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 ...

It was once again another good month in the Charleston real estate market in April. Sales were higher in April 2012 than April of last year, inventory continues to remain at substantially lower levels and we're seeing prices edge up as a result of higher demand and lower supply. Because South Carolina is a judicial foreclosure state, we are ...

... is different than if you are living there. A number of Charleston homeowners are attempting to sell a home that they are not currently living in. They are most likely paying their homeowners insurance bill but may not have told their insurance agent that the house is vacant. And that makes a difference to insurance companies when assessing ...

Possibly. Actually, one of my clients who is a dentist said that going through the mortgage process was more painful than what her patients had to endure. Amy Hoak at MarketWatch reports that mortgage borrowers face a litany of questions and should be prepared to provide reams of paperwork to get loan approval.“A big reason ...

There is probably no bigger story this year for the Charleston real estate market than the sharply lower inventory levels of homes available for sale. There are a lot of reasons the Charleston real estate market has been very active this year. Record low interest rates along with lower home prices that help make home ownership more ...

... and it only makes sense to protect your home. One of my clients just called me because he saw termites and had let his termite bond lapse. Obviously, that isn't good and it will cost to repair the damage and get a new bond. When you buy a home in Charleston, the seller does not have to provide you with a termite bond although it is a ...

CoreLogic reports that home prices are stabilizing and in some cases are starting to appreciate once again. Their report for March shows that while home prices including distressed sales declined on a year over year basis from March 2011 by 0.6 percent, prices increased by 0.6 percent from February 2012. There was especially good news for South ...

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 ...