In some cases, golf courses are an added attraction of the resort package. The town itself is noted for the cozy, comfortable cottages of the Pines and South Rehoboth Beach. However, it is equally noted for the summer cottages that line the beach and shores of Silver Lake and Lake Gerar. Very slowly, the seasonal look of the resort is changing, with substantial year-round homes replacing or reshaping what were once strictly seasonal cottages. Although they are scarce, you can find new homes for sale along Rehoboth's beautiful tree-shaded streets.
Big houses are popular, but so are garden-style townhouses and condominiums.
There is also a very active market for resort rental properties. These days, the allure is not just seasonal, but year-round. More and more shops and restaurants, which once would have been shuttered in late September or early October, are open all year or at least on winter weekends. Events such as the Jazz Festival, the Independent Film Festival, the Seawitch Festival and the Chocolate Festival fill hotels, motels and rental housing when you would least expect it. For these beach lovers, Rehoboth is home to some of the nicest and most accessible stretches of oceanfront on the East Coast.