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No other state in the east offers more in the way of golf community choices than does North Carolina, whose 500-mile length spans ocean to mountains with a fertile Piedmont region in between. Choose from among dozens of coastal golf communities, like Landfall, just a few miles from the exciting town of Wilmington and even closer to Wrightsville Beach; or Mountain Air (photo left), whose 4,000+ foot elevation will add a few yards to your golf shots; or any of the great choices near sophisticated cities, like Asheville, Charlotte and Raleigh/Durham. And there are plenty of out-of-the-way choices where bargain real estate abounds and the golf is excellent, such as the area between Hertford (Albemarle Plantation, Scotch Hall Preserve) and Greenville (Cypress Landing, Brook Valley); and the many top notch golf communities sprinkled throughout the western North Carolina mountains.
#2 is #1: Pinehurst Area Courses Dominate North Carolina Rankings
They may be separated by a three-hour car drive, but golf courses on the ocean and in the Sandhills region (Pinehurst) are closer than you think. That’s because 20 million years ago, during the Miocene...
Smooth Landing: Marketing Drives Sales Successes at Cypress Landing
Roughly half of those who live inside the gates of golf communities rarely or never play golf. They buy a home in a golf community because of the generally more evolved landscaping associated with...
“Nice Place to Live”: Compass Pointe Direction Set for Success
To build a golf course and surrounding community anytime after the 2008 recession, a developer either had to be dumb or very organized. Put Compass Pointe developer Bobby Harrleson in the...
Is Now a Good Time to Time the Market?
At first blush, August real estate sales in the Wilmington, NC, area, seem like an anomaly, but the numbers imply this may be a good time to buy a home inside or outside a golf community in the...
Great Vacation Home Values in Brunswick County, NC
Zillow, the online real estate resource, has published a list of the best cities and towns to buy a vacation home with golf as a major activity. In order to qualify for the list, 15% of the area...
Bargain homes...in Connestee Falls
From time to time, we will post current homes for sale that we deem bargains in golf communities we have visited. The following are courtesy of the Clay Team, Bob and Carol Clay, whom we work with...
Hot Idea: Beech Mountain Golfers Bag Free Rounds
It may seem counterintuitive, but the Beech Mountain Club in western North Carolina awarded free rounds of golf to 23 golfers this past Tuesday because the weather was terrific –- maybe too...
Brunswick County Market May Be Primed For Price Rises
March property sales results in Brunswick County, NC, one of the most popular destinations for retirees on the east coast, show that prices remain a bit soft. But other results imply an eventual...
St. James Plantation loses enviro tax case
I write this from my office in my home in Connecticut which looks out on our backyard and to the neighbor’s house about 60 yards away. Between our house and theirs is a wooded area that could...
North Carolina Mountain Bargains at High End
Our real estate contacts in the Brevard, NC, area, The Clay Team (Carol & Bob Clay), just published their newsletter for December, and hiding amidst the market data seems an opportunity for those...
Chapel Hill's Governors Club earns top club award
BoardRoom magazine has awarded Governors Club in Chapel Hill, NC, its prestigious Distinguished Emerald Club of the World award. The trade publication that serves private clubs makes the award...
Membership Bonus: Cocktails with the Nicklauses at Governors Club
It is incumbent on private clubs these days to be as creative as possible in seeking new members...and keeping the ones they already have. The most actively managed clubs do not let a good...