Charleston Real Estate Blog

Several regular visitors have emailed me recently asking why I now require registration to search the Charleston MLS on the new map based search provided by Diverse Solutions on my website. Actually, it's a small point but you don't have to register to search, but you do have to register to get the property details. So here's my best ...

I've just added the latest search technology to my website enabling you to search the Charleston MLS with advanced map search technology provided by Diverse Solutions. As always, no registration is required.    You can search the Charleston MLS with the most advanced and easiest to use map based search technology. All listings are ...

At one time, Realtor.com was the place to be. I used to pay for enhanced listings and I could absolutely document closed sales as a result of real estate buyers searching on Realtor.com. While their website was "clunky" and their technology seemed to be from the 90's, it still worked but I made the decision about a year ago not to ...

I hate spam, I have 4 email accounts and I get way too much of it. I don't need my private member enlarged and don't feel like making $10 million helping a Nigerian con artist find long lost relatives. So about a week ago, a prospective buyer registered for listing alerts for properties that met his criteria and I ...

...my house is worth $575,000. Really? A true story. I had an interesting conversation with a potential seller recently who questioned the valuation I put on her home. A little background. I was asked to do a comparative market analysis for a seller to determine a selling price for her home. It was rather straightforward with lots of good ...

Google made a breakthrough real estate announcement on the google blog yesterday while I was busy writing about Google's announcement of their new data center in the Charleston area. As the leading search engine, Google wants to make it easier to search for your dream home online so they have added an important feature to their ...

In a previous post about "why do I have to register to search the MLS", I discussed lead generators. "Why might a site do that? In real estate, you have to differentiate between sites that exist to help you with your future real estate transactions and those that simply exist to obtain your information and resell it as a lead. In ...

When buyers use the internet to search for homes, a number of websites require you to register in order to search the MLS. With so many sites available to search for Charleston real estate, many web surfers might just go on to the next site where they might gain access without providing their name, email or phone number or on really restricted ...