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 To live by the water is devine…

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The Cape Fear Region’s many miles of coastline, rivers and sounds offer a wide variety of fishing, watersports and boating activities. And, to maximize the regions waterfront enjoyment, there are many neighborhoods offering waterfront homes in Wilmington, NC with canals, boatslips, and or boatramps. We offer the latest, detailed information on all Wilmington NC waterfront homes and communities offered for sale in Wilmington, NC. So just sit back, relax and click any of these Wilmington waterfront communities to search for your waterfront dream home now.

Waterfront Real Estate in Wilmington NC

Please feel free to contact us with any questions or requests about waterfront homes for sale or waterfront real estate in Wilmington, NC, or any location in the Cape Fear Region. We have lived here all our lives and can help match a neighborhood with a home and schools. We  know where the best shopping is and all the main attractions. If you are looking for a second home or investment property in Wilmington, NC, there are still real deals in the great coastal area, but you will need a real estate expert to help you. We are experienced real estate professional’s who has decades of home buying and selling experience in waterfront properties in Wilmington, NC area.

Marinas and Yacht Clubs

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Wilmington NC offers an assortment of Marinas and Yacht Clubs for your boating enjoyment. They are located from Carolina Beach north to Scotts Hill. You can get the details about specifics on each one right here.

For true local and knowledgable service in waterfront homes in Wilmington, NC please contact us today at 1-800-497-7325 Ex. 3607 or email at mailto:bakerwayneassociates@ec.rr.com

Wilmington, NC Waterfront Neighborhoods

 

Arjean by the Sound Avalon West Avenel Bald Head Island* Bay Harbor Bluepoint Bradley Creek Point Bridgewater Bluffs Carolina Bay Cedar Island Cedar Landing Chanel Haven Channelwalk Charleston Landing Demarest Landing Dolphin Bay Dunbar Landing Driftwood Villas Edgewater Subd Egret Landing Elliott Place Figure Eight Harbour Figure Eight Island* Greymarsh Crossing* Harbor Villa Headwater Cove Hickory Knoll Holiday Hills Hollyholm Inlet Park Inlet Point Harbor Sub* Inlet Watch Estates* Intracoastal Watch John’s Creek Landfall* Loder Landing Marywood Masonboro Bluffs Masonboro Harbour* Masons Bluff Middle Oaks

Old Chimney Osprey Point Oyster Bay Pelican Reef* Porter’s Neck Purviance Sanddollar Shores Sandfiddler Point Saponas Point Scotts Hill Bluff Shal-a-Moor Shandy Point Shinn Creek Estates* Shinn Point* Sounds Edge at Bradley Creek South East Harbor Register Place River Island Tangle Oaks The Tides*  Timber Creek Towles* Tidalwalk* Turtle Hall* Waterway Lodge Westportt

Hollywood East…. movies, movies, movies | Cape Fear Independent Film Festival This Weekend

Movie Buff?  Get your fill this weekend.  Enjoy a free screening of  “How To Make A Superhero” (5/11 – 11AM) at the Convention Center.Various theater’s will be used during the weekend.  For full list and prices please visit here….

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Wilmington Gives Back | Key to Non-Profit Events

 

Looking for a non-profit group in Wilmington NC? Are you a non-profit group that would like to be listed somewhere?  A wonderful website www.wilmingtongivesback.org is your one stop resource to finding a non-profit group to volunteer or donate.  There is a calendar full of activities ongoing. 

Please visit and think about doing a great service to our great community.

 

Green Energy Audit of your Home | Wilmington NC real estate

Discover Your Home’s Green Factor… And Improve It

Before you jump on the green bandwagon, take time to have an energy audit performed on your Wilmington NC home. An energy audit outlines the energy use and leakage (or waste) in a home by measuring various systems and components. Local utility companies often offer free or discounted energy audits to customers, or you can hire a home energy professional — call us for a referral. If you are thinking of selling your home, audits provide valuable energy-efficiency information to attract prospective buyers. Here is what to expect with an energy audit.

