By Lewis Beale
Star-News Correspondent
Published: Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 7:08 p.m.
Photo by Melissa Williamson
Nomi Shannon's decluttered den after Pam Ives works her magic.
Pam Ives despises clutter. She also hates getting up early, lukewarm drinks and dog hair. But a room filled with too much stuff, well, that really jerks her chain.
“Clutter eats equity,”..(read more)
Good afternoon and Happy Father's day!
I thought you might like to be updated periodically about the market conditions in Wilmington. A business associate, David Flory over at Cunningham & Company provided us with the following statistics
"The number of sold homes in May is up 14.7% from last month. Our monthly average sold price is up 15.4% from last month. We have reversed our last three..(read more)
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Southeastern North Carolina is one of the most beautiful places on Earth to call home. In fact, Brunswick County is the 4th fastest growing county in America! Pristine beaches, a thriving city, an extraordinary arts community, world class dining and entertainment, along with hidden escapes make our small slice of Heaven a place of leisure and booming..(read more)
The USS North Carolina, the Navy's newest nuclear-powered submarine, was commissioned Saturday at a ceremony in Wilmington.
The sub, built in Virginia, will be the fourth Navy vessel to carry the N.C. name. It will also be the fourth in a new class of submarines designed for warfare after the Cold War, when the primary adversary was the Soviet Union.
The ceremony was at a State Ports..(read more)
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy could receive more than $25 million in state incentives to create 900 jobs at its campus near Wilmington, Gov. Mike Easley's office says.
The company, a joint venture of General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Hitachi (NYSE: HIT), already employs more than 2,000 people in New Hanover County. The expansion would add manufacturing, training, simulation and testing facilities at GE-Hitachi's..(read more)
Fact #1: Some six million Americans are expected to buy a home this year. Six million people in the game make up a pretty big game. That’s a level of sales equal to the one we experienced in 1998—by all accounts, a pretty good year.
Fact #2: There is still over $23 trillion of value in u.s. housing stock. Home ownership continues to be the basis of our wealth in this country.
Fact #3:..(read more)
My company, Coldwell Banker SeaCoast Realty, is a Principal Broker with the world's largest relocation network, the CARTUS Corporation. That means I can help you, your friends, family, business associates, neighbors or other acquaintances - anyone - work with a qualified agent - anywhere! Agents who work with our relocation offices have received certified training and are among the top..(read more)
We had an opportunity to hear Dr. Woody Hall, Senior Economist at UNCW yesterday with a forecast for what’s ahead. While the outlook may not be as bright as we would like, there is still much positive to be said about Southeastern North Carolina.
Here are some stats to consider:
While the national economy (when all figures are in) apparently grew at a rate of 2% last year, our..(read more)
Although the decline of the real estate industry has been a familiar drumbeat for the past 18 months, at least one major area community is bucking the trend.Brunswick Forest, a 4,500-acre, master-planned residential and retail community set on U.S. Highway 17 six miles south of Historic Downtown Wilmington, has quietly surged past the $37 million mark in sales just eight months after..(read more)
Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty has become the dominant agency in Southeastern North Carolina, now celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Having opened shop on Wrightsville Beach, as Wilmington Sea Coast Properties, in a tiny office now occupied by a surf shop, Tim Milam, president, remembers his daily duties as a new agent included “putting up the flag outside in the parking lot.”(read more)
