fame
- Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art
- Salisbury City - Zoo & Municipal Park
- The Centre at Salisbury Mall and Regal Theaters
- Nanticoke Wildlife Management Area
- Salisbury Architectural Museum
- Wicomico Heritage Center
- Chipman Cultural Center
COMMUNITY
Recreational facilities abound with 58 parks, 34 nature trails, 4 golf courses, 80 tennis courts, 76 ball fields, and 44 basketball courts. As a Chesapeake Bay maritime community, it is the second largest water port in Maryland. The Newtown and Camden historic districts contain hundreds of Victorian-style homes. The Salisbury Zoological Park located along side the South branch of the Wicomico River features animals of North and South America. Salisbury is home to the region’s largest airport with connections to most major airlines located on the East Coast.
The City of Salisbury continues to encourage a small town atmosphere attractive to local residents and visitors from all over Delmarva. Locally sponsored community events are held throughout the year. These include:
- Salisbury Festival - Held at End of April or Beginning of Spring by the Salisbury Chamber of Commerce
- Pork in the Park - A three day Pork BBQ Festival, held on the third weekend of April, at Winterplace Park
- Bandstand at City Park - Featuring 6 summer concerts on Sunday evenings in June and July
- Sea Gull Century - Cycle 100 km of Maryland's Eastern Shore each October
- Autumn Wine Festival - Held on the third weekend in October at Pemberton Park
- Christmas Parade - Held the first Sunday of each December
- Yuletide Open House - Celebrating the holidays at historic Poplar Hill Mansion in Newtown each December
SPORTS
Salisbury is also the sports capital of Maryland’s Eastern Shore and is home to the Delmarva Shorebirds, a minor league affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. The Salisbury University Sea Gulls have been the NCAA Division 3 Lacrosse Champion for five of the past ten years. The city is home to countless other sporting events, including:
- Special Olympic Programs
- Professional Boxing
- Regional and National Wrestling Tournaments
- Qualifying and National Youth Softball Tournaments
- Regional High School Basketball Tournament
- Dance & Cheerleading Competitions
- Qualifying and National Invitational Baseball Tournaments
- NCAA Division III Final Four (Field Hockey)
- NCAA Division III National Championship (Men’s Lacrosse)
- NCAA Division III Regional Championships (Baseball, Softball, Men’s & Women’s Lacrosse)
- NCAA Division III Conference Championships
- NCAA Division III Regional Championships for Men's & Women's Cross Country
- NCAA Division III Regional Championships for Men's & Women's Soccer
- Thomas Tennis Tournament
- Spring Triathlon and running events
- Youth Baseball World Series
- Youth Swimming competitions
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OCEAN CITY, MD & DELAWARE’S COASTAL RESORTS
One of the fastest growing areas on the lower Eastern Shore is in and around Ocean City, Maryland. Already a popular destination for hundreds of thousands of vacationers each week during the summer, and a popular Mid Atlantic golf mecca, Ocean City and its surrounding communities to the north and to the west have become home to a whole new generation of year round residents and retirees over the past few decades. With such a wide variety of choices of single family homes, town homes and condominiums and water front properties in so many different price ranges, there has never been a better time to invest in the resort home of your dreams.
Once only viewed as vacation destinations, these popular resort towns along the Atlantic Ocean have become a year round home to tens of thousands of families and retired couples who enjoy the small town flavor of these communities during the off season, while still being able to enjoy all the advantages of living in a resort area every summer.
OCEAN CITY, MD
Ocean City is actually a barrier island bracketed by beautiful sandy white beaches along the Atlantic Ocean and miles and miles of waterfront property along the inland bays and canals that stretch all the way up into coastal southern Delaware. Ocean City has a long history of fishing, both commercial and recreational and bills itself as the "White Marlin Capital of the World”, where in early August, one of the largest fishing tournaments in the world, “The White Marlin Open,” is held.
