Homes for sale in Carolina Beach NC

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Carolina Beach Real Estate

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Carolina Beach has been a thriving community since 1857, and its real estate market has grown significantly in recent years To this day Carolina Beach real estate is in high demand. Located in a beach community that will brings you back to an earlier era with 1950s-style beach homes and a recently renovated boardwalk. The Carolina Beach boardwalk is one of the few historic beachside boardwalks still thriving on the East Coast.Carolina Beach real estate offers a range of residential options, with upscale single-family dwellings, condominiums, and smaller houses all inhabiting the area. 

Activity in Carolina Beach

The miles of wide, beautiful beaches and natural sand dunes that Carolina Beach Real Estate is adjacent to is a major draw to the area. The island rests between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, providing for plenty of land and water-based activities for residents. 

 

The boardwalk of Carolina Beach was updated in 2009. It now includes a family-friendly amusement park complete with a Ferris wheel and miniature golf. The boardwalk also hosts an arcade, ice cream shops, and plenty of restaurants and souvenir stores. The boardwalk is also home to Britt’s Donuts, built more than 70 years ago this famous and nationally recognized shop is loved by the locals and visitors alike who come to visit it during tourist season. 

 

Whether by boat, pier, or shore, fishing is also an incredibly popular pastime at Carolina Beach. Carolina Beach hosts several regular fishing tournaments over the course with the year with opportunities for both fun and cash prizes. 

 

In the summer, the population of Carolina Beach grows to three-to-fives times its size as tourists come to spend their vacations. During these months, live music, festivals, and events can always be found. Some favorites include the free fireworks shown on the beach every Thursday evening and the free outdoor family films on Sunday evenings at Lake Park.

 

Carolina Beach is not without convenience, the area is also home to grocery stores, churches, hardware stores, drugstores and an ABC (liquor) store.

 

Economy and Education of Carolina Beach

Carolina Beach is served by Carolina Beach Elementary, Murray Middle School, and Ashley High School. Part of the New Hanover County school district, these public schools are considered to be amongst the best in North Carolina. 

 

Recent commercial growth and revitalization of older sites have lent to an upturn in the economic growth of Carolina Beach. A newly constructed shopping center and the opening of two chain hotels has increased tourism to Carolina Beach and contributed to this economic and commercial growth.