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Wilmington NC Makes Forbes List Best in Business, Again!

Wilmington NC Moving on Up!

Wilmington NC is on the move...last year #38 this year #13 in overall rankings on Forbes List of Best US Cities for Business & Careers! Wilmington ranks even higher in the category of cost of doing business coming in at #3! right behind its NC neighbors Greensboro & Asheville!

This years criteria included 2 new categories for selection: projected job growth and the lowest number of subprime mortgages as a percentage of total mortgages over a three-year period.

In addition to Wilmington, our North Carolina cities to the west made strong showings on Forbes List. Raleigh came in at #1 with it's close neighbor Durham taking the 3rd spot. Asheville #6, Winston Salem #18 and Charlotte #19.

                          Forbes Ranked 200 Metro Areas

Forbes rankings include 200 largest metro areas (populations over 240,000) as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and are based on nine factors which include:

    * five-year historical job & income growth
    * projections of job & income growth
    * migration trends
    * business cost index
    * labor, tax,
    * energy costs
    * office space costs
    * cost of living index, which factors in housing, transportation, food and other household expenditures.



                                More Positive News for Wilmington

Builder Online named Wilmington # 14 out of 75 housing markets studied in the country. The markets were ranked by population trends and job growth, the state of home prices & the rate building permits, which they say may be the single best ongoing indicator of builder confidence in a market. They combined all these metrics to produce a score for each market.

Read the complete article on Wilmington NC by Builder Online Here

Wilmington NC: A great place to do business and a terrific place to call home! Thinking of relocating to our beautiful coastal area? We'd love to tell you all about Living in Wilmington, our wonderful new "hometown".

©Ginger Sala Wilmington NC Real Estate & Relocation Specialist serving the beautiful Coastal NC areas of Wilmington , Hampstead, Wrightsville Beach, Carolina & Kure Beach & Leland NC.

"Coast Home to North Carolina!"

Posted by Wilmington NC Real Estate & Relocation~ Ginger & Roger Sala on 04/03/2009 01:52 AM

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5 Comments on Wilmington NC Makes Forbes List Best in Business, Again!

APR

Wilmington certainly appears to have everything going in the right direction - there aren't too many states with as many "positive" cities as NC, Karen

Hi Ginger,
Everyone should keep an eye on Wilmington, it's on the way to the top of the list!

That's great news for Wilmington. I looked at the report and North Carolina and Texas Rocked WOO HOO!!

Karen, We have some challenges with the current economy, like every place these days, so we'll take all the good new we can get!

Cynthia, it's moving on up on a lot of lists!

Marchel, I saw that we are neck & neck, rockin it! Great for Texas & NC!

APR

Sounds like a nice place to live. I will be visiting my brother next weekend who lives about 10 miles outside of Wilmington. Hope the weather is nice!

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