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When people are looking for a new place to live, they usually want to know some key facts beyond cost and number of rooms: Most notably, they are curious about what is in the neighborhood and what their commute would be like. In fact, over three quarters of home shoppers rate being within a 30-minute commute to work as important, and two thirds of home shopper’s rate being within an easy walk to grocery stores and restaurants as a key factor in deciding where to live. Additionally, two thirds of Millennial say that living in a walk able community is important and one third will pay more for the ability to easily walk to shops, work and entertainment. That is partly due to rising gas prices but also the quality of life benefits associated with walk-able neighborhoods. Data suggest that residents of walk-able neighborhoods are happier, healthier and more likely to volunteer in their communities and entertain friends at home. You can see the demand for neighborhood information grow as more and more real estate websites such as ours at www.coastwalkrealestate.com are populating their listings with neighborhood data. Another great site to visit is Walk Score which delivers four million scores per day which means a lot of people are hungry for neighborhood information visit www.walkscore.com.
In our area a great place to live is Carolina and Kure Beach NC. Not only do you have the ocean at your back door but you can enjoy year round activities like boating, walking, bike riding, paddle boarding ect... Get bored with those things and it’s a hop skip and a jump into Wilmington where you can shop till you drop. It’s a wonderful place to live and visit and not just in the summer. The fall offers a wide variety of special events. Like the 18th Annual Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues & Jazz Festival held the second weekend in October, featuring Jimmie Vaughn and the Tilt-a-Whirl Band with Lou Ann Barton. Music lovers revel in two days of non-stop jazz and blues on two stages and seafood lovers enjoy scrumptious seafood from some of the area's best restaurants. Featuring some of the area's best angling waters, Carolina Beach and Kure Beach are a sport fisherman's paradise. Anglers and onlookers alike will enjoy pier and surf fishing competitions during the Southeast King Mackerel Fall Challenge and the Pleasure Island Surf Fishing Challenge. Rent a pedal-boat big enough for the whole family at Carolina Beach Lake Park or rent a surrey bike and ride over to the Carolina Beach Marina and Fishing Center and see what the charter boats bring in.
So how’s this week’s market looking for the neighborhoods of Carolina and Kure Beach? According to Trulia the average price per square foot for Carolina Beach was $180, a decrease of 31.6% compared to the same period last year. The median sales price for homes from Jun 11 to Aug 11 was $218,000 based on 39 home sales. Compared to the same period one year ago, the median home sales price decreased 8.2%, or $19,500, and the number of home sales decreased 61.8%. There are currently 422 resale and new homes in Carolina Beach including 19 homes in the pre-foreclosure, auction, or bank-owned stages of the foreclosure process. The average listing price for homes for sale was $331,827 for the week ending Aug 31, which represents a decrease of 0.3% compared to the prior week. In Kure Bead the average price per square foot was $235, an increase of 15.2% compared to the same period last year. The median sales price for homes in Kure Beach for Jun 11 to Aug 11 was $322,500 based on 9 home sales. Compared to the same period one year ago, the median home sales price decreased 7.9%, or $27,500, and the number of home sales decreased 66.7%. There are currently 122 resale and new homes in Kure Beach including 5 homes in the pre-foreclosure, auction, or bank-owned stages of the foreclosure process. The average listing price for homes for sale in Kure Beach NC was $566,689 for the week ending Aug 31, which represents a decrease of 0.3% compared to the prior week. As people continue to shop for homes, they expect to see local information along with listings. Looking at statistics help us all stay in the know of market trend and visit sites like Google and Bing Maps to keep up with the neighborhoods you want to live in. So keep looking and take advantage of the low mortgage rates and low housing prices and find your dream home right here on our local beaches.
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