Charleston homes for sale are selling FAST
How's the Charleston real estate market doing, you be the judge. Take a look at these 3 screenshots of homes that went under contract in 3, 3 and 5 days respectively.
Surprised? Actually so am I. Sure it's been a good start to the new year and it's busy out there in the Charleston housing market. But this is really almost like shades of the mid 2000's when homes went under contract practically the moment they were listed.
These 3 homes were featured as part of my daily Today's Fresh Catch where I try to find a very appealing home that catches my eye when browsing through the "hot sheet" of the Charleston MLS, generally either a new listing or a home that had a nice price reduction and feature it on Twitter (and on the front page of the website). Actually, one of the 3 was supposed to be this morning's fresh catch but it already went under contract before I got to post it so I scrambled around and found a suitable replacement but it tells you a couple of things, number one, homes are selling, number two, homes are selling fast and number three, homes are selling in all price ranges. So check out Today's Fresh Catch and you might find the perfect home for you (and hopefully it's still available by the time you set an appointment to view it).
The Post and Courier and the Charleston Regional Business Journal both had articles on the improving economy in Charleston and how it will impact the local Charleston real estate market. The P&C wasn't quite as optimistic as the CRBJ but that's OK, check them both out for their perspectives. And by the way, they were reporting on an event for Charleston Realtors with presentations by Raymond Owens of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and Joseph Von Nessen of the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.