Colonial Lake Fall Festival November 8 – Bring the Family for some Fun!

Everyone in Charleston, come on out Sunday, November 8th from 12-5 to enjoy our beautiful Colonial Lake Park and a fun family day of activities, games, music and getting to know your neighborhood residents and businesses.  The Real Estate Studio is hosting this event in honor of the Charleston Parks Conservancy and their Park Angels to support [...]

Market Statistics…Downtown Charleston Inside the Crosstown

So much has been written in the last week about the recent rise in home sales for the Charleston area.  The local news publications and stations all covered the 7% increase (compared to September 2008) with a cautiously optimistic outlook. The first sentence of the Post and Courier article declares “Charleston has finally hit a [...]

Short Sale…no thanks. Just show me a motivated seller.

Everybody wants a deal, and now is the time.  Don’t believe it’s the time to buy Real Estate yet?  I disagree.
I must admit as a Realtor I may sound somewhat biased, but I practice what I preach.  I’m a Buyer myself.  I’ve purchased 3 homes myself in the last 2 years and tried for a [...]

What do you think about the possibility of King St. closing to cars for a day?

Click the title of the poll to vote and see results!

If King Street were closed to cars for a day – would you come out and shop/dine/walk/skate/ride/play music/celebrate?

Absolutely! I wish they would close it to cars frequently.
No. I’d rather be able to park next to where I shop [...]

Home Sellers on the Charleston Peninsula Finally Get It

For the past couple years we’ve been watching and waiting as real estate sales plummeted, yet home sellers held firm on their asking prices.  Call it stubbornness, pride or disbelief,  but people weren’t budging.   Well, they are now – whether by force, generosity or pure exhaustion.  If you are in the market for a new home in Charleston, or [...]

Lowcountry Livin’ – Map of Downtown Charleston Areas that Flood When it Rains at High Tide

It’s part of living in the Lowcountry.  When the high tide and the heavy rain coincide – you get flooding.  Lots of it.  Now don’t sound alarmed – I am not talking Hurricane Hugo level floods.  I’m just saying there are a few streets you and your car need to avoid in Downtown Charleston unless [...]

10 Reasons I Love Living in Downtown Charleston

I am one of Dunes Properties’ Downtown Charleston Experts since I live, work and play here.  Occasionally I like to imagine life outside of my current Peninsular box and see how it sits with my bones, but I always come back to this.  The only thing that could get me to move out of Downtown [...]

Two Charleston Neighborhoods to be Featured in University Study

Many people come into The Real Estate Studio in downtown Charleston with 3 little words on their minds…. South of Broad.  It is the most desired neighborhood on the peninsula.  And now a new study at Clemson University may shed some light on why the residents of this quaint, historic area love it so much.  [...]

Downtown Charleston Rental Program

For 20 years now Dunes Properties has been helping people buy homes on the Charleston Coast, and our Folly Beach vacation rental program has grown exponentially over that time.  Over the last year, we have seen an increase in requests for Downtown rentals at The Real Estate Studio.  We have been managing vacation properties on [...]

Downtown Charleston Sales Stats

Real estate sales in Charleston inside the Crosstown are bucking the national trends we hear so much about.
Through November, 2008 there were 252 residential sales inside the Crosstown for an average price of $853,037. That compares with 366 closings in the first eleven months of 2007 for an average price of $840,022 according to [...]