Prepare

• Before the energy audit takes place, make note of all energy issues and concerns you have with your home, listing drafty window/door locations or fireplace flues, condensation problems, multi-pane window seal breaches, etc. (This also is a great to-do list before you put your home on the market.)
• Collect utility bills from the entire previous year or two for review. (This info is also valuable to potential buyers of your home; make it available if you list your home for sale. Be sure to include usage units, as well as dollar costs.)
• Think about your lifestyle — how high or low the thermostat is kept in various seasons; how many people, if any, are home during the day; how different parts of the home are used — or not used; etc.

Perform

• Physical features of the home, including wall area and number and size of windows, will be analyzed by the auditor.
• Equipment such as blower doors and infrared cameras may be used to determine energy leakage.
• If possible, accompany the auditor during this analysis.
• Usually, only major problem areas are discovered during this analysis, but starting at this point will allow you to prioritize what tasks should be addressed.

Process

The final energy audit report provides you with valuable information about your home. It assists you in understanding:

• Your home’s energy-related shortcomings.
• What effective energy-saving improvements can remediate the problems.
• The costs involved.

Remember, there are always numerous possible improvements that can be made to your home to increase its energy efficiency and, most importantly, lower your utility bills. Some of these improvements will be more costly than others; some will offer a faster return on investment. Energy audits help you prioritize making improvements to your home, as well as creating a list of areas to address in order to market your home as a “green” home when it comes time to sell.

Selling For Top Dollar Is Proof-Positive When you’re thinking of selling your home — now or in the future — an audit is a useful tool to boost the value of your home in buyers’ eyes. This is especially true if the final report shows that the home is already energy-efficient or that you have made significant upgrades to increase its energy efficiency.

 

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Luxury Homes Wilmington, NC Real Estate

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Our newest Luxury Listing in Landfall1048 Ocean Ridge

Our intelligent marketing strategies, years of experience and powerful connections in the worldwide brokerage community have enabled Baker Wayne and Associates to attain the prestigious Coldwell Banker Previews International Specialist designation. We specialize in marketing the finest luxury homes in the Wilmington, NC area. Billy Baker and Lisa Wayne are Previews Specialists. This high profile exposure will ensure that we will reach the best, highly discriminating circle of buyers for your Wilmington, NC luxury home.

This website offers some of the most valuable information about the very best neighborhoods in Wilmington NC.

Please email bakerwayneassociates@ec.rr.com for more detailed information on our luxury home marketing strategy.

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Airlie Forest Airlie Place Airlie West Beasley on Masonboro Beau Rivage Porter’s Neck Cove Point Crane Point Drayton Square Forest Hills Georgetowne Glen Meade Greenville Manor Heron Run Highland Hills Hollyholm Independence South Landfall* Lucia Point Marsh Landing Marsh Oaks Marywood Masonboro Forest* Maxwell Place Mayfaire* Mayfaire Townview Oleander Estates Oleander ext One Meeting Place Parkshore Estates Parkside at Mayfaire* Shinn Creek Estates* Shinn Point* Sounds Edge at Bradley Creek South Oleander

Stonebridge Stonegate Summer Haven Point The Village at Mayfaire Timbercreek Turtle Hall* Westport Whitebridge Willow Glen at Beau Rivage Windward Oaks* Wrightsville Beach*

The First Quarter Wilmington NC Real Estate Zip Code Report 2013

By R.J. Alex, 2013 President, Wilmington Regional Association of Realtors®

[Wilmington, NC] When analyzing six major zip codes in our region – 28403, 28405, 28409, 28411, 28412 and 28451 – an average of the zip codes for the first quarter of 2013 shows that:

• Our average sales price has increased by 7.0% from 1st  Quarter 2012
• Of the 713 sellers in 1st Quarter – 26.9% paid some sort of concession toward the purchase of the house.
• Our list to sales price ratio for 1st Quarter is 96.55%, an increase from 95.6% for 1st Quarter 2012.
• The average list price of the sold properties is $234,489 and is up 6% from 1st Quarter 2012.
• The average number of days a property remained on the market for 1st Quarter was 126 days, compared to 169 days for 1st Quarter 2012.
• The median sold price of $176,500 for 1st Quarter has increased 3.8% from 1st Quarter 2012.

