Charleston Real Estate Blog

When you're selling your home in Charleston, it goes without saying that a clean uncluttered home will appeal to potential buyers. But there are a few more things to consider to place your home in the best possible light. Let's start with the front door and it's actually more than a little curb appeal because whether you ...

It seems like an appropriate time to discuss a better way of finding and choosing a real estate agent which is probably just as important as finding the perfect home in light of this weekend's brouhaha in the REnet regarding syndicated listings and the battle for LEADS being waged by real estate agents trying to get you to contact ...

Paint is inexpensive and one of the best returns on investment when you're selling your home in Charleston. For whatever reason, some sellers don't want to bother to paint their homes before listing them for sale and that creates a good opportunity for buyers since many other buyers might be turned off of an otherwise nice home ...

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 ...

Back in the old days, the move up home buyer basically sold their home for a profit and just bought a bigger home. Obviously, that isn't always the case these days. And some homeowners may have simply outgrown their home if they had a new child or had more children recently or just need more space for a home office, kids playroom, hobby ...

Hint: the asking price has no basis with reality. First of all, I don't blame anyone for trying to save money by selling their home themselves. Of course, doing a successful For Sale By Owner takes more than just sticking a for sale sign in your yard and expecting buyers to flock in and make an offer but that's a story for ...

I hate to throw a lump of coal at home sellers during this holiday season but the current reality of the Charleston real estate market is that it's a great time to buy a home with mortgage rates below 4 percent, lots of inventory to choose from and lower home prices. On the other hand, home sellers are competing with the above ...

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 ...

Probably the most frustrating thing for buyers searching Charleston homes for sale is finding a listing in the price range and location that they are interested in only to see that there are only a couple of pictures. The first thing that might come to mind is that something must be wrong with that house and since there are usually hundreds ...

... and why. I attended hearitdirect, an amazing conference held in Charleston yesterday featuring panels of Charleston real estate consumers who provided insights into buying, selling and their use of technology to search Charleston homes for sale. Let's focus on what they had to say about how the search process. The most ...