Craig Della Penna - The Murphys Realtors, Inc.

Craig Della Penna is a Realtorwith a special niche. He specializes in the sale of houses near to or next to rail trails, greenways or otherwise bikeable/walkable neighborhoods. This unique real estate practice was recently featured in two national realtor trade magazines, a BOSTON GLOBE editorial, an article in the WALL STREET JOURNAL and in United Airlines in-flight magazineHEMISPHERES. Because of this niche, he is one of the top realtors in the Five College Area of the Northampton/Amherst area. He is one of the countrys most in-demand public speakers on the subject of how rail to trail projects impact residential real estate in the U.S. and has given over 1,200 lectures on these subjects in 19 states and Canadian provinces. He has helped build over 1,000 miles of rail trails in the past 15 years and is also one of the top realtors in the area. Along with his wife Kathleen, he also operates SUGAR MAPLE TRAILSIDE INN, a bed & breakfast located in a restored, 1865 farmhouse in Northamptons village of Florence. This is located 5 doors from The Murphys office at 7 Main Street. The renovation of the his house at 62 Chestnut Street was featured on HGTVs RESTORE AMERICA program and the B&B was featured in Yankee Magazines Best of New England-70th Anniversary issue. The house sits eight [8] feet away from southern New Englands first municipally built/operated rail trail [bike path] and the B&B typically wins Best in the Valley in a regional magazines Best of issue. The B&B leads him to between 4 and 7 buyers a year who relocate to our beautiful valley.