More Good News in Real Estate

There is more good news for real estate in the Charleston Trident area! Both the Post and Courier and The Charleston Regional Business Journal are reporting real estate sales for the month of September, 2009, saw an increase of 7% year over year.
The breakdown is:
• Berkley County saw 135 transactions closed for a 9% increase. [...]

Isle of Palms: Looking into the Future

As an Agent and property owner on Isle of Palms since 1991, clients who are looking to move to the area ask me about the mix of vacation rentals to permanent property owners.
Below is a perfect recap from The Island Eye News of the Isle of Palms Council meeting as they tackle the growing concern [...]

Will the $8000 first-time home buyer’s tax credit be extended?

Robert Freedman of Realtor Magazine recently sat down with Linda Goold, The National Association of Realtors’ director of tax policy, and Samuel Whitfield, an NAR legislative representative to discuss the possibility of an extension.  The tax credit has been, in Freedman’s words,  ”the economic recovery’s workhorse.”  To date, over  1.4 million households have used the [...]

Groups want Congress to boost and extend a home-buyer tax credits

Worried that rising mortgage rates could damp the prospects for a housing recovery, a business group is making a new push for Congress to boost and extend a home-buyer tax credit.

$6 billion available for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program

Home prices are at their most affordable in many years, which has opened up home ownership to many who had been locked out during the housing boom. And now, the federal government — and many states – are launching plans to hook up buyers of repossessed properties with very attractive terms.

New Improvements to Tax Credit

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES – 06/12/2009

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–A tax credit currently limited to certain first-time home buyers would expand dramatically under legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga.
Under the legislation, any buyer of a home – not just first-time home buyers – would be eligible for a tax credit worth 10% of the purchase [...]

A New Way to Find Your Home – Pedal to Properties

Pedal to Properties of Charleston is a fun, health-conscious way to help you find your new home. The concept originated in Boulder, CO in 2007 and was featured in the New York Times, Fortune Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal and is now expanding nationwide. Charleston is the first in the country to become a [...]

Extremely Cheap Money for Home Buyers

Getting a mortgage in the 3’s! Yes; it is possible as many builders are enticing prospective buyers into pulling the trigger buy buying down their interest rates from an already incredibly low 4.5%.

How to Buy a Foreclosure

Do your homework! Buying can be strenuous enough and buying a foreclosure takes it to another level.

Show and Tell

To summarize the 2008 Real Estate market in the Charleston and surrounding areas one could easily say it was “it was not a banner year”.
2009 has already showed signs of improvement and activity has been steady at Dunes Properties downtown Real Estate Studio on King Street. Sellers have finally decided to price their home(’s) to [...]