In the latest setback for a massive development proposed in Castle Hayne, New Hanover County's Technical Review Committee has revoked its March conditional approval of the Hilton Bluffs subdivision plan. Copper Builders wanted to create 1,800 dwellings on a portion of 4,000 acres known as Sledge Forest, but has faced strong opposition from residents and pushback fro ...

An Indianapolis-based firm has purchased an apartment complex in Leland. BAM Capital, the private equity arm of The BAM Companies, bought The Marling at Town Creek, a 334-unit community completed in 2024, for nearly $58 million, according to the deed and a news release. “The purchase marks BAM Capital’s entry into the Southeast and is the latest addition ...

Hive MLS CEO Daniel Jones has written a Declaration of MLS Stewardship Principles, which a news release described as "a proposed 'MLS constitution' designed to establish a common foundation for what an MLS is, what it protects and what it is responsible for as the real estate marketplace changes." Jones has created the declaration at a time when MLS le ...

The Brunswick County Planning Board will consider two rezonings and two planned developments totaling 450 possible homes on nearly 170 acres Monday evening. The board will also amend the Brunswick County Unified Development Ordinance to comply with House Bill 1222, which took effect July 2 and shifted authority for final development decisions from the planning board to ...

More homes in the Wilmington area are joining the ranks of $1 million-plus listings. Daniel Malechuk, principal broker and CEO at Landmark Sotheby’s International Realty, has noted an increase in inventory as a trend in the luxury market. He said the change is one of the factors driving this year’s momentum in the region. “After the significant appr ...

Many of Brunswick County’s residential real estate market statistics remained on the rise in July, according to a report from the Brunswick County Association of Realtors released Aug. 27. More homes sold in July 2026 than in any single month in 2025, a BCAR news release stated. New listings, prices and sales volume also increased compared to the same month last y ...

Citing concerns about overdevelopment, the Pender County Planning Board narrowly voted Tuesday to recommend denying a rezoning request for a proposed 55-plus age-targeted community with 930 single-family homes off Sidbury Road. Builders would construct the homes on a 404-acre tract of undeveloped land on the New Hanover-Pender county line, an area that has seen an influ ...

After some negotiation, Wilmington leaders committed $2 million in gap financing on Tuesday to an 86-unit affordable housing project planned along Dawson Street. The project, called the Dawson Lofts II at Jervay, would offer rents ranging from 30% to 80% of the area median income (AMI). It’s being developed by the Wilmington Housing Authority and Blue Ridge Cascad ...

An unincorporated section of northern New Hanover County is one of the last frontiers for large building sites within county limits. Although a Census Designated Place, the Castle Hayne community has none of its own official geographical limits, and many people use the moniker to describe not only Castle Hayne Road, but also Blue Clay and Sidbury roads. So it’s ...

Pender County planning officials are recommending that county leaders deny a rezoning for a proposed project that could bring more than 1,000 single-family homes to 630 acres near Rocky Point. In a 3-1 vote on Tuesday, the Pender County Planning Board recommended denial of the conditional rezoning for the neighborhood proposed by Bill Clark Homes, citing concerns about ...