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Ocean Isle Beach, NC Real Estate News

By Suzanne Polino
(ASAP Realty)
Like to Fish?   Make Ocean Isle Beach NC your New Home!Ocean Isle Beach NC is a prime July fishing spot for anglers all over the east coast.   Reports of record size Flounder, Red Fish, Sea Trout and Blues are being taken right off the beaches and piers!   For those who want to venture out a little bit to do some near shore fishing are being rewarded with nice size black bass, snapper, grouper and cobia!If you are looking to put some nice thick slabs into the cooler, July is an awesome month here in Ocean Isle Beach, NC to do so! 
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By Adam Hankey, Internet Marketing, MLS IDX, Web Design
( Search Engine Marketing Strategist)
If you’re like me and you love living near the beach or always dreamed of the day when you could do so, you’ll want to read this post. I’ve discovered some Ocean Isle Beach real estate that if I weren’t already settled into a beachfront home, I’d be jumping all over. Re/Max At the Beach has a good assortment of affordable Ocean Isle Beach real estate that would be ideal for a first home, retirement home, or investment property. Whether you want something small and cozy or grand and luxurious, they have something that will please you. I’ve worked with the pros at this ReMax before and I have to say, I can without a doubt recommend them to anyone looking for beach property. Living at or near the beach is like a vacation that never ends. The beachfront is always there, waiting for you to c...
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
It has been a full day with Uncle Jack, who is 90 years old.    My brothers annd I have been toodling around doing errands that he needs to do.  It is so much fun to be with the Patriarch of the Family.  He is so delightful to be with. We took him to the Bass Pro Shop in Ft. Lauderdale and had a wonderful mean at the Isle of Merida..What fun..   Now we are  doing haircuts and banking.   It is great to be loved by him.  
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
Good Morning All!   My Brothers and I  are traveling to Fort Lauderdale, Florida to see an elderly Uncle that is 90 years old.  Our destination is 10 1/2 hours away. My Brother, Danny is tech savy and I needed to dso some work on the computer.  He hooked up my laptop with my Hot Spot on the Cell Phone.  Can you believe that?   I am in awe with technology today. By the Way...I am not driving.  Other Brother David is doing the driving. I surely do not want to make a habit of this but it is a way to stay connected..   Have a Great Day my Active Rain Friends...
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
I am committed..   Today, I can not go to the regular gym so I will be doing a work out in a strange new place.  That is ok.  It does not matter where you work out...it matters that you DO work out.  I will do the same thing tomorrow.  The weekends are a bit different because of activities of the family.  This will be good to get a different slant on things. Hope you are feeling the success that I feel (in my mind) right now.   Think Healthy..   Ginger of Southport
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By Karen Baker, Professional Help with Rapid Responses...
(Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty)
Ocean Isle Beach Super Saturday Holiday Parade LET'S HAVE A HOLIDAY PARADE SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24   Super Saturday, the day after Black Friday, Ocean Isle Beach will have it's annual Ocean Isle Beach Property Owner's Association Christmas Parade starting at 2:00 pm. All are welcome to participate as it is open to the public. The parade begins in the parking lot of the Museum of Coastal Carolina located on East Second Street. All participants must decorate in a holiday theme. Golf carts, bikers, walkers, cars and floats are all welcome to the parade. PLEASE  NOTE : For those who would like to participate please arrive no later than 1:15 pm if you would like to be included in the judging. One prize will be awarded for each category ~> Golf Cart, Walker, Bicycle, Car/Float PARADE STARTS PROM...
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By Karen Baker, Professional Help with Rapid Responses...
(Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty)
  Thanksgiving Gratitude Rolls This is a really fun way to start a conversation at the table during Thanksgiving or any other holiday. Ask all your guests write what they are grateful for on a strip of paper, copy paper will do fine. Smear the strips of paper with butter to slip easily out of the biscuits. Unroll a package of refrigerated crescent rolls and place each one of the paper strips on the pieces of dough. Roll up the dough and bake per directions on the can.   You can alternately have the guests take turns reading the paper strips for a thought provoking and heart felt discussion. It would also be fun to try to guess which guest wrote what they were thankful for or just have the guest say they wrote it and start the conversation.   Thanksgiving and the Holidays. A Time to Refl...
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By Adam Hankey, Internet Marketing, MLS IDX, Web Design
( Search Engine Marketing Strategist)
Around these parts, Ocean Isle Beach is known as the “Gem of the Brunswick Islands”. Located off the coast of North Carolina, the beach runs east to west and is lined with charming family cottages and Ocean Isle Beach ocean front property. The area has a recently built 5-acre park located on Old Georgetown Road that provides a 300-seat amphitheater, 8 tennis courts, children’s playground equipment and covered picnicking area for residents and visitors. Ocean Isle would make a wonderful place to raise a family and call “home”.Ocean Isle Beach ocean front property has some of the most beautiful properties available in the area from 12+ bedroom homes large enough to hold a crowd to single bedroom condos built for two. If you’re in the market for ocean front real estate and have not been to...
