Carolina Beach Homes

Sept. 29, 2011

Reclaim Your Work Day: Use RescueTime

Visit RescueTime. Do you really know where you're spending your time at the computer?

While it may seem like you're only spending "a few minutes a day" on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and other websites, the truth might just surprise you. One way to find out where the time online is …

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Sept. 29, 2011

Wilmington ranked on Best Towns list

This has got to be good advertising for our local tourism industry.

Outside Magazine ranked Wilmington among a list of Best Towns – “the finest places you’d ever want to call home.”

Similar to Charleston: southern charm, a 300-year-old harbor, ample seafood. But what sets Wilmington (pop. 106,500 …

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Sept. 19, 2011

Weekly Mortgage Newsletter 9-18

Weekly Mortgage Newsletter Week of Sept. 18, 2011 Mortgage Market Commentary Reminiscent of the days when needles skipped backwards and replayed a line from a song over and over, mortgage rates set a new record low again last week. Economic news was similar to what we have been seeing for …

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Sept. 13, 2011

Weekly Mortgage Newsletter

Mortgage rates managed again to set record low rates last week. While concerns over financial issues

in Europe once more drove money to the relative security of US Treasuries, there was little to get

excited about here in the US. As expected, the President presented a plan to Congress to …

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Sept. 12, 2011

Seller Advice: Stay Calm During Negotiations

Seller Advice: Stay Calm During Negotiations

After much soul-searching and working the numbers, you decided to put your home on the market. You may be selling to change cities for a job or are needing to downsize. Regardless of the reason, this is a big and important decision!

The time …

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Sept. 12, 2011

Learn the 90-Second Relationship Rule


Are the first 90-seconds the most important?

Stopwatch image.Tammy Lenski, the conflict resolution expert of Conflict Zen, recently turned us on to a very interesting concept promoted by Phil Gerbyshak and pioneered by Jim Fannin, called "The 90-Second relationship Rule."

Excerpted from from Phil's blog post on the subject:

If …

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Sept. 12, 2011

Sea Turtles hatching in Carolina Beach, NC

Sept. 12, 2011

Aerial Tour of Kure Beach & Carolina Beach

Sept. 12, 2011

USDA changes fees effective October 1st, 2011

Annual Fee and Decreased Upfront Fee Effective October 1, 2011!

Please note two very important changes that are scheduled to take effect with loans obligated on or after October 1, 2011.  The changes are as follows: (1) An annual fee of 0.3 percent will be charged on all …

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Sept. 6, 2011

Coastwalk Real Estate - Carolina Beach Real Estate, Wilmington Real Estate & Wrightsville Beach Real Estate

When people are looking for a new place to live, they usually want to know some key facts beyond cost and number of rooms: Most notably, they are curious about what is in the neighborhood and what their commute would be like. In fact, over three quarters of home shoppers …

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