Charleston Real Estate Blog

Happy Saturday. It's always fun to share really bad pictures that pop up in the Charleston MLS from time to time. Tilt! Does this home have structural issues or is the photo just taken on a sharp angle. Notice the bottom left of the photo where the person walking down the street is scurrying away from the home rather quickly just in ...

A look back, a look ahead.For fans of numbers, 2011 was a terrific year starting on January 1 only to be outdone on November 11th. 2012 will have some good dates too.The Charleston real estate market performed very well during 2011. Home sales were higher, prices were down only slightly and there was significant improvement in reducing ...

I think there are and I'll bet you think so too. In just one day last week, I went from Lowes to Belk to 5 Guys and had Time Warner, our illustrious cable operator out for service and all 4 requested a survey to make sure that I was happy with their product or service. Believe me, if I wasn't, I'd be sure to let them know just like I ...

With all the talk about agent reviews these days, even better than a good review or a testimonial might be a very happy client who thanks you with dinner at one of Charleston's finest restaurants. It's pretty traditional for a real estate agent to buy a thank you / housewarming gift for their buyers. It's a little more unusual for a ...

Will there be any Black Friday deals in Charleston real estate? This year seems to be about the most over hyped Black Friday that I can recall but if there are any Black Friday deals in the Charleston real estate market this year, at least you won't have to get started shopping at either 10PM or Midnight in order to snag one because ...

Has anybody else noticed how rushed everything is around the holidays as if the stores are going to run out of stuff whether it's food, clothing or whatever and how the parking lots have turned into a NASCAR race for the best parking space. But what is usual at this time of year is that the Charleston real estate market slows a bit with ...

Numbers can be magical and today's date is just perfect. There is probably nothing purer than 11.11.11. Next year we'll have our last chance at a magical date on December 12th and after that, it won't be until the next century (doesn't that seem like a long time off) until we can do it again. So enjoy the magic of ...

I just heard where a state representative somewhere was going to introduce a bill to have Halloween celebrated on a Saturday every year and it got me thinking (which is a dangerous thing). Now don't get me wrong because I'm in favor of having as many 3 (or even 4) day holiday weekends but actually, Halloween is more than costumes, trick ...

I enjoy reading and thus far, I have resisted the growing temptation of buying a Kindle. There's a certain enjoyment of sitting in my favorite chair and reading a good book. If it's a hardcover, I'll use the dust cover to mark my page, if it's a paperback, I'll just fold the corner of the page. And I like to keep my books, I ...

Sometime later this afternoon, a NASA satellite the size of a school bus will break into pieces on reentry and is expected to fall to earth and while it isn't expected to hurt anyone, right now NASA isn't exactly sure where it might land. According to the Washington Post, "About 26 pieces will survive reentry and crash ...