REALTOR® - North and South Carolina
Your Local to Coastal Realtor.
North and South Carolina real estate, from the Triad to the Triangle to the coastal communities, backed by hundreds of houses sold since 1999.
Market stats
What the market is doing right now
Straight from the MLS, updated automatically, for North Carolina and the South Carolina coast. See where your area stands, then ask me what it means for your house.
North Carolina markets
Updated nightly by Doorify MLS. Use the dropdowns on the board to pick a county or city. Data provided by Doorify MLS.
South Carolina markets
Across the Coastal Carolinas MLS, updated by CCAR through ShowingTime. Pick a measure above the chart. Data provided by Coastal Carolinas Association of REALTORS® (MarketStats by ShowingTime).
Meet the owner
Cathy Cagno
Broker / Owner
As a seasoned NAR member, I've sold hundreds of properties throughout North and South Carolina since 1999.
Born and raised in Burlington, North Carolina, I started my real estate career there over 25 years ago. I've since earned several advanced designations: Graduate REALTOR® Institute (GRI), Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), Accredited Buyer's Representative (ABR), Real Estate Negotiation Expert (RENE), and Seller Representation Specialist (SRS).
Client reviews
What my clients say
If you’re looking for a real estate agent who truly goes above and beyond, we cannot recommend Cathy Cagno highly enough. From the very beginning, Cathy was friendly, knowledgeable, insightful, and incredibly dedicated to helping us find the perfect home in Ocean Isle Beach, NC. What impressed us most was the amount of time and effort she invested in understanding exactly what we were looking for. Cathy conducted extensive research, carefully planned our home tours, and made sure we saw every property that fit our interests. She left no stone unturned and was always willing to dig deeper to answer questions and provide valuable insights about the area, neighborhoods, and properties. Throughout the entire process, Cathy was exceptionally accommodating, responsive, and patient. Her experience and expertise gave us confidence every step of the way, and her genuine commitment to our needs made what could have been a stressful experience both enjoyable and exciting. Cathy worked tirelessly on our behalf and treated our home search as if it were her own. Thanks to her hard work and dedication, we found a home that we absolutely love. If you’re buying or selling a home and want someone who truly cares about her clients, Cathy Cagno is the agent you want by your side.
As a senior couple, putting our home on the market and all that is involved in the process could have been a very stressful experience. A friend recommended we give CATHY CAGNO a call as their family had such a positive experience with her. From the beginning of this process Cathy has been a very positive, knowledgeable, trustworthy, fair, and reliable partner with us. Her communication with us was superb, always responding to any questions within a very short time. Her photographer was amazing, going out of his way to show our home in the best way possible. She kept us updated on all that occurred while our house was on the market and we couldn’t be more pleased on how easy she made this quick sale for us.
Why this works
Marketing is the part most agents skip
Listing a home puts it on the MLS and waits for someone else to bring a buyer. That is where most of the business stops. The homes that sell for more are the ones that get shown to the right people, in the right places, before the sign ever goes up.
Free home value
What is your home worth?
An online estimate has never seen your kitchen. Tell me where the home is and I will send you a real number, built from real comps and not a formula. It is free, and there is no obligation.
Free guides
Everything you need, before you need it
Read either guide online, or download your own copy.
The situation you are actually in
Different circumstances, different plans
The fundamentals do not change. The sequence, the timing and how much coordination it takes change completely. Start where you actually are.
01 / SELLING YOUR HOME
Real pricing, real marketing, and a straight answer at every step, so your home sells for what it's actually worth
Real pricing, real marketing, and a straight answer at every step, so your home sells for what it's actually worth.
02 / DOWNSIZING
Selling the home you've outgrown, timed around the smaller one you're moving into, not rushed and not carrying two mortgages
Selling the home you've outgrown, timed around the smaller one you're moving into, not rushed and not carrying two mortgages.
03 / SELLING A HOME DURING DIVORCE
A neutral, straightforward sale when two people need to agree on one outcome
A neutral, straightforward sale when two people need to agree on one outcome.
04 / PROBATE AND TRUST SALES
Clear guidance for an executor or trustee selling a property, handled properly from the first step to closing
Clear guidance for an executor or trustee selling a property, handled properly from the first step to closing.
05 / WHAT IS YOUR HOME WORTH?
A real number from someone who knows the comps, not an automated guess
A real number from someone who knows the comps, not an automated guess.
06 / BUYING A HOME
A straight guide through buying in North or South Carolina, from your first search to the day you get the keys
A straight guide through buying in North or South Carolina, from your first search to the day you get the keys.
07 / FIRST-TIME BUYERS
A clear walkthrough of every step, so you know exactly what's ahead before you make your first offer
A clear walkthrough of every step, so you know exactly what's ahead before you make your first offer.
08 / RELOCATING TO THE AREA
Moving in from out of the area, with a local guide to the neighborhoods and the timing around your move
Moving in from out of the area, with a local guide to the neighborhoods and the timing around your move.
Where I work
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Inland or at the coast, the area you choose matters most.
Position. Impact. Conversion.
The E.P.I.C. framework
Four pillars on every home we take. Not a checklist of things agents are supposed to do, an argument for why your home ends up being the obvious choice on the market.
Equity
Not a CMA. Where you actually stand in the data market, the negotiation market, and the buyer's mind, so you are leading the market instead of reacting to it.
Presentation
Perception creates value, so we control the narrative. Photography, video and copy engineered before anything goes public, for a buyer deciding with their thumb.
Impact
We do not just market, we dominate. Targeted campaigns that put your home in front of thousands who were not searching yet, instead of hoping the MLS does the work.
Campaign
You do not list a home, you launch it. Pre-launch buzz, a timed calendar, and offer sequencing, because the first week is the week you never get back.
Buying instead?
The R.E.A.L. framework
Most agents start by showing you houses. We start by getting you ready to win one, because the buyer who gets the good house is almost never the one who saw it first.
Ready
Pre-approved and represented before we tour anything, so you can act the day the right one appears instead of scrambling.
Educated
What your money actually buys here, honestly, before you fall in love with something out of range.
Aligned
Fewer homes, and better ones. We build the search on your real criteria and give you an honest verdict on each one.
Locked
Offer strategy, inspections, financing, and closing, all run so the ending isn't boring, it's exciting.
Coastal Happenings This Weekend
Your weekend on the SC coast, in your inbox every Wednesday
Events, live music, comedy, fundraisers and things to do in North Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach and Little River. I check every event against the organizer's own page.
One email a week. Sign up and I will send it to you.
Find me
Two offices, inland and coastal
North Myrtle Beach, SC
Burlington, NC
Areas We Serve
Local to Coastal Realty serves the inland communities of North Carolina, from the Triad to the Triangle, all the way to the coastal communities of both North and South Carolina. We have two offices, one in Burlington and one in North Myrtle Beach.
Inland, that means Burlington, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem in the Triad, Raleigh in the Triangle, and Fayetteville.
On the South Carolina coast, we cover Little River and North Myrtle Beach, down through Myrtle Beach and the Murrells Inlet area, toward Georgetown. On the North Carolina coast, we cover Calabash and Brunswick County, up through Wilmington, all the way to the Outer Banks.
Want to know if we cover your area? Reach out to me today.
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