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Your Community Guide · Carolina Shores, Brunswick County, North Carolina

Eagle Run

A 303-home Pulte neighborhood tucked off Shingletree Road behind the county library, with community-wide fiber, a pool and pavilion, and pickleball courts. Pulte has closed out — which changes what buying here looks like, and most of the internet has not caught up.

Eagle Run works for buyers who want the coast to feel close without needing the beach to be outside the front door. You can start the morning on a quiet back porch, be in Calabash for lunch, reach Sunset Beach in about fifteen minutes, and come home to a neighborhood where the pool, pickleball courts and evening fire pit are part of everyday life — not a vacation itinerary.

303homesites, now sold and closed out by the builder
2021construction began; final phase delivered recently
6Pulte floor plans across two design collections
1,700–3,200square feet, the range actually built here
Fibernetwork run through the community from the start

Lot count and closeout status per Pulte's own community listing, verified September 2026. Home sizes reflect plans built here, not a guarantee for any individual home.

Stan Powell, REALTOR and Broker, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage, 10020 Beach Dr. SW, Calabash, NC 28467
“I wanted to create these Community Guides because every neighborhood along our coast has its own personality, history, and little details that you simply can't see in a listing search. Over the past 20 years, I've worked with many of the builders who helped bring these communities to life, and I've watched them grow from the ground up. Along the way, I've had the privilege of welcoming so many people home here. These guides are my way of sharing what makes each community different, what makes them special, and why so many people are proud to call them home.”
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Two design collections, and one fact the portals keep getting wrong

Pulte built Eagle Run in two collections — a single-level group in the 1,700 to 1,900 square-foot range, and a larger group running from roughly 2,400 up past 3,200. They share a street network and an amenity area but they are not the same buy. Pick the one that fits and I'll send you live listings.

Eagle Run community entrance monument off Shingletree Road in Carolina Shores, NC
The entrance off Shingletree Road NW. The Southwest Brunswick Branch Library sits between the community and the highway.

Here is the thing to know before you start clicking around: Pulte is finished here. The builder's own listing shows Eagle Run at closeout with all 303 lots sold, and the community has been pulled from NewHomeSource entirely. Everything available now is resale.

Several national portals still show the sales-office hours and a "now selling from" price. Those are stale. If you call the number attached to one of those pages you will reach a Pulte sales team that will route you to a different community. What follows is how I'd sort the actual inventory if you were sitting across from me at my Calabash office.

Why closeout is not bad news. A sold-out community is a settled one. The construction traffic is gone, the amenity area is finished and funded rather than promised, the landscaping has had a few seasons to fill in, and — most usefully — there are now real closed sales to price against instead of a builder price sheet. On a resale you also see the house that was actually built, including how the lot drains after a hard rain. That is worth more than most buyers realize.

There is also something quietly reassuring about arriving after the construction phase is over. You are not guessing where the next road will go or what the amenity area will eventually look like. You can drive the streets, see how the neighborhood has settled in, meet a few neighbors and decide whether the place feels right before you ever write an offer.

The single-level collection

Morgan · Bedrock · Compton

The smaller of Pulte's two collections and the volume seller here — one-story homes from roughly 1,700 to 1,900 square feet, open plans with the kitchen looking through to the gathering room, and an owner's suite tucked to the back. No stairs anywhere in the primary living space, which is the whole point for a lot of the buyers I bring through here.

For many buyers here, that one-level layout is less about downsizing than simplifying. Fewer stairs. An easier house to lock up and leave for a week. Room for guests without carrying space you never use. A floor plan that still works fifteen years from now. Add a screened porch and a private rear view and the house starts to feel like the reason you made the move, rather than one more thing to manage once you get here.

The Compton is the flexible one: the space at the front of the plan can be a fourth bedroom with its own bath, a media room or an office, so two Comptons on the same street can live very differently. The Bedrock runs two to four bedrooms with its own flex space and outdoor living options.

Community pool and covered pavilion at Eagle Run in Carolina Shores, NC, with homes beyond the fence line
The pool and covered pavilion. Built, finished and funded by 303 households — not a rendering on a site plan.
White single-level home with board-and-batten gable, covered front porch and two-car garage at Eagle Run, Carolina Shores NC
A typical single-level elevation. Board-and-batten gable, covered front porch, carriage-style garage door, and a homesite that runs a little under a fifth of an acre.
Streetscape of single-level homes with two-car garages along a residential street in Eagle Run, Carolina Shores NC
Eagle Claw Drive is the spine of the neighborhood — the great majority of Eagle Run addresses sit on it or on one of its short branches.
Typical size
1,700 – 1,913 sq ft
Bedrooms
2 – 5, depending on flex use
Baths
2 – 4
Stories
One level throughout
Garage
2-car attached
Homesite
~7,800 sq ft average
Internet
Fiber to the home
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The larger collection

Dunwoody Way · Tangerly Oak · Vanderbilt

The second collection is where the square footage and the architectural variety live — roughly 2,400 to 3,200-plus, three to four bedrooms, three baths. These are the homes that hold a visiting family comfortably without anyone sleeping on a pullout, which matters more than buyers expect when the grandchildren start coming down for a week at a time.

