Crystal Coast Realty & Home Services

What Crystal Coast Realty & Home Services does

Crystal Coast Realty & Home Services, LLC is a privately-held, family-owned residential real estate brokerage founded in 2006 and based in Cedar Point, North Carolina. The firm represents buyers and sellers, manages vacation and long-term rental properties, and serves a recurring military relocation segment tied to Camp Lejeune, Cherry Point MCAS, and MARSOC, with an approved HUD broker capability spanning Carteret, Craven, Onslow, Jones, and Pamlico counties. It operates from four physical offices (Cedar Point as headquarters, Jacksonville, New Bern, and a forthcoming Beaufort location) and covers approximately 85 miles of Eastern North Carolina's Crystal Coast.

The company runs on Market Leader's IDX/VOW consumer-facing property search platform integrated with the North Carolina Regional Multiple Listing Service, supported by a content marketing layer (blog, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn) and agent-led direct sales across office locations. Revenue is generated through transaction fees on closed real estate sales, managed-services fees on short-term (VRBO/Airbnb) and long-term rentals, a flat-fee MLS listing program, HUD transaction commissions, and a real estate continuing education program. Referral partnerships with Carolina Equity Services and Eastern Mortgage provide embedded mortgage origination options for the firm's buyers.

The ownership structure is tightly held by co-founders Larry and Virginia Federer, with no disclosed external investors, parent company, or institutional backing. Headcount sits in the 11-50 range with three named agents (Curtis Ayers, Eric Gault, Jesse Sumner) beyond the founders, and the firm has invested in physical expansion (Beaufort), new product lines (vacation rental management, flat-fee listings, CE program), and regulatory credentials (HUD broker approval) as its primary growth levers.

Name

Crystal Coast Realty & Home Services

Legal name

Crystal Coast Realty & Home Services, LLC

Website

https://crystalcoasthomesearches.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Crystal Coast Realty & Home Services is a family-owned residential real estate brokerage founded in 2006, serving buyers, sellers, second-home owners, and military families across Eastern North Carolina's Crystal Coast from offices in Cedar Point, Jacksonville, New Bern, and Beaufort.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Real Estate Brokerage

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (5312), Residential Property Managers (531311)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Traditional Residential Brokerage (Existing Homes) (BPAJAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Luxury & High-End Residential Brokerage (BPAJAAAC), Residential Investment Property Brokerage (SFR/Small Multifamily) (BPAJAAAE), Luxury Beachfront & Waterfront Villas (THAMAEAE)

Keywords

• Residential real estate brokerage
• Property management services
• Vacation rental management
• Military relocation services
• HUD home sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Cedar Point

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Sales Commissions: Traditional real estate commission-based revenue from representing buyers and sellers in residential property transactions. The company charges commissions on completed transactions and offers a 'Price It Right' marketing campaign and flat fee services.
2. Property Management: Property management services for second home owners including short-term vacation rentals (VRBO/Airbnb assistance) and long-term rental management. Services include property checks and maintenance for second home owners.
3. Flat Fee Services: Crystal Coast Flat Fee Services for sellers who want to list without traditional commission arrangements.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Crystal Coast Realty & Home Services is a residential real estate brokerage that represents buyers and sellers in transactions across Eastern North Carolina's Crystal Coast region, including Emerald Isle, Atlantic Beach, Swansboro, Jacksonville, and New Bern. In addition to core brokerage services, the firm offers property management for second-home owners (including short-term vacation rentals via VRBO/Airbnb and long-term rentals), flat-fee MLS listing, home staging, military relocation assistance, HUD home representation, and mortgage pre-qualification support.

Product overview

Crystal Coast Realty & Home Services is a local, family-owned real estate brokerage serving Eastern North Carolina's Crystal Coast region since 2006. The company operates as a unified platform combining a consumer-facing MLS property search website with a full suite of ancillary services. The core product is residential real estate sales across 85 miles of coastal North Carolina, supported by integrated add-on modules including a flat fee sell-it-yourself listing option, property management (both short-term vacation rentals via VRBO/AirBNB and long-term rentals), home owner second home services, military relocation assistance, home staging, HUD home purchase representation, and mortgage pre-qualification support. The company also offers continuing education for real estate professionals. All services are delivered through their physical office locations across Cedar Point (corporate), Jacksonville, New Bern, and an upcoming Beaufort office, with the property search functionality powered by Market Leader's IDX platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Real Estate Sales Services

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Vacasa: Largest US vacation rental management company operating in NC coastal markets. Direct competitor to Crystal Coast's vacation rental and second-home management services.

Direct peers

• Landmark Sotheby's International Realty: Luxury coastal Carolina brokerage, particularly in the Wilmington and Brunswick County areas. Comparable high-end coastal residential and second-home positioning.
• Intracoastal Realty Corporation: Coastal North Carolina brokerage based in Wilmington serving similar beach and second-home buyer segments, with comparable full-service residential sales and property management.
• Allen Tate Realtors: North Carolina's largest independent residential brokerage. Comparable independent, family-rooted model operating across the Carolinas with similar full-service brokerage and relocation offerings.
• Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage: Large regional brokerage directly competing in the Crystal Coast and Wilmington coastal NC markets. Closest head-to-head competitor for the same buyer and seller pools.

Broad incumbents

• RE/MAX: Globally franchised residential brokerage with established Coastal NC franchisees. Overlaps in services, customer segment, and product but operates at vastly greater scale.
• Keller Williams Realty: Largest US residential real estate franchise with active agents across North Carolina. Competes for the same buyers/sellers with substantially larger marketing budgets and agent rosters.
• Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices: National residential brokerage network including Carolina footholds. Competes for the same coastal NC inventory, particularly in the luxury and second-home segments.

Emerging players

• Redfin: Tech-enabled discount brokerage pressuring traditional commission structures nationally. Increasingly active in NC coastal markets and a direct margin competitor to traditional brokerages.
• eXp Realty: Cloud-based brokerage model with low overhead that has been rapidly recruiting agents away from independent firms, including in Eastern NC.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CrystalCoastRealty
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/crystal-coast-home-realty-llc
• Instagraminstagram.com/crystalcoasthometeam
• Xx.com/CCHRTeam

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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