Ocean City currently supports a year-round population of about 8,000, with the town itself being a major employer. In the summer, businesses and government agencies are augmented with about 100 seasonal police officers, plus extra firefighters and other workers. The town of Ocean City extends just over 9 miles from the southern inlet to the Delaware line. This tiny barrier island now supports dozens of hotels, motels, apartment houses and shopping centers, plus many year round residential communities, and thousands of condominiums. The downtown neighborhood is still marked by Victorian style houses and other older buildings.
Others have been razed in recent years to create space for additional parking, condos and recreational facilities. Today, the Ocean City area continues to sprawl westward across the bay and toward Berlin and Ocean Pines where it is now recognized as being part of the Ocean Pines Micropolitan Statistical Area. The resort area now accommodates thousands of residents who have adopted the resort area as their new home all year long.
For sports enthusiasts, the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department operates a variety of activities to keep fit and have fun.
- Golf: Eagle's Landing off RT 611. 410-213-7277.
- Racquetball: One 3-wall court, 136th St., Gorman Park, bayside.
- Skate Park: 3rd St. & St. Louis Ave, Open year-round.
- Basketball: Courts are located at 4th St. & St. Louis Ave; 94th St. (Bayside); 125th St., bayside (indoor).
- Volleyball: Volleyball nets will be set up on the beach for summer. Open to everyone at no charge. Nets are available at the Inlet, 2nd St., 4th St., 5th St., 7th St., 9th St., and 11th St.; and 10 courts at Dorchester Street.
PUBLIC TENNIS COURTS
For more information, or to reserve a tennis court, call 410-524-8337 in season.
- 3rd St. and St. Louis Ave.
- 61st St. (Ocean City Tennis Center)*
- 94th St., bayside
- 136th St., bayside
- *Reservations needed Memorial Day through Labor
Assateague Island Park, Rt. 611 at Assateague Island Bridge
- Gum Point Road off Rt. 589, West Ocean City
- OC Commercial Harbor, 12806 Sunset Ave., West Ocean City
- Inlet Park, Downtown Ocean City at OC Inlet
- Third St. Pier, bayside
- Ninth St. Pier, bayside
- Northside Park, 125th St., bayside
- Inlet Park: OC’s southernmost park with viewing binoculars and information signs.
- Downtown Recreation Complex: 3rd St., bayside. Basketball courts, Ball fields, Skate Park (in-line skating and skateboarding),2 tennis courts, playground equipment, area for fishing in bay.
- Little Salisbury: 94th St, Park bayside. Tennis courts, playground, basketball court, dog playground.
- Jamestown park: Landscaped promenade off 116th St., bayside.
- Northside park: 125th St, bayside. 58 acres with lighted ball fields, fishing lagoon, ADA accessible playground, picnic area, two piers, jogging paths, sports fields, indoor gymnasium.
- Gorman Park: Derrickson Ave. at 136th St., bayside. Tennis court, Racquetball court and Playground with picnic shelter.
- Fiesta Park: Off 141st St. Wooded park with nature trails and picnic area.
- Northsurf Park: Laurel Rd., bayside. Off 142nd St. Open space for picnics, tot lot.
- Sunset Park: S. Division St., bayside promenade with views of the bay and Assateague.
DELAWARE’S COASTAL RESORTS
There are numerous reasons for the incredible growth of southern Delaware’s resort area. Part of it may have to do with the many coastal and inland towns and communities being so convenient to major population centers all over the mid-Atlantic region. The friendly people who live there year round also add to the lure and attraction of these small resort towns. Part of it may have to do with Delaware’s consumer friendly tax status. And part of it may simply have to do with those cool breezes coming off the Atlantic Ocean, the sandy beaches, the boats or the fishing in the bays. Whatever the reasons are, more and more people are calling southern Delaware home all year round than ever before.
The coastal resorts of southern Delaware include (from south to north) the towns of Fenwick Island, Bethany Beach, Dewey Beach, Rehoboth Beach & Lewes which are all situated along the Atlantic Ocean, plus many other small towns and communities like Ocean View, Long Neck, Millsboro & Selbyville which are located just a few miles inland. All of these towns and communities provide a peaceful haven for those who live there year round while still being able to offer some of the finest shopping and recreational activities found anywhere on the east coast.