The Tangerly Oak and Dunwoody Way sit in the middle of the range and stay largely on one floor. The Vanderbilt is the outlier at the top — a genuinely large two-story plan, and the handful of them built here are the ones that set the ceiling on neighborhood pricing. If you are cross-shopping against a golf-course community and want the space without the club dues, this is the group to watch.

And if part of the dream is becoming the house everyone comes to — beach week, Thanksgiving, a long summer weekend that turns into ten days — this is the side of Eagle Run I would look at first.

Two two-story homes with double-height covered front porches and two-car garages at Eagle Run, Carolina Shores NC
Two-story elevations from the larger collection. The double-height covered porches and differing gable treatments are the architectural variety Pulte marketed between its two collections.
Typical size
2,437 – 3,220 sq ft
Bedrooms
3 – 4
Baths
3
Stories
One level, and one two-story plan
Garage
2-car attached
Outdoor
Covered or screened rear lanai on most
Home age
Newest inventory in the community
Two-story home at Eagle Run with a covered front porch and second-floor balcony, Carolina Shores NC
Stacked covered porches front and back were an option on the larger plans rather than standard — worth checking which homes actually have them before you tour.
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Pond and preserve homesites

Cuts across both collections

This one is a search rather than a product line, and it is the search I'd run first. Eagle Run's lots are compact by Brunswick County standards, averaging a bit under 7,800 square feet, so what you back onto does a lot of work. A pond or wooded-buffer rear is the difference between a private patio and looking straight into a neighbor's lanai from eighteen feet away.

Pulte charged homesite premiums for these positions and the resale market has held them. It is also the single thing I most often see out-of-state buyers get wrong from photos — a listing shot framed toward the water tells you nothing about what is behind the camera. I walk these lots before my buyers fly in.

Get the lot right and that rear porch becomes the room you use most nine months of the year.

Homes backing onto a retention pond at Eagle Run in Carolina Shores, NC
Pond-facing rears, with screened porches and fenced yards backing to the water. These lots carried a homesite premium new and still trade at one.
Average homesite
~7,800 sq ft
Premium positions
Pond, wooded buffer, cul-de-sac
Fencing
Governed by the covenants — verify
Ponds
Stormwater retention, privately maintained
Found in
Both design collections
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What you actually get to use

A finished amenity area, not a rendering

This is the practical advantage of buying into a closed-out community. Everything below exists, is built, and is being funded by 303 paying households rather than a partial roster of early owners.

Outdoor swimming pool at Eagle Run in Carolina Shores, NC
The community pool. Sized for a 303-home neighborhood, which is a very different experience from a pool serving a thousand doors.

Eagle Run's amenity package is deliberately modest, and I think that is the right read on it rather than a knock. There is no golf course to subsidize, no gatehouse to staff, no marina, no restaurant running at a loss. What there is: a pool, a covered pavilion, a fire pit and pickleball courts.

The appeal is that none of it has to become an event. Walk over for an hour at the pool. Catch a pickleball game without loading the car. Wander down to the fire pit on a cool evening and stay exactly as long as you feel like staying. That casual, built-in social life is usually what people are actually describing when they say they want an amenity community.

That restraint shows up in the dues. In a corridor where you can easily pay several hundred dollars a month to carry amenities you use twice a year, a community that funds four things it actually uses is worth taking seriously — particularly for second-home owners who are here six weeks out of twelve months.

If you have not played pickleball yet, you probably will within a month of moving in. It is the social engine of nearly every neighborhood between Calabash and Ocean Isle, and having courts inside the community rather than a drive away is a genuine quality-of-life difference.

Having on-site courts also matters at resale. Buyers coming from out of state screen for it now the way they screened for a pool fifteen years ago.

Community pool

Outdoor pool with deck, serving 303 homes. Small enough that you are not competing for a chair on a July Saturday.

Pickleball courts

On-site courts — the most-used amenity in most Brunswick County neighborhoods, and the one buyers ask about first.

Outdoor pavilion

Covered open-air structure beside the pool for neighborhood gatherings, shade and a place to sit out of the afternoon sun.

Community fire pit

The gathering point on cool evenings. It sounds like a small thing and it is the amenity residents mention most often.

