Featured Home in Forest Sound

Posted in Featured Homes series, Team Gale, Wilmington NC Real Estate on Mar 11, 2015

106 Waterway Trail, Hampstead NC 28443

 Your new address needs to be 106 Waterway Trail... This 5 bedroom, 4 bath home has been immaculately styled and lovingly maintained by the current homeowner. Generously sized parcels give residents in Forest Sound a sense of privacy and space uncommon in the coastal market. Property has deeded water rights and deep-water boat slip access from a community launch point. 106 Waterway Trail is really an oasis on the Intracoastal for boat-enthusiasts, fisherman, or families looking to escape the calamity of the city of Wilmington.

Home has a 2-car attached ...

Featured Home in Maple Hill

Posted in Featured Homes series, Jacksonville NC Real Estate, Team Gale on Mar 11, 2015

400 NINE MILE ROAD, MAPLE HILL NC 28454

400 Nine Mile Road is 1500+ sqft ranch-style family home in Onslow County. It has 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. Tree-lined front yard and 20x25' wood deck at the rear.  Install new appliances and a few coats of paint, and you've really got something!

400 Nine Mile Road has great potential. This modular is being sold in "as is" condition. It has an open floor plan and unfinished upper level for room to grow!

In rural Maple Hill you'll have all the privacy and freedom of country living. 20 minutes to Jacksonville; 30 minutes to Camp Lejeune; 45 minutes to Topsa...

Featured Home in Castle Hayne

Posted in Featured Homes series, Team Gale, Wilmington NC Real Estate on Mar 04, 2015

3217 OAKLEY CIRCLE, CASTLE HAYNE NC 28429

1,120 sqft single family home in Castle Hayne has 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. Interior freshly painted, master bath recently remodeled. Seller is gifting furniture to the new owners, includeing a sofa, love seat, china cabinet, and kitchen table. Refrigerator/freezer also stays.

This home is on a 1.5 acre plot. Great yard with room to put in a garden, set up some horseshoe pits, or just run around with the kids. Wooden deck at the rear of home, opens on to the above ground pool.

Castle Hayne is a great area! You're out of the chaotic city but close enough ...

7 Improvements You'll Be Glad You Made

Posted in Seller Tips, Team Gale, Wilmington NC Real Estate, You're Home with Team Gale Radio on Mar 03, 2015

Selling season is upon us! HomeGain was kind enough to do the math for interested sellers and show definitively which chores and upgrades provide the greatest return when your property is on the market. HomeGain is an agent referral site, offering buyers and sellers all kinds of tips for real estate. They offer a particularly useful "Home Sale Maximizer" tool so you can judge which projects are worth the investment of your time and resources.

The top ranked improvement you can perform is surprisingly simple: clean and declutter! Bringing in a professional organizer or cleaning service may run...

Featured Home in Leland

Posted in Featured Homes series, Leland NC Real Estate, Team Gale on Mar 02, 2015

5020 MEDLIN ROAD, LELAND NC 28451

5020 Medlin Road has so much to offer! This 3 bedroom, 2 bath manufactured home sitting on 1.32 manicured acres. Fruit trees and blooming perennials give the yard a lush backdrop. The motivated sellers of 5020 Medlin Road have recently installed laminate wood flooring, as well as 30 year architectural shingles on the roof. Gas fireplace in living room, spacious kitchen, separate dining area, comfortably sized bedrooms.

A 36x18' saltwater swimming pool comes equipped with a self-cleaing robot vacuum and nearby pool house (not included in square footage). Prope...

Featured Home in Gators Grant

Posted in Featured Homes series, Team Gale, Wilmington NC Real Estate on Feb 23, 2015

2507 DIANE DRIVE SW, SUPPLY NC 28462

This Brunswick County home is 1300+ sqft open floor-plan. 2507 Diane Drive has 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. Home offers a fireplace in the living/dining space, unique built-in storage, and tiled sunroom.

Home needs upgrading in the kitchen and bedrooms, but it is priced accordingly. Act now and customize your dream vacation home on the Carolina coast!

2507 Diane Drive is in a great location along the Intracoastal Waterway. Minutes to beaches, salt and fresh water fishing, golf courses or shopping & dining in Shallotte.

Team Gale agent Mark Irby reps this pro...

$1.8 Billion in Grants for Homeless Programs Nationally

Posted in Market Reports, Team Gale on Feb 13, 2015

2015 has begun with a lot of proposed action from the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). We previously covered the pending changes to mortgage financing discussed in the State of the Union address, but the HUD announcement about over $1 billion in grants for local homeless shelters and housing services makes a bit more of an impact.

This so-called "Continuum of Care" will support over 180 homeless programs in the state of North Carolina. These funds could not be more welcome, considering the 11,000+ homeless population in the Tar Heel State. Three quarters of a million dollars wi...

RealtyTrac Report: "Zombie" Foreclosures

Posted in Market Reports, Team Gale on Feb 09, 2015

RealtyTrac is the nation's leading resource for real estate data. RealtyTrac compiles, synthesizes, and explains a myriad of figures and trends related to property ownership, tax and deed records, and statistics on bank-owned parcels. The first 2015 quarterly report, regarding so-called "Zombie Foreclosures," reveals that 25% of homes in active foreclosure have been vacated by the owner. The figure is determined by comparing a master list of active foreclosures against addresses deemed vacant and applications for change of address logged with the US Postal Service. This phenomena of abandonmen...

Featured Home in Jacksonville

Posted in Featured Homes series, Jacksonville NC Real Estate, Team Gale on Feb 03, 2015

202 Maready Road, Jacksonville NC 28540

This home is a real gem in the Jacksonville market! 202 Maready Road is located in Golden Estates, a new subdivision off of Gum Branch Road. This home sits on a long lot, measuring in at about 1.2 acres.

Built in 2012, the home is 1800 sqft. with three bedrooms and two full baths. Rounded and arched doorways, recessed bedroom ceilings, contemporary fixtures, and beaming natural light give this property a unique charm lost in some modular homes.

Enjoy a focal fireplace in the living room, cozy eat-in kitchen, attached garage, and 12x14' deck for entertai...

You're Home with Team Gale: Guest Tim Milam, CBSCA President

Posted in Team Gale, Wilmington NC Real Estate, You're Home with Team Gale Radio on Feb 02, 2015

Team Gale welcomed Tim Milam, President of Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage, to the "You're Home" show on Saturday morning. Jack and Tim discussed the exciting annual sales Coldwell Banker realtors accomplished in 2014, the thriving market here in coastal Carolina, and the value of third party listing sites (Zillow, Trulia vs. corporate hosted webpages).

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