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By Karen Baker, Professional Help with Rapid Responses...
(Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty)
  Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina Market Report - 11/11 - 4/12 Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina Market Report - 11/11 - 4/12 Ocean Isle Beach (Island) Since November, 2011 in Brunswick County, North Carolina 36 homes have sold. Currently there are 119 Active homes, 5 are pending, 7 homes are in due diligence and 1 home has a contingent contract on Ocean Isle Beach (Island)       Listings per Status    Minimum, Average, Maximum    Days On Market Analysis    Listing Price\Selling Price
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By Karen Baker, Professional Help with Rapid Responses...
(Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty)
Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina Market Report - 11/11 - 4/12 Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina Market Report - 11/11 - 4/12 Ocean Isle Beach Mainland Since November, 2011 in Brunswick County, North Carolina 46 homes have sold.  Currently there are 118 Active Homes, 5 homes are pending, 6 homes are in due diligence and 5 homes have contingent contracts on the mainland of Ocean Isle Beach.            Listings per Status    Minimum, Average, Maximum    Days On Market Analysis    Listing Price\Selling Price    
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By Karen Baker, Professional Help with Rapid Responses...
(Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty)
The First To Get A way from us,  Virginal Real Estate Agents The First To Get A way from us, as Virginal Real Estate Agents, was a young couple looking to buy a home.  A duty phone call from a gentlemen asking about a home he viewed in the Real Estate Ads of the newspaper.  Would he be able to see it on Saturday with a few others?  Of course, I said, as he rattled off some other addresses he wanted to see. Can we meet at the first house?  Of course, I said as I scrambled to write everything down as quickly as possible. Thank goodness for caller id, I never asked for his name or phone number. Wow, was I excited.. a duty call and I was scheduling showings for Saturday. As I started looking at the homes and scheduling appointments, I noticed quite a few of them were much older homes that w...
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By Caroline DeVore, Stowe Vermont Lodging, VT Bed and Breakfast Inn, Vacation Homes, Caroline DeVore | Stowe Meadows Lodge, Stowe VT
(Stowe Meadows Lodge, Stowe VT Romantic and Luxurious Inn)
We've had a fantastic vacation trip to North Carolina to see family and friends.  Today's forecast was "nasty" so we prepared for the worst in thunderstorms, wind and rain.  In the end.....the sky cleared and we caught some amazing sunset photos.    Early Happy Thanksgiving to all.  I hope that you are enjoying the holiday with friends and family.....and maybe there is a fantastic sunrise or sunset in store for you! Happy Thansgiving....  
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By Karen Baker, Professional Help with Rapid Responses...
(Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty)
GOOD NEWS FOR BUYERS AND SELLERS IN.......THE USA!!!!! HOMES ARE SELLING IN THE USA!!!  THEY ARE NOT SELLING LIKE THEY DID IN 2006, BUT ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS (NAR) LATEST EXISTING HOME SALES REPORT, SALES HAVE "INCREASED 7.7% OVER THE MONTH BEFORE AND 18.6% OVER THE YEAR BEFORE" The Market is NOT DEAD, houses are selling IN CALABASH, NORTH CAROLINA AND ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and according to the EXISTING HOME SALES REPORT, "ANNUALIZED SALES NOW STAND AT 5.03 MILLION"  Those numbers don't sound like a DEAD MARKET to me..... HOW ABOUT YOU??? INTEREST RATES BELOW 4%..... CRAZY, UNBELIEVABLE, BUT TRUE!!   WHAT MORE ARE YOU "ASKING FOR" BECAUSE THERE IS   NO SENSE IN "STILL LOOKING".  GET OUT THERE AND BUY! GET OUT THERE AND SPREAD THE NEWS! SHOUT ...
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By Karen Baker, Professional Help with Rapid Responses...
(Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty)
“Did You Know” another community event reminder from the Sunset Beach Team. The 31st Annual North Carolina Oyster Festival is October 15th & 16th?? Mark the Date on Your Calendars! Fun For The Entire Family         31st Annual North Carolina Oyster Festival Ocean Isle Beach 10/15/2011 - 10/16/2011 Sat. 9 am - 6 pm & Sun. 9 am - 5 pm Entrance Fee $5.00 / Children 8 & Under FREE In Front of the Museum of Coastal Carolina Ocean Isle Beach The 31st Annual NC Oyster Festival will feature live entertainment, arts and crafts vendors, festival food, a road race, kid's area, North Carolina Oyster Shucking Championships and an Oyster Stew Cook-off.   The entertainment line-up includes some great bands performing each day of the festival. Headliner - Josh Kelley will be performing Saturday the 15t...
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By Karen Baker, Professional Help with Rapid Responses...
(Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty)
  Ocean Ridge Plantation located in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina is a popular gated, golf course community in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Based on the trends set on the chart Less Homes are being Listed For Sale in the Ocean Ridge Golf Course Community.   Based on the changing trends and changing economy the chart reflects a 16.8% decrease in homes being listed in the Ocean Ridge Plantation Golf Course Community from January 2011 to August 2011.     Average Price Per Square Foot in the chart reflects a 15.7% decrease in homes from January 2011 to August 2011.            
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By Karen Baker, Professional Help with Rapid Responses...
(Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty)
Golf Lovers ~ Brick Landing to Reopen in October ~Brick Landing Plantation has a new owner who promises to “bring back the Brick” and make it into a premier golf club in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Larry P. Doyle, the new owner has brought a whirl of activity to the 25-year-old course that runs along the Intracoastal Waterway and the Sauce Pan Creek Marsh. New greens are in the process of being installed, bunkers, fairways, tees and ponds are receiving a sprucing up. The greens that are being installed at Brick Landing Plantation are a new kind of grass called Jones Dwarf. Brick Landing is the first course in the Carolinas to have this type of Bermuda grass installed on its greens. “Jones Dwarf has all the benefits of other ultra-dwarfs, lower mowing heights and faster green speed...
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By Karen Baker, Professional Help with Rapid Responses...
(Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty)
Can You Whine in Fifty Words or Less to WIN a CASE of WINE ~ "Whining For Wine" promotion at the SILVER COAST WINERY Everyone has been whining about one thing or another lately, gas prices, food costs and household bills.  Rising costs and expenses can make some people feel like whining. Now you can whine and win a case of wine from the SILVER COAST WINERY.  Enter any lament, poem, limerick or hard luck story of fifty words or less and each entry will be judged based on character and structure.  The entries will be judged by a panel of three celebrity judges. Jacqueline DeGroot : author of the Seatrail Trilogy, The Secret of the Kindred Spirit and other books relating to the Sunset Beach area. Pat Wilson : Business Manager of Pelican Book Store in Sunset Beach, NC Anne Ipock : author of...
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By Karen Baker, Professional Help with Rapid Responses...
(Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty)
MARKET REPORT FOR OCEAN ISLE BEACH ISLAND RESIDENTIAL HOMES  Active: 128  Pending: 2  Sold: 27  Other: 0  Total: 157      Bedrooms  Bathrooms  Square Feet  List Price  Selling Price  DOM/CDOM  Minimum  0   0.00   801   $180,000   $357,000   2/2   Average  4   3.75   2,040   $671,615   $596,974   327/408   Median  4   4.00   1,901   $569,000   $565,000   205/256   Maximum  9   9.00   4,601   $2,100,000   $1,840,000   1904/3605   Total Dollar Value           $16,118,300      Average DOM Breakdown and Average % of Listing Price received on Solds by Market time:    0-30 Days   31-60 Days   61-90 Days   91-120 Days   120+ Days   No. of Listings   1    2    3    2    19   Breakdown %   3.70    7.41    11.11    7.41    70.37   Avg SP % LP   85.89    93.03    95.57    90.91    90.79      Averag...
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By Adam Hankey, Internet Marketing, MLS IDX, Web Design
( Search Engine Marketing Strategist)
There are Ocean Ridge Plantation Ocean Isle Beach foreclosures available but you have to act fast! Ocean Ridge Plantation is an awesome place to live and houses sell quickly here. It's a 3,000 acre community offering world-class amenities, an enviable location and easy access to one of North Carolina's most beautiful beaches. Many who visit this plantation fall in love with the grounds. It's like paradise there.One of the nicest Ocean Ridge Plantation Ocean Isle Beach foreclosures is this beautiful home on Basilwood Drive. Priced below the recent tax assessment it enjoys views of the IntraCoastal Waterway. This site-built home boasts 1701 sq ft of living space with 3 bedrooms and 3 baths. Listed at $299,900.Community features include indoor and outdoor pools, an oceanfront clubhouse, a ...
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By Caroline DeVore, Stowe Vermont Lodging, VT Bed and Breakfast Inn, Vacation Homes, Caroline DeVore | Stowe Meadows Lodge, Stowe VT
(Stowe Meadows Lodge, Stowe VT Romantic and Luxurious Inn)
Timeshares and Vacation Properties - Are They Really Worth the investment of your time and money?  Or are they "black holes" of maintenance fees, assessments, unruly owner boards and a time gone by in our economy.  Maybe timeshares are like boats, you may want to buy one, but it would be better to just have a friend who owns one. Timeshare 101 - Six basic timeshare "ownerhip" and "access" types.  Which combination is right for you?   Lets talk about Types of Timeshares.  Later this week we'll talk about the pros and cons of actually owning a timeshare, but lets start with the types available. Martini in hand and surf rolling in and out just steps away, I should start with the basics (see disclaimer below).   Types of Timeshares:  Timeshares come in lots of shapes and sizes and they cert...
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