Matthew Kane - Tidal Realty Partners

How Many Showings Should My Listing Get the First Week?

No one publishes a Wilmington showings benchmark, so any number you hear is a guess. Here is what week one actually tells you.

Forest Hills is closer in, older and wetter. Pine Valley is newer, drier and about $102,000 cheaper at the neighborhood median.

New Hanover’s median listing price ran about 17 percent above Mecklenburg’s in September 2026. Taxes land close to even and local incomes are lower.

More than half of Carolina Beach sits in a FEMA high-risk flood zone. The costliest recent flood there came from rain, not storm surge.

Housing is the line that decides your cost of living in Wilmington. Property taxes and insurance are where newcomers get surprised.

King’s Grant had 25 active listings from $250,000 to $498,500, median $390,000. The whole active list sits below the county median sale price.

Shallotte buys you the errands and the town services. Supply buys you land, a smaller tax bill and a shorter drive to Holden Beach.

Surf City is about 10 minutes closer to the base. Hampstead usually wins on schools, price and resale, which is where most families land.

Showings but no offers? A buydown moves more buyers than the same money as a price cut. No showings means the price is the problem.

Yes, but only if that building is on VA’s approved condo list. VA reviews the project itself, and an FHA approval does not count.