Relocating to a new state means making big decisions about a place most people have barely visited. Buyers moving to the Wilmington area usually want honest guidance on neighborhoods, a team that can work while they are still living somewhere else, and someone who can coordinate with a corporate relocation …

People relocating to Hampstead are usually deciding between Pender County and New Hanover County, and the decision comes down to the US 17 commute weighed against what the same money buys further from the city. Water access pulls in the opposite direction. It is a genuinely close call and a …

Nearly everyone who moves to Carolina Beach knew it first as somewhere they visited. Living on the island year round is a different proposition from a week in July, between summer traffic, an off-season that empties out, and what salt air does to a house that nobody is maintaining in …

Many of the people buying in Leland have never crossed the Cape Fear River bridge before the week they start house hunting. The town's appeal is straightforward, new construction at a Brunswick County price, but the tradeoff is a commute into Wilmington that reads very differently on a map than …

Relocating to Wilmington means picking a place to live in a city someone has never lived in, on a deadline set by an employer. Downtown and the older in-town neighborhoods, the newer construction north of the city, and the beach towns are three different daily routines at three different prices, …