OPEN HOUSE: 1317 NE Quail Ridge Loop

Open House

Sunday, June 28

1-4pm

1317 NE Quail Ridge Loop
Leland, NC 28451
MLS# 430935

3BR 2BA - 1220 SqFt - 0.340 acres

Hosting Agent: Brenda King
(910)617-4800
Brenda@ExitCoast.com

Directions: Take 74/76/17 over bridge. Stay on 17. Go 12 miles and turn right on Green Hill, bear right at fork, travel 2.5 miles and turn left onto Quail Ridge Loop road.

Description: Adorable and affordable family home in quite cul-du-sac with quality features such as custom kitchen cabinets, upgraded bath & kitchen hardware, one car attached garage. This 3 bedroom, 2 bath home is open and airy with a generous yard w/ tree lined buffer. Master features huge walk-in closet. Great school district, 15 minutes from downtown Wilmington. This home qualified for a USDA Rural Development load. That means you can get up to 102% financing and no PMI Insurance! Low payments and a new, quality-built home. Call today for details. You will not find a better house on a bigger lot in a neghborhood right next to a public golf course in this price range anywhere. No HOA and no rules!

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OPEN HOUSE: 101 N 25th St, Wilmington, NC 28405

Open House
Saturday, June 27 from 1-4pm

101 N 25th St.
Wilmington, NC 28405
MLS#: 432886

2BR 2BA - 1420 SqFt

Agent: Nick Moss

Directions: From Downtown travel North on Market St. Make left on N. 25th St. House is on the Left.

Description: Beautiful home on a large gorgeous lot. Gorgeous Hardwood Floors. So much of the older home charm but with many updates, including updated electrical, plumbing, windows, and more.Enjoy the large kitchen with tiled countertops. Also included are the appliances which has a gas stove and plenty of pantry space. Nice laundry room of its own which is hard to find in a home like this. Washer and dryer are also included. Spend the warm summer days on the huge deck or sneek into the sunroom. Large Lot with tons of room for a garden. What was once a detached garge, is now additonal cooled/wired space in back, great for a pool table, game room, playroom, man room, or anything else you might want to use it for. Come see all this home and quiet neighborhood have to offer.

Front Street Getting an Upgrade Starting in Early 2010

The Front Street Streetscape project is expected to begin construction in January, 2010 and last six to eight months. This $1.5 million-project is intended to upgrade utility infrastructure, create improved public spaces, and encourage more pedestrians to visit and enjoy Wilmington’s downtown. Learn more...

Why do they call it Military Cutoff?

The name dates back to World War II, when Army vehicles used the route as a short cut from Camp Davis (at modern-day Holly Ridge) to Wrightsville Beach, bypassing downtown Wilmington.

For more, see the Star News....

Open House: 7148 Hunters Ridge, Leland

Where: 7148 Hunters Ridge,
Leland, NC 28451
MLS# 434117
3BR 2BA 2176 Heated SqFt

When: Saturday, June 13

Time: 1-4 pm

Host: Cindi Palazzi (336) 263-2232

Description: Call this your new home! Ready to move in, split bedroom floorplan with room to spread out. Beautiful cook's delight kitchen, new refrigerator, large laundry room with shelves and washer/dryer stays! Designer stucco paint in living room with plush carpet and pine accented wall. Master suite has wonderful bathroom with soaking tub, separate shower and massive walk in closet. New upgraded water softener and 16x12 storage shed is wired. Huge 20x16 deck and concrete double parking in driveway-room for the boat!

Price just reduced!

http://www.1823RegisterLn.info/

Grass Is Greener On The Other Side

Thanks to timely rains, our lawns in Wilmington NC area are still looking pretty green and healthy right now but soon the heat and humidity - and possibly drought-like conditions - will move in, and then they may not look so good.
These are some secrets to maintaining a healthy, green lawn all summer long.
1. Maintain a proper mowing height to avoid the many problems that occur when grass is cut too short. You should never be cut shorter than 1/3 off its height at any one time." The optimum height depends on the species - for centipedegrass it's about 1 1/2 inches and for it's 3 to 4 inches. (For other species see www.turffiles.ncsu.edu.)
2. Take a soil test. Any time is OK, but now is good because it's not so busy at the the Department of Agriculture where they do the testing. This will determine the pH of your turf's soil and proper soil fertility, then tell you what you need to apply in the way of fertilizer.
3. Once you've got a healthy lawn, it's easy to control weeds. "I always recommend doing this by hand.A pocket knife or weeding fork will do the job. Remove a few every day to keep under control - without the use of herbicide."
4. Make sure the turf you planted is still suitable for its location; if a large tree now shades portions of your centipede lawn, you may need to replace it with a shade-tolerant variety like. An alternative is to remove the turf from the shaded area/s and replace with a ground cover like mondo grass, ajuga or lirope.
5. Do fertilize according to grass species. For example, centipede, is a low maintenance turf that requires very little fertilizer - just one application in May or June of a low nitrogen, zero phosphorus but high potassium product like a 5-0-15, at the proper rate of 10 pounds per 1,000 square feet. For fertilizing other grasses, see www.turffiles.ncsu.edu.
Article source : www.starnewsonline.com
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Nation's Next Top Model Home

On June 15th, seven local interior designers will compete to win $25,000. For the competition, the designers will decorate model homes in the Compass Pointe Community in Leland, NC. The competition will last for one month and weekly episodes will be aired at http://www.nationsnexttopmodelhome.com/

Read the WWAY Article here.

Apple Chooses NC for $1 Billion Data Center

Great news! Another large technical company has chosen to expand into NC. It was announced today that Apple has chosen NC for its new $1 Billion data enter. This project will be built over a period of nine years. It has been projected that the construction will create At least 250 new jobs and eventually 3,000 jobs through its operation. The center's location has not been chosen yet, but it has been reported that it "must locate in one of the state’s more economically distressed Tier 1 or Tier 2 areas" (N.C. lures Apple to build $1B data center, Triangle Business Journal, June 3). For those of you unfamiliar with the tiers, you can see a map here. Read the article on Apple here.

Lets hope they choose Southeastern NC!

Home Sales Rise in April 2009

Our office has definitely seen an increase in contracts and from what I've read from fellow Realtors on Twitter, others have too. So, it's not too big of a surprise that the National Association of Realtors has published an article stating that existing-home sales rose in April. This increase is in part due to the natural sale fluctuations that occur during the warmer months and the first-time home buyer $8000 stimulus. Read the article (including average mortgage rate stats) here.