Charleston Real Estate Blog

... depends on what kind of discount you are thinking of. A buyers market means that buyers have lots of choices because there is too much inventory and more sellers are competing for fewer buyers. A buyers market does not necessarily mean that all lowball offers are gratefully accepted by all sellers. Homes in the Charleston real estate ...

It's clearly a buyers market in the Charleston South Carolina real estate market but that doesn't mean a buyer isn't a seller too. So when I talked with a seller recently about selling their home and buying another, does it make sense that you can sell your home for top dollar in a buyers market but then turn around ...

Greg Swann at the BloodhoundBlog introduces flinch, a new buyer strategy (game) that takes the strategy sellers used during the housing boom and applies it to today's buyers market. The Charleston South Carolina real estate market has plenty of motivated sellers and excessive inventory available so if you are looking for a ...

The Charleston South Carolina real estate market has a lot of inventory and fewer buyers than before. This is not news. For about a year, this has been the market except that there is even more inventory and fewer buyers. Pricing your home for sale from the start is important but even more important is handling the negotiation with flexibility. ...

I found an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal Online regarding signs of a housing market turnaround. While the article certainly points out many of the problems facing the housing industry today, I noticed that the headline wasn’t the “doom and gloom” so prevalent in the media today. Perhaps it is the influence of ...

Introducing a new feature, Ask the Agent. I get emails from time to time with questions and while I answer directly, I thought a good idea might be to incorporate them into the blog format when appropriate. I can't think of a better question than the one on the minds of most people who are watching and reading the bad news on the housing ...

The buyer in today's Charleston South Carolina real estate market is certainly in a sweet spot. There are so many nice choices offered at very attractive prices that the biggest problem the buyer faces is choosing the perfect home. In new construction especially, the site agents for the builders are as accomodating as I have seen in my real ...

What are people thinking when they purchase a house and 45 days later with no indicated improvements put it on the market for sale for 7.7% more than they paid? Is this another flip ready to flop in the Charleston South Carolina real estate market or are some people really that smart and are going to make lots of money with no risk. Sorry, ...

There is a lot of inventory in the Charleston South Carolina real estate market today and many houses are not selling. I saw an interesting article from Bankrate on MSN.com and wanted to share and comment for the benefit of sellers asking for help. According to Bankrate, the 6 reasons houses don't sell are:Your home is overpriced.Your home ...

It's that time again, let's take a look at the Charleston market trends by first presenting and then analyzing the April statistics for Charleston South Carolina real estate. I'll preface the results with these 6 words, no change, more of the same. Condos and TownhomesDate        ...