Wrightsville Beach Homes

Oct. 4, 2011

Sales in Wilmington NC and the Beach

I hope you are having a great week! The second half of the summer was super busy for Coastwalk Real Estate!

Last week I shared that our sales volume was up 97% year-to-date (through 8/31/2011, compared to 2010). This week I thought it would be fun to show …

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Oct. 4, 2011

Foreclosures in Wrightsville Beach

Wrightsville Beach is a beautiful community, located minutes fro Wilmington, NC. There are a lot of nice homes for sale, and prices have taken a hit these past few years. Buyers will cash in hand are scooping up deals.

Some recent sales in Wrightsville Beach include oceanfront, ICW, and boating …

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Sept. 30, 2011

What famous people own homes in the Wilmington area?

Ben Steelman
StarNews

It depends, of course, on how you define “famous.” Quite a few celebrities do have Wilmington addresses, though.

Among the more notable is Tony Award-winning actress Linda Lavin — perhaps best-known as the star of TV’s “Alice” — who fell in love with the area while …

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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