Charleston Real Estate Blog

From the front page of today's Charleston Post and Courier, the headline reads: For Sale signs on every corner We enjoyed the boom; now we have to deal with the slump. The real estate market is in its biggest decline since 1989. Here's how it affects you.  The article includes some perspectives from sellers, lenders, renters, buyers ...

I noticed an interesting point made by Nationally syndicated columnist Lew Sichelman regarding the long term value of housing. "Hang in there. Real estate is just the opposite of the law of gravity: What goes down almost always comes back up. It may take a while longer this time around, but it's a pretty safe bet that sooner or ...

The final numbers for 2006 are in and first I'll give you the statistics, then an analysis of the market trends in Charleston real estate. A quick preview, the 4th quarter was quite dismal, unit sales off 30% and available inventory up 67%.Month     ...

At the top of page 2 every Saturday in the real estate section of Charleston's daily newspaper, The Post and Courier, Kenneth Harney writes for the Washington Post about real estate matters. The Tide is Turning  What's the shape of a post-bubble, post-correction real estate market? And more to the point: What does that ...

An interesting article from Marketwatch on the housing bubble or lack thereof and perspective for 2007. The Charleston real estate market did not experience the huge increases of some of the really "hot" markets, unit sales will likely be off slightly this year, prices up a little bit and inventory is high. An interesting note on ...