Charleston Real Estate Blog

A couple who were interested in retiring to the Southeast were taking a tour of various cities including the Charleston area that they thought they might be interested in moving to. We made arrangements to meet and spend the day showing them homes for sale in Mount Pleasant, which they had heard would be the best place for them to ...

I recently showed an out of town client homes for sale in White Gables in Summerville. They started their Charleston real estate search online and determined that White Gables was the only neighborhood they wanted to see. White Gables is a traditional neighborhood featuring front porches and sidewalks with friendly neighbors and lots of ...

I've written previously about the problems with inaccurate information on real estate listing sites. Now the LA Times did a study on searching online for a home at the most visited real estate websites. They found between 49 and 168 homes based on their search criteria. The results:Zillow 168Home Gain 142, 48Zip Realty 126Yahoo! real ...

Despite the record drop in price this week of a barrel of oil, I don't think anyone really believes gas prices will ever be cheap again. And one real estate trend that will be a result of $4 gas is the desire to live closer to work, shopping and activities. Just this week, I got a phone call from a homeowner in Mount Pleasant who wants to ...

 ... but not too many. The number one request that I get from Charleston real estate buyers who are searching online for listings is whether there are more photos available. The Charleston MLS permits real estate agents to provide up to 24 pictures and my website provider, Point2 allows up to 36 pictures. It's important to remember ...

The South Carolina legislature reformed property taxes recently and some questions now have answers. (Of course, when laws are enacted, they need to be translated into English so we can understand them so it generally takes time.) I work with many people who are considering relocation to Charleston, many from very high property tax states and ...

The good news for the Charleston real estate market is that Charleston is not considered a declining market according to the mortgage insurers. A lot of the country is as mortgage insurers attempt to reduce risk. A big change is that borrowers can no longer avoid mortgage insurance by taking out the piggyback loan which has virtually ...

Joseph Ferrara at Sellsius addresses the problem of inaccurate real estate listings that frustrate real estate agents, sellers and buyers."Inaccuracy of listings on real estate listing sites is the Achilles’ heel which could lead to their demise." Read more including a great photo displaying Joe's great sense of humor and ...

A reader yesterday pointed out that my statistics were wrong. Apparently, he/she read in the Charleston Post and Courier that the median price of homes declined in June by 7.2% on a year over year basis from $215,000 in June of 2007 to $207,250 in June of 2008. The post my reader was questioning however was for the month of May when the median ...

Someone asked me to find them a beach house yesterday to use as both a second home and vacation rental. They were interested in a minimum 3 bedroom, 2 bath with a view of the ocean or at least a water view. They also wanted the property to be a foreclosure or distress sale and wanted to spend up to $450,000. There were none ...