Fiber internet

A fiber network was run through the community during development rather than retrofitted. Genuinely uncommon in this corridor and a real advantage if you work remotely.

County water and sewer

Brunswick County water and sanitary sewer, plus county-contracted curbside garbage — not a private package plant the association has to maintain.

Ponds and greenspace

Stormwater ponds and common greenspace held and maintained privately by the association.

The library next door

The Southwest Brunswick Branch Library sits directly outside the entrance — programs, meeting space, books and computers, and effectively a free amenity nobody counts in the dues.

Covered pavilion and pool deck with loungers at Eagle Run, Carolina Shores NC
The pavilion from the deck. Shade on one side, sun on the other — which matters more in July than buyers expect.
Community fire pit ringed by Adirondack chairs beside the pond at Eagle Run
The fire pit sits on its own pad at the pond's edge, screened by grasses and away from the pool.
Under the covered pavilion at Eagle Run, with picnic tables, ceiling fans and the pool beyond
Under the pavilion — picnic tables, ceiling fans, shade and a clear view of the pool. This is where the neighborhood actually gathers.

What Eagle Run does not have

No golf course, no gate, no clubhouse with a fitness room, no tennis. I would rather tell you that up front than have you drive down expecting a Sea Trail or an Ocean Ridge and feel let down at the entrance.

If a full amenity campus is what you want, I will show you the communities in this corridor that genuinely have one and we can compare the dues side by side. Plenty of my buyers look at both and choose Eagle Run once they see the monthly difference.

The question everyone asks second

What the dues cover

Eagle Run sits inside the Town of Carolina Shores, and the town publishes exactly which services come from the county and which are carried privately by the association. That split is the clearest way to understand what your dues are actually buying.

Provided by Brunswick County

  • Water
  • Sanitary sewer
  • Curbside garbage pickup, via the county's contract with GFL
  • Law enforcement — Brunswick County Sheriff's Office
  • Fire protection — Calabash Fire Department

Carried by the association

  • Pool and pool service
  • Pickleball courts
  • Pavilion and fire pit
  • Greenspace, trails and common areas
  • Stormwater ponds
  • Common-area lighting and irrigation
  • Professional management

On your own

  • Curbside recycling — owners contract individually with GFL if they want a bin
  • Cable and internet
  • Lawn care and yard maintenance
  • Homeowner's insurance on the structure

Getting around

Off the highway, but only just

Eagle Run sits on Shingletree Road NW, a short hop off US 17 — close enough that everything in Calabash is a few minutes away.

Eagle Run community entrance monument sign on Shingletree Road NW, Carolina Shores NC
The entrance monument on Shingletree Road NW, with the highway just visible past the tree line to the left.
Southwest Brunswick Branch Library on Shingletree Road beside Eagle Run
The Southwest Brunswick Branch Library, immediately outside the entrance. Meeting rooms, programs and public computers, thirty seconds from your driveway.

A library next door sounds like a footnote until you live beside one. It is somewhere to take visiting grandchildren on a rainy beach day, somewhere to sit when the house is full, and it costs the association nothing.

The Kindred Spirit mailbox and bench in the dunes on Bird Island at Sunset Beach, North Carolina, at sunset
The Kindred Spirit mailbox on Bird Island, at the far end of Sunset Beach.

The mailbox at the end of the beach

Fifteen minutes from the Eagle Run entrance, then a walk of about a mile and a half past the last house at Sunset Beach, there is a mailbox standing in the dunes with a bench beside it. It has no address and delivers nothing. Inside are notebooks and a pen.

Frank Nesmith and a friend named Claudia put it up in the late seventies on a small island in Tubbs Inlet. When that island washed away they moved it to Bird Island in 1983, and the notebooks filled with whatever people carried down the beach with them — grief, news of a baby, a marriage proposal, a prayer, a joke. Most write anonymously. Anyone can read what came before.

In 1992 Bird Island was slated for a bridge and houses. What helped stop it was the journals: page after page of strangers saying this place should stay as it is. The island became a state reserve and remains the last undeveloped barrier island in Brunswick County. Hundreds of the notebooks are now held in special collections at UNC Wilmington's Randall Library. Nesmith died in 2020. The mailbox is still there, and volunteers still swap out the journals when they fill.

I mention it because people ask what there is to do here, and the honest answer is that some of the best of it costs nothing and is not on any list of amenities. Bring a pen.

Location is one of Eagle Run's quieter strengths. You are close enough to make Sunset Beach an ordinary afternoon rather than a planned excursion, close enough to Calabash to run out for shrimp or groceries without thinking about it, and close enough to North Myrtle Beach that dinner, live music and the airport all stay in your orbit. Then you turn off US 17 and the neighborhood sits far enough back that none of the commercial strip follows you home.

