Charleston Real Estate Blog

Sometimes you just have to wonder. The other day, one of my clients happened to want to see a home for sale in Charleston that was offered for sale by owner. So I dug up the contact info and sent an email and followed up with a phone call to make an appointment to view the home with two days advanced notice. The result, I didn't hear ...

... but the bigger story is the major recycling push. The Town of Summerville changed vendors for trash collection as of the first of the year and you're now seeing these fancy new trash containers all over town. The new company is called Waste Pro and their slogan is "Recycling For Our Future". And the Town of Summerville and ...

I've viewed a number of homes with buyers over the years that simply had too many paint colors and the result often was that the buyers were distracted from what might have been a very nice home. That's probably why most real estate agents tell their clients to neutralize the home before putting it on the market. But for a buyer who can ...

I've said for a while now that today's Charleston house hunter doesn't really need an agent to find homes for sale that might be perfect for them. And I know several buyers who work very hard searching just about every day (and sometimes multiple times each day). And so while you might say, what do I need an agent for anyway, ...

The bad news for Charleston home sellers is that only one of two homes that are listed for sale actually sell. The good news is that every home can sell if you really want to sell it. The bad news is that you really have to want to sell it if you're going to be successful. Here are the statistics for the past 2 years from the Charleston MLS. ...

Despite the recent new home sales reports indicating new home construction is at the lowest level in seemingly forever, new home construction in the Charleston area can be considered very much alive and well. According to the Charleston MLS, there are 448 new homes that are finished and ready to be sold and occupied (not the Occupy Wall ...

One of the most often requested bits of information about a home for sale in Charleston is what the property taxes are. And more often than not if someone is considering relocating to Charleston from a state that has high property taxes, they are pleasantly surprised (if not amazed) to find out how surprisingly low South Carolina property taxes ...

On more than one occasion, when house hunters are searching Charleston homes for sale and inquire about additional information, they give their motivation away by mentioning how much they LOVE a specific home or how PERFECT that home would be for their family. Now if that inquiry was going directly to the listing agent, as a buyer you would ...

There are two models for real estate agents, you can either be a sole practitioner or be part of a team and there are advantages and disadvantages to both. I'm not going to suggest that because I choose to be a sole practitioner that it is the better model, rather it is a better model for me. Before I became a Charleston real estate agent I ...

While a cottage industry of agent ratings, reviews and certifications has sprung up, still the best way to choose a Charleston real estate agent is to get a recommendation from a friend, neighbor or relative who used an agent and was happy with the service provided. I previously wrote that many online reviews were faked. David Streitfeld ...