Wilmington NC real estate market

We actually heard some pretty healthy news about the state of Wilmington NC’s real estate economy this week. According to Forbes list of cities with the most home equity, Wilmington NC ranked 20th at 61%. Data was used from Moody’s Economy.com, and ranked cities based on how much equity homeowners had in their home relative to its value. The cities that ranked well, of course, were the places where home prices have been stable or cities that did not get caught up in the subprime lending. These cities will more than likely fare better over the next year or so. The #1 city with the most home equity was Beaumont, Texas with 75%. House values are down nationwide 7.7% over last year, and some cities such as Los Angeles, Tampa and San Diego are down 20%. According to zillow, the home values in Wilmington NC are down only 1% from August 2007. For more specific market data on real estate in Wilmington, NC, more…