53
8115 Market St. Ste 204
Just minutes from Wrightsville Beach
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and the average sales price dropped from $278,706 to
$246,976.
The big news at Pleasure Island, as in the larger county, was
the sharp increase in the number of foreclosures or short sales
that Realtors handled, a hike of 378 percent.
Overall active listings increased from 402 to 504.
Wrightsville, digging deeper
Besides the great news in number of units sold, Realtors
are pleased with Wrightsville’s $14.6 million increase in
sales volume. “Several factors contributed to this. We feel
there is some pent up demand from buyers trying to gauge
the bottom of this market … Guessing the bottom of any
market is always tricky. Nobody’s going to ring a bell when
we hit it,” Randy Williams says. “Some buyers are starting
to sense that.”
Wrightsville was also up in the top sales price of any
home; Randy Williams’ firm sold South Harbor Island’s 26
Island Drive, garnering the top price in the county as well as
Wrightsville Beach of $2,895,000. The top two sales for the
previous year were $3,495,000 and $4,000,000, respectively.
Single-Family Homes
Twenty single-family home sales (SFH) were logged at
Wrightsville Beach for the year. All were water view or water-front.
The oldest home to sell was 314 South Lumina Avenue.
Built in 1911, this waterfront, cedar shingled cottage was sold
as a “MLS only” listing, one in which the seller acts as his own
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172
201
77
55
133
141
160
Median Sale Price Days on the Market
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$425,000
$433,875
$431,100
$639,500
$885,750
$1,179,000
$937,500
$847,500
231
$745,500
289
$800,000
267
$600,000
26 Island
Drive — The
highest priced
sale at Wrightsville
Beach and in New
Hanover County,
sold for $2,895,000
in March.