Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty is among the country’s largest and most successful residential real estate companies named in the recently released 2010 REAL Trends 500 report. The list is released annually by REAL Trends, Inc., the residential real estate industry’s leading source of analysis and information.

The REAL Trends 500 report ranks the country’s top residential real estate companies by closed transactions and by sales volume. In 2009, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty closed 2,799 sales, ranking #151 in the list of “The 500 Largest Brokers in the U.S.” ranked by closed transactions. Sea Coast Realty closed $579,520,735 in sales volume in 2009, ranking #162 in the list of “The 500 Largest Brokers in the U.S.” ranked by sales volume.

Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty ranked #23 out of more than 1,074 Coldwell Banker affiliated companies in the U.S. Coldwell Banker was ranked as the country’s #1 real estate franchise again this year, closing more than $128 billion in sales and almost twice as many sales transactions as the next leading real estate franchise.

Locally, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty performed similarly well. In 2009, it closed more than twice as many sales as the next leading company. Sea Coast Realty has claimed the title as southeastern North Carolina’s top selling real estate company for ten years in a row.

Total Building Permits: 1,827

2010 Building Permit Forecast: 1,925

Strong employment and population growth is the story in Wilmington, which should witness a turnaround in new home construction this year, according to Market Intelligence forecasts. Home prices, which fell 9.3% last year, should fall only another 2.7% this year before leveling off. Wilmington suffers from some low median income levels, $40,508, compared to elsewhere in the mid-Atlantic. But its location, minutes from Atlantic Ocean beaches, makes up for that. A tourist destination, Wilmington has a large downtown historic district encompassing nearly 300 blocks. A new state of the art convention center is slated to debut in 2010. The Port of Wilmington is proceeding with port expansion plans. And GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy will break ground on a new nuclear energy plant within the next several years.

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Now is the time to buy that house you have been thinking about all summer.

Willetts Properties in Southport has been so busy selling & listing that I haven’t had a chance to update this blog.

We are the Top Selling & Listing Team at Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty Southport.

I would like to share with you all the upcoming events we have scheduled.

Sept. 11,12&13    Live South Show in Reston  www.rpisales.com/

Sept. 19th 10-4  Neighborhood Market – Independence Mall in Wilmington

Sept. 26 & 27     Cape Fear Italian Festival , Leland NC  www.capefearitalianfestival.com

Oct. 16-18 & 23-25  Parade of Homes – Lennon Hills    www.lennonhills.com

Please visit us at one or all of our events.  Never know what we will be giving away.

The home is 2521 square feet with four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a bonus room; so it would be hard for it not to appeal to every buyer.  The three bedrooms downstairs are great for retirees or those with small children.  There is also a bedroom upstairs with its own bathroom and den area for guests or teenagers.  In the living room you have the space to getaway and read a book, or enjoy the gas fireplace, with either traditional marble or a more modern artistic concrete surround. 

The main challenge the developer and builder have had was to be able to keep such a low price due to the high end standard features, and the price of the private lots.  However, they have done this regardless, and have met with huge success.  The Cambridge has remained the most popular floor plan in Lanvale Forest, and will keep attracting new residents as long as it is being built in the community.

Please check out our site for more homes www.willettsproperties.com

Beautiful beach living in Southport, Oak Island, Sunset, Holden, Ocean Isle and Calabash.

$8000 tax credit is available till the end of November.