Charleston Real Estate Blog

... if your credit is "so-so" and your credit score is not excellent, you aren't likely to be approved for a mortgage loan. From the better things to do file, I wonder why some people aren't spending their time getting their credit repaired rather than searching Charleston homes for sale.  If a potential buyer ...

... wouldn't it be nice to at least have one picture. It's really pretty obvious. Today's house hunter not only wants pictures and lots of pictures but video, virtual tours, floor plans and as much possible information available about Charleston homes for sale they might be looking at. Now some might say that if you give a buyer ...

Or in other words, what's more important to you, the neighborhood or the home. For as long as people have owned real estate, the three most important words in real estate have been location, location, location. So it might make sense that where you choose to live is more important than what you want to live in. After all, most of us have a ...

I've been pretty amazed at recent real estate closings at how low the monthly payments have been for my clients due to the crazy low mortgage rates these days. Buyers can either choose to buy more home for a smaller monthly payment or buy exactly what they had in mind and reduce their payment. That is basically the bottom line to ...

In the best of all possible worlds, you could buy a home and move in exactly when you either sell your current home or your lease expires. Unfortunately, with delays in closing all too common these days, it isn't always possible to time your move simultaneously. Current homeowners today generally don't want to buy a home until they ...

... is a nice story with a happy ending. My friends and (now) former neighbors just moved into their custom built dream house this weekend. It took a while and there were highs and lows during the process of both selling their former home and buying and building their new home. Nothing really worthwhile is always all that easy after ...

There are a variety of angles you can use to take a photograph of a home for sale to maximize its curb appeal. One problem that some homeowners have is that their lot has several utility boxes and they basically can be an eyesore not only for you during the years you live in the home but for potential buyers when it comes time to sell ...

Let's face it, everyone wants to see as many photos as possible when searching the Charleston MLS online but there are some good reasons why sometimes there are few to no photos available. There are homes that are generously called "handyman specials" which is code for a real fixer upper. If you saw a front lawn and ...

With all the good news being reported on the housing market recovery not only locally in Charleston but in many markets around the country, Kenneth Harney writes in the Washington Post, Low-ball bidders in many markets learn they can no longer get a steal on a house. “A year ago, according to researchers at the National Association of ...

With increased scrutiny by mortgage lenders these days, some buyers with a blip (or two) on their credit report might think that a lease purchase option might be the best way to buy a home in Charleston. It's just my opinion but I don't agree that it would be your best alternative. There are thousands of homes available for sale in ...