August 2022
Hannah and Her Home
You don’t need to know Hannah Garner to be familiar with her story. Virtually all of us have someone in our life in their 20’s who has saved up money with the dream of one day becoming a home owner. Never before, for millions of first time home buyers, has the American dream seemed more out of reach. These last two years have been very competitive… but in the end Hannah won out. It just took some time. Read her story here.
Featured town of the month: Southport
Southport is a quaint, southern coastal community with a charming downtown filled with antebellum and Queen Victoria homes- all of which are in walking distance to a number of restaurants and stores. This Brunswick County town has become a retirement destination. Learn more here.
Area Luxury Market Shows First Sign of Slowdown
July becomes the 26th month in a row where the high-end housing market experienced an increase in year-to-year sales. But something else took place in July that is perhaps the first sign that things may be returning to a more regular pace. Local real estate experts are noticing that for the first time since the streak started in the summer of 2020, the number of homes to go under contract has declined year-to-year. Learn more here
Kure Beach becomes the Latest Dog Friendly Beach
Last month the Kure Beach town council voted to allow dogs on the beach for limited times during the summer season. Prior to the vote, which passed by a 3-2 margin, dogs were prohibited from the start of April to the end of September. We have researched the local dog policies at each area beach and break them down here.
Our Dogs at the Beach
For the story above about the new dog policy in Kure Beach, we put out a public Facebook post hoping that one of our friends had a picture of their dog near the ocean. We only needed one photo, but we got dozens of responses- from all over the Cape Fear Region. These are so cute we had to share the entire collection.
