Multiple stories about Americans being on the move during the pandemic have termed 2021 "The Great Relocation." At least one study has a lot of those people moving to Wilmington. In its fourth annual "migration report," HireAHelper.com, an online moving marketplace, cited Wilmington as one of the most popular places in the country for people to move to in the past year. With 59 percent more people moving to Wilmington than moved away, the Port City ranked No. 7 in the nation on Hire a Helper's "most ... read more

 By  Amy   Passaretti, Port City Daily          WILMINGTON — Crime in Wilmington reached its second lowest point in a dozen years, according to Chief Donny Williams, who presented the Wilmington Police Department’s annual update at Tuesday’s city council meeting. Williams said the WPD responded to 159,000 calls last year, which equals roughly 300 to 400 every 24 hours. Williams said the city’s crimes per population — Wilmingto... read more

The extreme pandemic-driven seller’s market is intensifying and will likely last through the first half of the year. In the week ending January 24, home-sale prices soared 18% and pending sales grew 28% from the same period last year. Fifty-five percent of homes that went under contract that week found a buyer in 14 days or less—the largest share to sell that quickly in at least nine years (Redfin data on this measure goes back through 2012). “The main thing going on is scarcity of homes for sale.... read more