Charleston Real Estate Blog

Jim Duncan at RealCentralVA once said in a post, "When I advise my clients to use a lender whom I know and trust, it's not that I have any special ties, receive kickbacks, or anything else underhanded or shady. It's because I am looking out for the best interests of my clients." (emphasis added) I couldn't agree more. And ...

The Post and Courier is Charleston's daily paper. I don't generally read the paper any day but Saturday morning when my wife Polly and I have breakfast or lunch out at a restaurant if I am not working with a client. I like the Saturday paper and my wife especially likes the real estate section which is included in the Saturday ...

I have linked to Nationally syndicated columnist Lou Sichelman writing at Marketwatch in the past when I noticed an interesting Question and Answer. Today, I thought was one of the best columns he has written and I’d like to comment on just a few points. Here is a link to the complete article, Surprise! You’ve got a homeowners ...

With many subprime mortgage borrowers facing monthly payments that are unaffordable due to ARM resets now and in the near future, various solutions are being proposed to rescue the borrowers from likely foreclosure. Some ideas coming from Washington are good, others are ill conceived and the best answer is probably somewhere in the ...

Parade Magazine published an article this past Sunday written by Vivian Marino titled "Biggest Real Estate Myths". There has been a record amount of real estate "bashing" going on in the media lately and respect for real estate agents appears to be at a record low. New real estate models have ...

Last week I wrote about the potential for the subprime mortgage market meltdown. Let's correlate how the mortgage and real estate insanity over the past few years has impacted today's housing "bubble" (not) or correction (likely). Benjamin Franklin was reputed to have said, “The definition of insanity is ...