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Tuesday, March 16, 2010 6:41 AM

[Hush] Confidentiality and Real Estate Agency

People are generally friendly and like to talk but there is a time and a place when buying or selling Charleston real estate where hush is the appropriate choice. It has to do with confidentiality and real estate agency. Most people don't understand
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Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:42 AM

Finding that elusive deal when buying Charleston real estate

There are lots of opinions on how to get a great deal these days buying Charleston real estate. Some people focus on lender owned homes figuring that the lenders are anxious to get foreclosures off their books and will sell for less than market value.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:41 AM

Spring Charleston real estate listings jump

Conventional wisdom has it that lots of home sellers in Charleston tend to take their homes off the market during the holidays and once again offer them for sale during the busy spring selling season. This year is no exception. During December, 1134 homes
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Monday, February 22, 2010 7:41 AM

Home buyer tax credit is due to expire April 30

... and of course there is once again talk of another extension but don't count on it. If you are a first time home buyer or an existing home buyer who has lived in their current home for 5 consecutive years of the last 8, mark your calendar for April
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Saturday, February 20, 2010 7:48 AM

[Relocating to Charleston] You'll love searching the Charleston MLS with map search

... and even if you already live in Charleston, you'll love the map search too. Recently, a first time home buyer who had recently relocated to Charleston told me that the primary reason they wanted to hire me as their buyer agent to help them buy
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Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:46 AM

Charleston home buyers, if you call the listing agent, understand dual agency

What is dual agency anyway. The first thing to understand is that there are two sides to a real estate transaction, the seller side and the buyer side. What you have with dual agency are two parties with adverse interests and dual agency is created when
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:16 PM

[Dreaming] Asking prices of Charleston homes for sale

Some sellers must be dreaming when pricing their homes for sale in Charleston or they've slept through reports in the media that homes have declined in value in the past few years. Just the other day, I was showing homes to a client and there was
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Monday, February 08, 2010 7:04 AM

10 must have features in today's new homes

I recently showed homes to a young couple who were first time home buyers. We started by looking at preowned homes and then we looked at newer homes and then new home construction and what was interesting was how they noticed how homes evolved from the
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010 10:23 AM

Choosing a Charleston neighborhood

Today, just about everyone is happy to recommend or not recommend just about everything. That's not a bad thing because everyone is looking for feedback, reviews, etc., when considering buying anything. And Charleston real estate is no different and
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Friday, January 29, 2010 7:11 AM

Charleston short sales [The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]

From the title of the famous Clint Eastwood "spaghetti western", a quick look at possible advantages and disadvantages of buying a short sale in today's and tomorrow's Charleston real estate market. Possible advantages of buying a short
Posted by Howard Arnoff | 1 Comments
Saturday, January 23, 2010 7:29 AM

Searching for a home or neighborhood in Charleston

Many people who relocate to Charleston begin by searching for the perfect home on the Charleston MLS. Sometimes, you might think you have found the perfect home only to be eventually disappointed with the neighborhood the home is located in. So it's
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Monday, January 18, 2010 2:35 PM

Today's Charleston real estate mantra: I want a good deal

Of course everyone wants a good deal in today's Charleston real estate market. And it's almost become the buyer's mantra. I was with some clients showing a home earlier today and as it happens, another agent was showing the same home just
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Monday, January 11, 2010 7:50 AM

[Charleston] buyers, sellers and home values

It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that home sellers feel that their home is worth more and that home buyers feel that a home they are considering buying is worth less. So how do you determine the real value of a home anyway and come up with
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009 8:17 AM

How to buy a home for sale in Charleston

Happy New Year! Since we're just days away from the rush of Charleston home buyers seriously beginning their search for homes for sale in Charleston immediately after the first of the year, here is a brief recap of the process that home buyers should
Posted by Howard Arnoff | 3 Comments
Friday, December 18, 2009 7:46 AM

Finding a home on syndicated listing sites

Zillow made news earlier this week by adding rental listings and search and charging $9.95 for a 180 day period and followed up by announcing a similar charge if the listing was not submitted via bulk feed (or syndication). According to Inman News : "The
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