Everything was busy this weekend, even the wind.

Business has certainly started to pick up. We are seeing more offers and showings on our listings than we have in the past 6 months. The Wilmington NC real estate market is picking up. I had time to take my boy to the beach for a quick breather. Apparently the wind was busy as well.
 

Boats Boats Boats

I hope everyone is looking forward to the warm weather as much as I am. My favorite part of summer is being on the water. Boating is and has always been a  big part of my life. When I was younger my family would spend summers on Lake Champlain in New York and our days were [...]

Wilmington Doesn’t Seem to Follow National Real Estate Trends

Economists expected the National Association of Realtors to report existing home sales fell in February to the lowest in at least nine years. 
But, the news was just the opposite.
According to the group, sales of existing homes rose by nearly 3% in February, after falling for six straight months.
The median price of a home [...]

Commercial Area Grows in Leland

Peak Fitness has announced plans to build a 20,000 square foot gym in Leland.  The facility has anticipated opening in early summer.  The gym will be located in the Magnolia Greens Golf & Country Club Commercial Village.
PT’s grill will opening in the coming months in Leland.  PT’s has 3 locations in Wilmington that stay packed for [...]

Wilmington Convention Center Contractor Named

Last week the Wilmington City Council approved the bid for the construction of our Convention Center to J.M. Thompson & Co. Contractors from Raleigh, NC.  The Convention Center will be located in downtown Wilmington along the Cape Fear River.  Construction will begin in the upcoming months.  A national 3-4 star hotel chain will adjoin the [...]

Easter Bunny

I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. The Easter Bunny was very good to my boys. We are still recovering from all of the excitement. They still can’t believe that a Rabbit was in the house (ha-ha)! Over the weekend we attended an Easter egg hunt at Mike Chappell Park in Carolina Beach NC. [...]

stock market vs. real estate market

It is widely known that the both the stock market and the real estate are never doing well at the same time.  When the stock market is up, real estate is down and vice versa.  This is the reason why people have a diversity in their investment portfolios, a little bit here and a little [...]

Karen Shanley Joins the Blog

I’m Karen Shanley with the Brad Sizemore Agency. I’ll be posting here weekly with information regarding insurance and agency news.  If you have any questions please contact me at shanlek1@nationwide.com or on my cell phone 910.465.9096. I look forward to blogging and want to wish everyone a Happy Easter!

Our New Home in the Kingswood Neighborhood

Technorati Tags: Kingswood,West Bay,Cul-de-sac
421 Point View Drive 
Enjoy the easy maintenance of this brick patio home located on a quiet cul-de-sac.  The home offers a home warranty that expires in 2011, and the HOA is responsible for the front yard maintenance, and the privacy fence upkeep.  The home is very spacious offering over 1400 sq ft., [...]

"There’s no such thing as a national market…"

Taking into consideration that every area, region, town and city are different, would also mean that each is effected in it’s own way by the economy.  When you turn on the Today show and hear of a possible recession or the economy is getting worse and worse, take a look at your local area first.  [...]