Charleston Real Estate Blog

Despite what you may have read that new home construction is down to it's lowest level in decades (and it is), there are a lot of buyers who just aren't interested in a pre-owned home and prefer to purchase new construction. A buyer who will be visiting Charleston next week has told me that they have never purchased anything other than a ...

Even though it's been a very good first half of the year for home sales in the Charleston real estate market, there is still a lot of inventory and the basic reason is that more than two homes are listed for sale in the Charleston MLS for every home that sells. Here are the numbers for the first half of 2010.   And so if you are ...

That might sound like a silly statement coming from a Charleston real estate agent who depends on selling homes in Charleston in order to earn a living and with over 10,000 homes available for sale in the Charleston real estate market. But what I mean by that is that the median price of a home is simply the middle point of all sales and ...

It's that time again, let's take a look at the Charleston market trends by first presenting and then analyzing the April statistics for Charleston South Carolina real estate. I'll preface the results with these 6 words, no change, more of the same. Condos and TownhomesDate        ...

There’s a high level of chat and just as many opinions as to what the current state of the real estate market is. Has it hit bottom yet, is it going to get worse, have things turned around, where are prices going from here, what about new construction, when should I sell, when should I buy and more. Every report seems to contradict the ...

The Charleston real estate market has been very strong for the past 5 years as have most places across the country. We did not have wild speculation and crazy price increases, rather a nice steady appreciation due to excellent job growth, a significant retirement population choosing to relocate to the Charleston area and a general relocation ...