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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, November 28, 2011 8:36 AM

South Carolina property taxes are surprisingly low

One of the most often requested bits of information about a home for sale in Charleston is what the property taxes are. And more often than not if someone is considering relocating to Charleston from a state that has high property taxes, they are pleasantly
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Saturday, October 29, 2011 7:17 AM

[Trick or treat] One more reason to live in Charleston

Well, Mother Nature simply must be playing another trick on the Northeast this Halloween weekend with not just a little snow but quite a storm. That's no treat. Just about every client I have who was considering relocation to Charleston was concerned
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011 8:11 AM

Charleston named number 1 tourist destination in America

by readers of Conde Nast Traveler. And it's been the big buzz around Charleston and the Charleston hospitality industry for the past day. As an example, my wife who is in the hospitality industry came home last night and the first words out of her
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Monday, September 26, 2011 7:36 AM

If you don't think golf is big in the Carolinas, you haven't been paying attention

Start with the $10 million FedEx Cup won yesterday by South Carolina's own Bill Haas. Also in the field was my favorite hipster, Dustin Johnson who has been a regular winner on the PGA Tour. Then there is Lucas Glover who won the US Open a couple
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Friday, August 26, 2011 6:19 AM

Hurricane Irene

It's ironic that Hurricane Irene is heading to the Northeast since one of the first questions that I get from potential buyers considering relocation to Charleston (and many from the Northeast) has to do with hurricanes. After all, Charleston is rather
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011 11:21 AM

What's up [or down] with new home sales

New home sales are down again and actually, that's a good thing because the last thing needed in today's housing market is more inventory. But a lot of home buyers prefer to buy new homes rather than preowned homes and it seems especially so for
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Saturday, July 30, 2011 7:54 AM

The dog days of summer are coming soon

Did you ever wonder where the phrase dog days of summer came from. Wikipedia has the answer to why the hottest most sultry days of summer are called dog days . And in Charleston, we usually have a very hot early summer and a very hot and humid later summer.
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Thursday, July 28, 2011 6:59 AM

Trader Joe's opens Friday in Mount Pleasant

Trader Joe's has a lot of fans from around the country and finally we're getting a local store in Mount Pleasant at the site of the old Hungryneck Antique Mall right around the corner from Whole Foods. Many clients I've worked with from around
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Thursday, July 14, 2011 8:00 AM

Compare property taxes by state

Just about everyone who is considering relocation to Charleston asks me what the property taxes in South Carolina are and thankfully, I am always able to provide them with very good news, that property taxes are very low especially compared to those paid
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Friday, July 08, 2011 6:02 AM

Travel and Leisure world's best awards, Charleston moves up to number 2

Charleston wins a lot of awards and recognition and we certainly are one of the favorite vacation destinations in the country. With so many things to see and do, the Charleston hospitality industry welcomes visitors pretty much year round. So it's
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9:11 AM

If today is the first day of Summer in Charleston

... then what was yesterday other than the last day of spring with a record high over 100 for the date. Actually, Charleston tends to have two summers, the early summer which begins sometime in May and extends through July when it is blazing hot but dry.
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011 7:27 AM

[Duh] jobs are good for the housing market, here's even more proof

We know that jobs are good for the housing market, you need not look further than the Charleston real estate market which has done very nicely in part due to the many Boeing employees relocating to Charleston to work at the new Boeing 787 assembly facility.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011 6:51 AM

Spoleto Festival USA 2011, Charleston South Carolina

Spoleto Festival USA is internationally recognized as America's premier performing arts festival and since 1977, Charleston's historic theatres, churches and outdoor spaces are filled with performances in theatre, opera, dance and chamber, symphonic,
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 6:58 AM

Real estate is local or is it global

It's long been said that real estate is local, that it really doesn't matter to the Charleston real estate market how market conditions are in Florida or New Jersey for example except for the fact that if someone was selling their home there and
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