The Charleston Real Estate Advisor

Charleston Real Estate - Why it is time to Buy

Anton Roeger of Keller Williams Realty Charleston Mt Pleasant compiled this graph showing the real estate housing indicators are very positive for the Mt Pleasant and Charleston housing market. Median price of  a home is down sharply, personal income is steady,  the affordability index is back to Sep 03 levels (the lower affordability index the more affordable housing is locally).  Finally, interest rates are below 5% for 30 yer fixed rate.  This is a great opportunity for buyers to purchase their new home. 

Charleston Real Estate Buyers Looking in Dorchester County

 

The Charleston real estate buyers are actively looking at Charleston homes for sale in Dorchester County.  Dorchester County is seeing showing activity at the same level of summer months.  Berkeley County and West Ashley in Charleston County are seeing a significant upturn in showing appointments for homes for sale based on the Centralized Showing Service.  Sunny Charleston SC weather,  great interest rates and competitively priced homes are bringing out the buyers.  

Charleston Real Estate Buyers Move to Dorchester County

Charleston real estate buyers moved from West Ashley to Dorchester County this week.  According to Centralized Showing Service, the number of buyer appointments in Dorchester County had the best showing week since August 2008.  In the other areas in metro Charleston all showed improvement in showings.  With interest rates at or below 5% and significant price cuts on Charleston homes for sale,  buyers are coming out to find a their next new home.

Cheryll Woods Flowers is the Team Leader for Charleston West

With great excitement, I am proud to announce Cheryll Woods Flowers as the new team leader for Keller Williams Realty Charleston West Market Center.   Cheryll brings a wealth of experience and excitement to the market center.  Prior to Cheryll being in real estate,  she was the Mayor of Mt Pleasant for 8 years and on town council for 6 years and won many awards including the “Order of the Palmetto” by Governor Mark Sanford which is the highest honor that can be presented to a citizen in South Carolina.  Please welcome Cheyll to the Keller Williams Realty Charleston West Market Center.

Real Trends Video on Social Networking And Future of Real Estate

Here is a great video from Real Trends on how the web is changing the real estate community.  Stefan Swanepoel says the web is changing us from real estate agents that primarily sell real estate to professionals who primarily consult our clients on real estate sales.  Do you agree with his assessment?  Are the typical real estate sale agents being replaced by real estate consultants in Charleston?

Billy McLaughlin - Don't Give up!

The Keller Williams Realty Charleston agents got see and listen to Billy McLaughlin a few weeks ago.  He has an amazing story.  Billy McLaughlin devoted his life to playing guitar, in the early 2000's he loses the ability to use his right hand to play the guitar. Instead of quiting, he teaches himself to play using his left hand with understanding that the disease that crippled right hand could cripple his left hand also.  Listen to his passion and uplifting message. What do you think Charleston?

Charleston Real Estate - West Ashley Positive Surprise In Buyers

Charleston buyers gave the West Ashley sellers a pleasant surprise last week.  According to Centralized Showing Service, the number of buyer appointments in West Ashley exceeded the number of buyer appointments in Mt Pleasant. We rarely see West Ashley surpass Mt Pleasant.  What do you think caused the uptick in buyers looking the West Ashley area? 
Dorchester and Berkeley Counties both showed a strong rebound in buyer appointments.  The pleasant weather helped to get the buyers out to look at homes last week.  Let's keep this positive trend going.

Charleston Real Estate - Funny Video on US Treasury Secretary

The Charleston real estate market can have a few laughs from the SNL video on the US Treasury.  I saw this on Steve Wood's Blog and had to pass it on.
 The problem with SNL's humor is the reality behind it.   We need the Obama administration to fix the financial backbone of the United States and restore confidence in our financial system.  The good news is real estate is local and the Charleston real estate market will continue to move forward without help from Washington.

Charleston Real Estate Companies in the Fight Ring

What is going here?  RE/MAX is suing Rehava over a trademark infraction?  Take a look at these two logos and try to find the similarity in them.  Something is else is going on behind the scenes between these 2 companies.  The only positive note that I can see out this lawsuit is that Rehava gets a lot  free press as the underdog in this fight.  Based on the comments posted at Charleston.net,  it looks like public is views RE/MAX as the bully in this lawsuit. Maybe we should spend more time focusing on selling real estate then then worrying on how our signs looks.  What do you think? 

Charleston Real Estate Buyers take a Break

 Charleston real estate buyers took a break during this last cold snap in the low country.  Showings in Charleston, Dorchester and Berkeley Counties were down for the last 2 weeks.  Was it the cold weather or the negative financial news causing the drop in showings?  With the weather warming up over the weekend it will be interesting to see if we see a jump in showing appointments.