Home sales fell in February for some parts of the region, according to the latest statistics.  Brunswick, Pender and New Hanover counties combined saw a nearly 8 percent decline in the number of units sold, including single-family homes, condos, manufactured homes and townhomes, falling from 692 to 637, stated a Cape Fear Realtors report on the organization ...

Leland is growing so fast, it needs more housing ASAP.   In fact, some incentives were granted recently to a developer planning to build more than 700 apartments on newly annexed property in the Brunswick County town over the next several years.   While Brunswick is often associated with planned developments that hold hundreds of single-family homes, no commu ...

N.C. Regional Multiple Listing Service officials have appointed Daniel Jones as its new CEO, the group announced. Meanwhile, Cape Fear Realtors, which previously threatened to withdraw from the NCRMLS, now plans on staying.  Jones succeeds Doris Nurenberg, the former CEO, who left in December and starts in his position on March 16. Jerry Panz served as interim CEO ...

The quarter so far has been dazzling for those selling high-priced homes in New Hanover County, according to a report released this week. "If the first two months are an indicator, 2019 could prove to be one of the best years ever recorded in the luxury housing market in New Hanover," stated the report from Wilmington-based residential real estate firm Just fo ...

Former Cape Fear Realtors CEO Taylor Oldroyd is now employed by Wilmington-based land developer Jack Carlisle, according to an announcement Monday.  CFR released Oldroyd as CEO of the association Jan. 20, according to a statement from CFR on Jan. 22. Association officials in the statement said they had decided "to pursue a different course in management." ...

Plans for a residential home development in Surf City are moving forward with a $20 million loan to develop 415 single-family homes at the intersection of Belt Road and N.C. 50. Surf City Properties LLC borrowed $20.8 million from Trez Forman Capital Group to pay off a previous $2.5 million loan provided by Trez Forman for the land purchase and to cover development cost ...

Brunswick County just had its second-strongest January in the last 10 years in residential sales volume, according to data from the Brunswick County Association of Realtors. The total sales volume last month was $62 million, down 12 percent from January 2018, which was the highest January for sales volume in the last decade. “Even though January is typically a ...

Homebuyers in the market for a historical dwelling seem to have at least one thing in common: a love of storied structures, big or small.   One of the most unique and notable historic homes on the market this month (as of press time) in Wilmington is the Dudley Mansion at 400 S. Front St. in downtown.   The listing price is nearly $3 million.   Built i ...

The New Hanover County luxury market has started off this year with its best January home sale numbers in more than a decade, according to a report released this week. Eight luxury homes in New Hanover, with price tags of $1 million or more, sold during the first month of 2019, stated a report by Kathleen Baylies, broker in charge at Just for Buyers Realt ...

More details were released Thursday on the Project Grace development proposal from Zimmer Development Co., with New Hanover County preparing to host meetings later this month to share project information with the public. The mixed-use development would include space for the main branch of the New Hanover County Public Library and Cape Fear Museum with shared space, mult ...