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8 Chapters · ~65 min

Perquimans County Buyer's Brief

Everything I would want to know before buying in Perquimans County, North Carolina — including the town of Hertford, Winfall and Belvidere

This is the whole thing, free and ungated. There is no email wall on any chapter and there never will be — the offer on this site is new listings by email, and it is optional.

Read it in order if you are new to the county; Chapter 1 does the orientation and clears up the single most confusable fact about this market. If you already know where you are going, the chapter list below is written so you can jump straight to the one that applies to you. Every substantive claim carries a source at the foot of its chapter, and where I could not verify something, I say so rather than paraphrasing it into a fact.

Before you read further

This site covers Perquimans County, whose county seat is the town of Hertford. Hertford County is a separate county with its own seat, Winton, about 45 minutes west — the town of Hertford is not in it. We cover that county too: the Hertford County Buyer's Brief.

Chapter 1

Perquimans County, and the Town of Hertford

What This County Is — and Why It Gets Confused With Another One

~8 min
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Chapter 2

The River, the Sound & the Swing Bridge

Wind-Driven Water, Navigable Depth & What CAMA Means for a Waterfront Lot

~9 min
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Chapter 3

The Old Houses

Nineteen National Register Listings, Five Districts & What Listing Actually Restricts

~9 min
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Chapter 4

The Commute

Elizabeth City, Edenton & the Hampton Roads Run — With the Census Numbers

~7 min
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Chapter 5

Flood, Wells, Septic & the Due Diligence Stack

Program Facts, the 2018 Flood Maps & Who Actually Issues Your Permits

~8 min
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Chapter 6

Schools, Services & What Isn't Here

Four Schools, No Hospital & an Honest Inventory of the Drive

~7 min
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Chapter 7

The Money

The $805,000 FHA Anomaly, USDA Zero-Down & the 1% Tax Nobody Budgets For

~9 min
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Chapter 8

Making the Decision

Five Buyer Profiles and What Each One Should Verify Before Writing an Offer

~8 min
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