Shrimp boats and marsh grass along the Calabash waterfront at golden hour
The Calabash waterfront. An egret working the marsh grass while the fleet sits at the dock — about eight minutes from the Eagle Run entrance.
Working shrimp trawlers tied up at the Calabash docks
The working fleet. These boats still go out, which is why the seafood here tastes like it does.
Waterfront restaurant deck overlooking the marsh beside a fresh seafood stand in Calabash
Dinner over the marsh, with a fresh shrimp and fish stand on the dock a few steps away.
The Oyster Rock Waterfront Seafood sign in Calabash at dusk
The Oyster Rock, one of the newer additions to the Calabash waterfront.
Callahan's Nautical Gifts of Calabash sign and storefront under live oaks
Callahan's. A Calabash institution — and where every visiting grandchild ends up.
Pea Landing Merchantile storefront in Calabash with flags and hanging baskets
Pea Landing Merchantile, in the same stretch of shops as Callahan's.
Southwest Brunswick Branch Library
Adjacent
US 17
~2 min
Downtown Calabash & the seafood row
~8 min
Calabash — groceries, Walmart, Publix
~8 min
Shallotte
~12 min
Sunset Beach — the sand
~15 min
North Myrtle Beach
~20 min
Ocean Isle Beach
~20 min
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
~30 min
Myrtle Beach International Airport
~40 min
Wilmington
~55 min
Golf courses within 10 miles
~20

Drive times are typical off-season estimates from the community entrance. Add time on summer Saturdays — US 17 and the Sunset Beach bridge both back up.

Streets you'll see in the listings

Eagle Run is a compact street network. If you're cross-referencing addresses from a portal, these are inside the community:

Not a complete list — ask me if you're unsure whether an address falls inside the association.

Questions I get about Eagle Run

Can I still buy a new home from Pulte in Eagle Run?

No. Pulte's own community listing shows Eagle Run at closeout with all 303 lots sold, and the community has been removed from NewHomeSource. Several portals still display sales-office hours and a "now selling from" price — that information is out of date. Everything available in Eagle Run today is a resale. If you specifically want new construction from Pulte, they are building elsewhere in this corridor and I can walk you through those communities.

Is Eagle Run in Calabash or Carolina Shores?

Carolina Shores. The confusion is real, though — the same street inside Eagle Run shows up on portals labeled Calabash on some listings and Carolina Shores on others, and I have seen at least one national site put a Carolina Shores address in South Carolina. The community lies within the Town of Carolina Shores in Brunswick County, North Carolina, sharing the 28467 ZIP code with Calabash. That shared ZIP is the root of most of the mislabeling.

Is Eagle Run a 55+ community?

No. Eagle Run is an all-ages neighborhood. It was built by Pulte's core brand, not Del Webb, which is the age-restricted line. If age-restricted living is what you are after, there are genuine 55+ options in this corridor and I am happy to point you to them.

Are there townhomes in Eagle Run?

No. Eagle Run is single-family detached only, across both of Pulte's design collections. A few aggregator pages mention townhomes on Eagle Run pages, which appears to be bleed-over from neighboring communities in the same ZIP code. If townhomes are what you want, there are several strong options within a few miles and I can send those instead.

Who is Eagle Run a good fit for?

I tend to point buyers toward Eagle Run when they want newer construction, a manageable amenity package, quick access to Calabash and Sunset Beach, and a neighborhood that feels residential rather than resort-sized. It works especially well for primary-home buyers, retirees, remote workers who need the fiber, and second-home owners who want the coast nearby without paying every month for a golf club, a gatehouse and an oversized amenity campus they may rarely use. If you want the full resort experience, I'll tell you honestly that you should be looking somewhere else — and I'll show you where.

How's the resale market here?

Thin and therefore volatile — a 303-home community typically has only a handful of active listings at any moment, so a single closing can swing the median hard from month to month. Read any headline percentage on a portal with that in mind. I publish a branded market snapshot for Eagle Run covering absorption rate, days on market and closed price trends. Ask me for the current edition — it's free and there's no obligation attached to it.

Thinking about Eagle Run?

Whether you're already watching one particular house or still trying to work out which Calabash community fits you, I'm glad to help you sort through it.

Send me the address you're considering — even if you found it on Zillow, on Realtor.com or on another agent's website. I'll tell you which section it sits in, what I know about who built it, what I'd want investigated before an offer, and how it stacks up against the other options around Calabash and Carolina Shores.

Sometimes the best first step isn't scheduling a showing. It's understanding what you're looking at.

Send me an address to look at

Stan Powell, Broker / REALTOR®
Your New Home Advisor · (910) 274-5067

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