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Charleston SC real estate, realtor, buying a house, selling a house, military relocation, homes for sale, Real estate happenings - prices - trends - and notes of interest for the Charleston, SC real estate regarding the Great Charleston, Sc real estate market and areas consisting of Charleston, Dorchester, and Berkeley Counties.
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The $8000 "FIRST TIME" Home Buyer Tax Credit in not just for your traditional first time homebuyer.  Anyone who has not had any ownership interest in a home in the last 3 years qualifies!  If you previously owned a home but have not owned a home in the past 3 years, you can take advantage of this...
03/05/2009
This year to celebrate my husband's graduation from The Citadel, we'd like to take a special vacation.  We will celebrate his hard work and perseverance to be #1 in his electrical engineering class and we will reward my suffering without him for long hours.  We don't have 2 legged children yet (b...
02/28/2009
Photos are a must.  Not just one, but several and when I say several, I mean more than 4 or 5.  The Charleston, SC MLS allows 24 photos and I'm still amazed at realtors that still do the minimum, one exterior photo.  Buyers often tell me that a house that doesn't have interior photos must not be ...
02/21/2009
2008 was a challenging year for the overall economy and for the real estate market in particular.  Our fearless company leader, Patty Scarafile put it best: "We added new buzz words to our everyday language like, "financial meltdown", "subprime mortgage crisis" and "mortgage backed securities" an...
02/02/2009
And guess whose among them? My beloved, Charleston, SC!! Charleston, SC is #8 among America's 25 Strongest Housing Markets! The Forbes article stated that it "requested Moody's Economy.com to compile a list of the country's real estate markets that are on the road to recovery. Moody's used the co...
01/26/2009
I'd proud to be affliated with the Real Estate Staging Assocation (RESA) 2009 Professional Stager of the Year, Melissa Marro.  This coveted national award recognizes the industry's best in their field.   When I met Melissa, I had no idea how much staging would become such an integral role in my b...
01/24/2009
While there is always speculation on when the market will turn around, I will admit that I am not a prophet.  I thought this chart presented an interesting picture and I added the years which is my take on the real estate market in Charleston, SC (and probably in a lot of other places also).  Rea...
01/23/2009
As my stager, Melissa Marro always says, "Selling your house and living in your house are two separate things."  Unfortunately not all buyers can visualize how a floorplan will work for them.  When there is an awkward arrangement, buyers may automatically rule a house out.  Take this example of a...
01/21/2009
My AR friend, Nicole Weidauer,  tagged me with this one. Here are the rules: 1.  Create a blog post with a link to the person who so happily tagged you.  --> (pictured on the right) 2.  List all of these rules in the post. Feel free to cut and paste this. 3.  Share seven things that others may n...
01/20/2009
A well written article in The Economist was published on Dec 30, 2008 about Charleston's maturity since the closure of the Navy Base in the mid 90s.  Click here to view the article.  It's true that the closure of this base was eminent doom for the military based economy of little ol' Charleston. ...
01/13/2009
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