Featured Property- 106 West Arctic Ave, Folly Beach

This week’s Featured Property is 106 West Arctic Avenue, a gorgeous top floor villa on Folly Beach with ocean views. This property has only been used occasionally as a second home and never as a rental property. It is in fantastic condition with interesting, modern furnishings and decor that will convey to new [...]

SC ranks sixth in nation for home value appreciation

More good new for SC home owners!
South Carolina ranks sixth in the rate of appreciation for single-family homes over the past year, according to third-quarter statistics released Tuesday by the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Nationally, home values dropped 4% from the third quarter of 2007 to the third quarter of 2008, according to the U.S. [...]

Wild Dunes Beaches

The beach at Wild Dunes was completely restored this summer. From 53rd Avenue to Dewees Inlet approximately 900,000 cubic yards of sand were pumped onto the beach during a short 30 day period. Bulldozers shaped the material into a beautiful dry sand beach approximately 200 feet wide in front of Wild Dunes.
The speed [...]

Featured Property – 1547 Clark Sound Circle, James Island

This week’s Featured Property is 1547 Clark Sound Circle on beautiful James Island. This 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home is located in the Bayview Farms community, which offers a pool, tennis and basketball courts, a clubhouse, and sidewalks throughout. This home is perfect for a family and priced to move! The sellers [...]

Charleston vs. the National Market

Clearly the Charleston peninsula retail market inside the Crosstown is much stronger than the national market we have been reading about.
By the end of October, there were 244 residential closings versus 341 at this time last year.
Importantly, according to MLS data, this year the average price of a residential sale below the Crosstown was $850,582 [...]

Weekly Real Estate Walking Tours

The Real Estate Studio at 214 King Street is now offering weekly Real Estate Walking Tours on Saturdays.  There are many great Downtown listings within walking distance of one another in a variety of neighborhoods, sizes, and price ranges.  Here, at Dunes Properties, we thought it would be not only informative, but also fun to [...]

Featured Property- 7 Gibbes Street

This week’s Featured Property is 7 Gibbes Street in the beautiful and highly desirable South of Broad neighborhood of Downtown Charleston. This home, originally built in 1790, has recently been completely renovated to offer an exterior of historic charm and an interior of modern convenience. No expense was spared in the comprehensive renovation, yet [...]

Charleston (Inside the Crosstown) Condo Sales and Prices January Through October

The condo market inside the Crosstown is very healthy. While fewer condos have been sold this year, the price of the average sale was 25.3 % higher than the average price last year.
Through the end of October, 2008 101 condos have been sold for an average price of $677,319. Sales prices ranged from [...]

The Folly Beach Washout

If you’ve been down to the Washout lately at Folly Beach, you’ve noticed a distinctive but subtle change in its appearance. This unique section of Folly Beach is appropriately named as this is all that remained following a visit from Hurricane Hugo in 1989. The road along this section of the island, [...]

Featured Property with Open House – 259 Forest Trail

This week’s Featured Property, 259 Forest Trail is a beautiful Isle of Palms home in a great family neighborhood. It’s just a short walk to the beach and marina.  This property has extensive, yet easy to maintain landscaping and includes 8 Palmetto trees, 2 Palm trees, and 3 Grand Oaks. There are also 5 Charleston [...]