One Year on the Market; No Takers

They thought their house would sell right away.

It is a common refrain and one that longtime Island residents Woody and Phyllis Williams, who put their house on the market last April, know all too well.

Mr. Williams, born and raised in Edgartown, is an Island native. Mrs. Williams moved here at age 19, after spending her childhood summers also in Edgartown. The couple met in 1981, got engaged one year later and married in Edgartown the following year.