This weekend, the Bulls take on the Gwinnett Stripers for three straight nights at DBAP, with Saturday’s Wizarding Night turning the whole ballpark into cloaks and house colors. Add in beer, bourbon, and barbecue in Cary, three decades of Grammy-winning music at the Carolina Theatre, and a celebration of Latinx culture to close it out, and there’s a reason to be outside every night this weekend. Pick your favorite and go.
Choosing between a townhome and a single-family home often comes down to how you actually want to spend your time, not just square footage or price. This week’s Advice by Design breaks down what low-maintenance living really covers, how to tell whether an HOA is actually keeping up with what it promises, and who tends to benefit most from making the trade.
Durham County posted the highest inventory level in this dataset’s four and a half year history in June, 1,333 homes, and still managed its fastest days-on-market pace since May, alongside the strongest June for closed sales since 2022. Median price held close to flat compared to a year ago. Here’s what June’s record supply means for buyers and sellers heading into the second half of summer.
This weekend closes out American Dance Festival’s season with Pilobolus at Page Auditorium, keeps outdoor music going at American Tobacco Campus, Boxyard RTP, Forest Hills Park, and Saxapahaw, and wraps up with a monster-themed summer camp for grown-ups downtown. Six ways to spend a July weekend outside, from a final dance premiere to a costume contest with a discount attached. Pick your pace and go find one.
Two homes at the same price can hand buyers completely different daily lives. This week’s Advice by Design looks at what actually separates Durham neighborhoods beyond the listing price: daily routines, commute reality, amenities that get used versus admired, and how much a neighborhood might change in the next five years.
Chatham County’s median home price jumped more than 6% in June to $686,000, with price per square foot landing at the third-highest level this dataset has recorded. Inventory stayed near a multi-year high and closed sales posted their best June since 2023, even as homes took longer to find a buyer than they did in May. Here’s what June’s numbers say about where Chatham’s market stands heading into the second half of summer.
This weekend, Durham gets a Nicholas Sparks musical at DPAC, a U.S. dance premiere built on Chinese philosophy, and a sketch comedy troupe roasting the whole country for two dollars and fifty cents, plus a downtown art walk gone full Christmas-in-July and two new voices on the Saxapahaw stage. Pick a night, pick a genre, there’s a reason to get out either way.
House hunting comes with real excitement, and real overwhelm, often within the same afternoon. This week’s Advice by Design looks at how to tell a genuine “this is it” feeling from adrenaline, when urgency is real versus manufactured, and why picturing an ordinary Tuesday five years from now is a better test than the rush of a first showing.
Wake County posted its highest inventory and its strongest month of closed sales since we started tracking this data in 2022, all while the median home still sold for $490,000. Homes are moving nearly as fast as they were a year ago, and sellers are still landing close to full price. Here’s what June’s numbers say about where the market stands heading into the second half of summer.
This weekend, Durham does a little of everything: Shame Gang under the stars at Durham Central Park, Sundance shorts at the Carolina Theatre, and Wilco at DPAC, plus new dance premieres, a Saxapahaw celebration, and the city’s newest vintage market. Grab a friend and pick two or three, this one’s worth planning around.