The areas of focus in this analysis were:  read rest of story here…

HOME SEARCH 101: Tips For Locating The Right Schools

 

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When it comes time to buy your next Wilmington NC home, your decision will be based on dozens of criteria. If you’re like many home buyers, good schools will be at the very top of your list. Even buyers without children are often concerned about the quality of schools. They know property values often reflect the reputation of local schools-both public and private-and that a home near good schools may be easier to sell later on.

Plan Ahead

It pays to look at schools early in the house-hunting process so you can narrow your focus to particular neighborhoods. Consider the following approaches and available resources for determining whether a school or school district is right for you and your children.

Define Your Idea Of “Good”

The first step is taking an honest look at your child’s educational needs. Is he or she average, exceptional, or is there a learning disability to consider? What are the student’s interests and natural abilities? Cerebral? Artistic? Athletic? It won’t matter that a school is tops in math and science if your child’s educational focus is in language and fine arts. Identifying your child’s individual needs will help determine the types of programs and educational approaches you’re looking for in a school.

Get An Overview

You can tap the resources of several organizations to find out what schools are available in a particular area and how they rank compared with others in the system, the state and the nation. (See the side bar for details.)

Take a look at the programs that would most interest or benefit your children. Is the local public school strong in those areas? If not, there may be good private-school alternatives in the vicinity.

Keep in mind that what you see on paper may not provide a complete picture of the school, its resources and the capabilities of its educational staff.

Identify The District

It’s easy to find out what public school district a house is in-the information is nearly always included in the MLS listing, available through your Realtor. Note, however, that school boards frequently re-draw districts. To help ensure a home is likely to remain in a particular district, you may want to find out how close it is to district lines-being central to a district increases your chances of staying there. Contact the local board of education to obtain a district map.

Go To The Source

Also ask the local board for any information available about the school system, special programs, etc. Many boards will provide you with standardized test scores, often broken down for each school and subject area. Private schools often provide test-score information and college-placement statistics as well.

See For Yourself

Make plans to visit the schools you are interested in. Schedule appointments with the principal and some of the teachers in your child’s grade. Inquire about school policies and procedures. Discuss your child’s strengths and weaknesses, asking how the school would handle them.

Interview The Neighbors

Perhaps the best way to investigate a school is to talk with parents whose children attend. Visit neighbors in the area and ask them to be candid about what they like and dislike about local schools.

Let Us Get You Started

We’ll be happy to provide the phone numbers and website addresses of the schools and districts in our area. Be aware, however, that complying with fair housing practices, we may not be able to provide you with all the information you seek. Discussing school quality can be construed as “steering” buyers to or away from particular neighborhoods, which could be viewed as discrimination-even if unintentional.

That being said, we’ll do everything we can to support your efforts to locate the right home and the right schools to meet your family’s needs.

More school information here.  http://www.cbbaker.com/school_info.php

THE SCHOOL HUNTERS

American School Directory: (800) 444-4488. P.O. Box 7003, Murfreesboro, TN 37133-7003. Web. E-mail. With over 108,000 individual websites, provides every K-12 school in America (public and private) a free Internet presence and identity. Includes pictures, maps, art, information, calendars, etc.

National Association of State Boards of Education: (703) 684-4000. 277 S. Washington St., Suite 100 Alexandria, VA. 22314. Web. E-mail. Offers quick reference state profiles for basic education information and data taken from U.S. Department of Education statistics. Includes statistics to allow comparisons between a state and the national mean.

School Match: (800) 992-5323. 5027 Pine Creek Drive, Westerville, OH 43081. Web. E-mail. For a fee, you can receive a report card on any public school or one of thousands of private schools in the U.S. At an additional cost, they will list up to 15 schools that match your criteria identified by their questionnaire. They also assist families with special-needs children and those moving overseas. All reports are confidential. If you are making a company move, your company may pay for School Match’s assistance.

Yahoo!: Web. You’ll find a state-by-state directory of schools and their websites, along with other useful information.