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Eastern Wake County — Hotter than Hot: Living in Knightdale, Wendell and Zebulon
By Kelly McCall Branson Featured Photo: Encore at Wendell Falls; Photo Courtesy of David Weekley Homes As more and more people flock to the Triangle and land here becomes ever more scarce, eyes are turning to Wake County’s last “frontier” — its eastern side and the...
Native Gardens: Supporting Local Businesses and Your Local Environment
By Carl Johnson, Carl Johnson Real Estate Featured Photo by Isaiah N Lilly/Shutterstock.com The Triangle is literally in bloom this time of year! Surrounded by vibrant greens, the work in the garden is just getting started and the seemingly never ending battle of...
What I Learned From Purchasing a Fixer-upper During a Pandemic
Interiors and Article By Steve Marraffino, Principal Designer, Marracar Design Photography by Catherine Nguyen The Pandemic taught us many things: How to cut our hair by watching YouTube videos, how to conserve toilet paper, contactless grocery shopping, the joy of...
The Distance Traveled: A Look at Real Estate Destinations
By Erica Jevons Sizemore Featured Photo By Gray Moeller/Shutterstock.com This is part of an ongoing series: What is Making the Triangle Area so Desirable? With more than 320 miles of coastline, dozens of lakes and the breathtaking peaks of the beautiful Blue Ridge...
Exploring Our Neighbors to the South: Garner and Clayton
By Kelly McCall Branson Featured Photo: Renovated Businesses in Historic Downtown Garner; Photo by Wileydoc/Shutterstock.com As we continue exploring the many cities, towns and villages that make up the greater Triangle, this issue, we’ll head south from downtown...
Finding a Price to Call Home: A New Construction & Residential Real Estate Outlook
Erica Jevons Sizemore Featured Photo By Simon Bratt/Shutterstock.com This is part of an ongoing series: What is Making the Triangle Area so Desirable? With nearly 25,000 people per year moving into Wake County, by 2030 another quarter million people will be living...
BE A STATEMENT MAKER
INTERIORS AND ARTICLE BY TONYA HILL, OPALUS DESIGNS PHOTOGRAPHY BY JW MOTION & STILL FIND YOURSELF BEING STAGNANT IN THE SAME DECORATING DOLDRUMS YET ANOTHER YEAR AND CRAVING SOME INSPIRED MOTIVATION FOR YOUR HOME’S...
New Homes & Ideas Spring 2022 Digital Issue
Features FINDING A PRICE TO CALL HOME EXPLORING OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH: GARNER & CLAYTON BE A STATEMENT MAKER Departments Home Products, Services, and Remodeling IdeasAlliance of Interior Designers New Home Directories Our new home...
Go West: Exploring the Triangle’s Western Edge
By Kelly McCall Branson Featured Photo: Morehead Planetarium and Science Center; Photo Courtesy of KAD Photo/Shutterstock.com In our continuing series exploring the different regions that make up the greater Triangle, we now turn to the environs around one of its main...
Redefining the Luxury Market
This is part of an ongoing series: What is Making the Triangle Area so Desirable? By Erica Jevons Sizemore Featured Image: Montreaux; Photo courtesy of The Jim Allen Group There is a symbiotic relationship between wealth and real estate. According to a report...
Hamrick & Galanis, PLLC
Where Closings Get Done! The attorneys in our office have cumulatively served the community for over 35 years. Hamrick & Galanis provides both residential and commercial real estate closings, as well as estate planning. Residential & Commercial real estate...
Five Reasons Why This is the Season to Buy a New Home
Featured Photo: Barrington Townes; Photo Courtesy of The Jim Allen Group We can’t believe it’s already fall, with the holiday season quickly approaching. Stores are starting to put out holiday decor, and Thanksgiving will be here before you know it. It’s usually a...
Five Trends Home Buyers Desire in Master-Planned Communities
Featured Photo: Encore at Wendell Falls; Photo Courtesy of David Weekley Homes Initially, the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on the housing market left us with many questions to be answered. Nonetheless, those quickly deteriorated as the importance of home took...
Two of the 2022 Colors of the Year are Here
Featured Photo by gfdunt/Shutterstock.com Who would have thought that one of the most anticipated moments of the year for the home building and interior design industry is when the Color of the Year is announced? Just recently, we witnessed two paint companies release...
These Three Communities Are Coming Soon To the Triangle
Featured Photo: Stillhouse Farms; Photo Courtesy of Meritage Homes It’s no secret that the housing market is still hotter than ever. What’s even more shocking is the price of rent across the United States. According to research, rent jumped 11.5% from August 2020 to...
Living Luxurious in the Triangle
Featured Photo: Jordan Pointe; Photo Courtesy of The Jim Allen Group It’s no secret that there are plenty of indelible single-family homes across the Triangle for budgets of all sizes and shapes. Nonetheless, the luxury home market is one that continues to attract...
You Might Want To Know These Fall 2021 Building & Decor Trends
Featured Photo by L_Interiors/Shutterstock.com Although we’re not quite seeing the leaves begin to change yet here in the Triangle, for all intents and purposes - fall is upon us. After a hot summer, we are looking forward to the crisp, cool days of autumn. Along with...
Your Triangle Home’s October Checklist
Featured Photo by Andy Dean Photography/Shutterstock.com October in the Raleigh-Durham area is one of the best months of the year. The leaves begin to change, temperatures start to cool down outside, and there are so many fun fall activities happening around us. Oh,...
What to Look Forward to at the Triangle’s Parade of Homes
Featured Photo: Providence at Southpoint; Courtesy of David Weekley Homes Every October, we get to look forward to some of the most incredible homes in the Raleigh-Durham area on display at the Triangle’s Parade of Homes. Each weekend for the next two weeks, you can...
Modern Nomads: Living a minimalist lifestyle while maximizing adventure
Interior Design by Shanna Middleton Photopraphy by Catherine Nguyen Photo Styling by Heidi Donohue My husband and I have begun a new and adventurous chapter in our lives that neither could have imagined just a couple of years ago. If it hadn't been for a few...
The Many Points of Our Triangle: Calling Southwest Wake County Home
By Kelly McCall Branson Featured Photo: Downtown Apex; Photo by Wileydoc/Shutterstock.com For the second installment in our series exploring the towns and villages that make up the greater Triangle area — outside its official points of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill...
A Framework for Education
This is part of an ongoing series: What is Making the Triangle Area so Desirable? Featured Image: Duke University; Photo courtesy of Bryan Pollard/Shutterstock.com In the Triangle, it should come as no surprise that education at every level is a top priority for...
This Is A Must-See Community in Chatham County
Photos Courtesy of The Vineyards at Chatham Park By Kendra Stowe Tucked in the rolling hills of North Carolina, the Triangle area offers some of the best communities for families and those looking to relocate to the Old North State. With nearly 75,000 residents,...