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Saturday, January 28, 2012 8:15 AM

ARG Realty removes listings from Zillow, Trulia and Realtor.com

As I wrote in The Dirty Little Secret of Charleston Real Estate Search , you're being bought and sold as a LEAD when you search for homes on Zillow, Trulia, Realtor.com and other syndicated websites. Late last year, Edina Realty, a large Midwestern
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Saturday, January 14, 2012 7:58 AM

[TILT] More bad pics from the Charleston MLS

Happy Saturday. It's always fun to share really bad pictures that pop up in the Charleston MLS from time to time. Tilt! Does this home have structural issues or is the photo just taken on a sharp angle. Notice the bottom left of the photo where the
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012 10:23 AM

Median sales price, Charleston real estate year end review

Based on the median sales price, the Charleston real estate market is showing the famous "double dip" in home prices. The median price is affected by the mix of homes sold and when more less expensive homes sell, the median price will decline
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Friday, December 09, 2011 7:37 AM

Where's the pics

Probably the most frustrating thing for buyers searching Charleston homes for sale is finding a listing in the price range and location that they are interested in only to see that there are only a couple of pictures. The first thing that might come to
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Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:27 AM

Where are you searching for Charleston real estate

... and why. I attended hearitdirect, an amazing conference held in Charleston yesterday featuring panels of Charleston real estate consumers who provided insights into buying, selling and their use of technology to search Charleston homes for sale. Let's
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011 8:05 AM

I was reminded to brag about Charleston's weather

The Charleston MLS just changed vendors who handle showing appointments and I attended an orientation seminar yesterday. The company, ShowingTime, is headquartered in Chicago (which just happens to be my hometown) and the 3 representatives who visited
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Monday, December 05, 2011 8:14 AM

Can you spot a "hot" listing

I've said for a while now that today's Charleston house hunter doesn't really need an agent to find homes for sale that might be perfect for them. And I know several buyers who work very hard searching just about every day (and sometimes multiple
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 10:20 AM

Charleston new home construction alive and well

Despite the recent new home sales reports indicating new home construction is at the lowest level in seemingly forever, new home construction in the Charleston area can be considered very much alive and well. According to the Charleston MLS, there are
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Monday, November 21, 2011 7:59 AM

Nope, you can't buy a home for $6 per square foot

GIGO: Garbage in, Garbage out. In today's information age, we need good information. Incorrect data entry will lead to bad information and incorrect assumptions. Here's an example. I just noticed a home listed for sale in the Charleston MLS at
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:18 AM

[Less is Good] Charleston homes available for sale

Despite Gordon Gekko's famous pronouncement in Wall Street that Greed is Good, when it comes to Charleston homes available for sale, less is good (and better). A look at the chart below of the last 3 years of Charleston inventory of homes for sale
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Monday, November 07, 2011 8:25 AM

Mobile Charleston MLS search on your iPhone

It's a mobile world now. I was out shopping the other day and got a discount coupon with my mobile phone since I don't bother to read the newspaper any longer and still want to save money. In fact, several stores were promoting the idea. But more
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011 8:19 AM

[Unloved and unsold] What's a home seller to do

The other day, a client asked me to look up a home that she had seen earlier this year to see if it had sold and if so, what the selling price was. And it didn't come as a big surprise to me that the home hadn't sold and the listing was withdrawn.
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Friday, October 21, 2011 8:52 AM

Today's fresh catch, a new featured listing every day

Every day, there's always an interesting listing that can be found in the Charleston MLS. The world of Charleston real estate is 24 / 7 / 365 and while there is generally less activity over the weekend or on a holiday, something always seems to catch
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011 8:32 AM

Bought as a foreclosure, sold as a short sale

Sometimes, the Charleston MLS offers an interesting history about homes for sale. I was looking at a home for sale in Charleston recently and when you look up the history of that listing, you find that it was originally purchased as a foreclosure and
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Monday, October 03, 2011 7:58 AM

Charleston's top real estate companies

(By number of transactions) Year to date 2011 Some people who aren't familiar with the Charleston real estate market are often surprised that the large national franchises are not the top real estate companies in Charleston based on the number of
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