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Intracoastal Wins "Best Coastal Real Estate Company" Raleigh Metro Magazine recently announced that Intracoastal Realty has received “1st Place, Standing Ovation” for Best Coastal Real Estate Company.  The magazine’s “best of” Metro Bravo Awards showcase reader preferences in categories ranging from favorite restaurants to real estate companies.  Voting began in March and ended May 15th.  Results will...

Claudette Millette - Metrowest Mass Buyer Broker (The Buyers' Counsel)   This blog information certainly applies also in The WIlmington, NC condo area…I have several condos for sale and I make sure that the buyer understands that each item below is essential information with respect to a condo purchase. Buying a Condominium Requires Doing Your Homework Helping a client with the purchase of a townhouse recently has reminded me that a condominium purchase can actually be more involved than buying a single family home.  This is partially due to the fact that you need to be concerned, not only about the unit you are buying, but also with the strength and stability of the entire condominium...

  by Steve Harney on June 22, 2010 ·   Are you thinking of selling your home? Are you dreading having to deal with strangers walking through the house? Are you concerned about getting the paperwork correct? Hiring a professional real estate agent can take away most of the challenges of selling. A great agent is always worth more than the commission they charge just like a great doctor or great accountant. You want to deal with one of the best agents in your marketplace. To do this, you must be able to distinguish the average agent from the great one. Let us help. If I were hiring an agent to sell my home today, I would require they: 1. Tell me the truth about the price Too many agents just take the listing at any price and then try to the ‘work the seller’ for a price correction later. Demand that the agent prove to you that they have a belief in the price they are suggesting. Make...

Who needs a car when you can buggy along - that is in a beach buggy on the boardwalk? There is all kinds of fun things to do at Carolina Beach and renting this beach buggy tripod is one of them. There are rides, a waterslide, fireworks, swimming, surfing, sunning, pooling it, wave riding,walking on the beach to name a few things. If you're looking for a 2nd home or investment property - I can help you ....

Greater Wilmington Business Journal Greater Wilmington Business Journal 2010 looks promising for local film industryby Ken LittleGood company: 2010 will bring more film projects to Wilmington.-->The groundwork for a successful 2010 in the local motion-picture industry was actually laid...

Artrageous Summer Festival & Artwalk at Lumina StationFriday, June 18Saturday, June 19Enjoy a day of good old-fashioned summer fun with plenty to do for the whole family! This spectacular art show and sale will feature work from local area artists, live music, art demonstrations, sidewalk shopping, sales and more! This exciting event will help support the Community Boys & Girls Club of Wilmington. Artrageous Giveaway! Enter to win a Lumina Station Shopping Spree & Baldhead Island Weekend Retreat! WHERE: Lumina Station, 1900 Eastwood Rd., Wilmington, NC. WHEN: Artrageous Preview Party at Fountainside Art Gallery - Friday, June...

This weekend in Burgaw, NC on Saturday June 16,2010 will be the annual Blueberry Festival. It is where the town of Burgaw celebrates the blueberry. There are all kind of events celebrating this little berry. And of course there will be food – blueberry ice cream, blueberry icies, and blueberry crumb cake.  The little town of Burgaw puts on it finest for this event and loves to entertain the thousands that come to this event   Events Include:                                                                                                                                         Commemorative art prints by nationally...

 

How to Buy a Home in Under an Hour
The next technological trend in the real estate world will be the ability to buy property in little more than an hour, predicts Pat Lashinsky, CEO of ZipRealty.
Lashinsky foresees it working something like this:
1. A home shopper drives by a property and calls a practitioner on his cell phone.
2. The practitioner qualifies the buyer through banking contacts, then sends him an electronic key that allows him to tour the home.
3. An electronic tracking system monitors his tour while the practitioner answers questions via cell phone.
4. Closing will be managed through an electronic meeting.
Lashinsky believes the real estate industry has been slow to embrace change, but customers will demand it. “Those [practitioners] who don’t make it happen are going to fall by the wayside,” he says.
Source: Orange County Register, Jeff Collins (06/08/2010 in the Daily Real Estate News  - June 8,2010

Carolina & Kure Beach                                                                                                                      There are currently 534 single family homes for sale and this represents a 1 unit increase over May 1, 2010 and 9.4% of our total WRAR inventory. The average list price is $415,478 an decrease of about $4,319 from April. In May there were 36 homes sold, divide that by the homes available and you have an 14.8 monthly supply of homes in Carolina and Kure Beach. The monthly supply of homes continues to come down, this is good. The average sold price for the month...

New Convention Center Sets Opening Date

The Wilmington Convention Center has, at long last, set an official opening date in January complete with signature events. The city will open the center on 9:30 a.m. Thursday, January 13 with the mayor, city officials and other community and political leaders. The public is invited. (Source: Greater Wilmington Business Journal)