Posts filed under Real Estate
on 07/01/10
Tax Credit Closing Deadline Extended
After a close brush with the deadline, Congress has passed an extension of the Homebuyer Tax Credit closing deadline, the Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Ac...
on 06/04/10
LAST MINUTE HICCUPS...!
In our own experience, and also through our discussions with fellow Realtors, it appears that recently about 8 out of 10 purchase transactions have had "last minute" surpri...
on 05/15/10
Author Jay Papasan presents an update on the real estate market in this video, which discusses the effect that the $8,000 First-time home buyer's tax credit may have had on the real estate market i...
on 05/05/10
Is Arbitration for Real Estate Always Enforceable in SC?
Attorney Clay Olson recently published a blog post analyzing a recent decision by the SC Court of Appeals in the matter of Faltaous v. Ande...
on 04/30/10
BEWARE OF REMODELING PROJECTS!
When lenders toughen their standards and the housing market is challenging for sellers, many homeowners will choose to either add or remodel their existing home, ins...
on 04/06/10
The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) published this interesting article on their blog about the role that minorities will play in helping the U.S. housing market ...
on 02/25/10
SC Legislature Considering Tax Break for Second Home Owners
The South Carolina state legislature is considering new legislation to allow second home owners who cannot sell one or have to move for ...
on 02/08/10
Keller Williams produced this interesting video about the state of the US residential real estate market.
on 02/01/10
The Federal Government has changed the forms used for lenders' Good Faith Estimates (GFE's) and closing statements (HUD-1) to improve the level of disclosure and make it easier to compare between d...
on 01/13/10
'A much more positive place'
Median home prices rise about 2 percent to $195,534, reaching highest point in '09
By Katy Stech
The Post and Courier
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
The im...
on 09/11/09
So, you noticed that three years ago, your next door neighbors put their house on the market one morning, and by that afternoon they had multiple offers to choose from. Now you have been trying ...
on 09/09/09
... There's a buzz going around about the real estate market in Mount Pleasant having "bottomed out" and on its way to recovery...
... Is this Fall/Winter the best time to buy...?
... What do y...
on 09/02/09
By Alan Donald, BuyHomesInCharleston.com
Here is a situation that unfortunately is becoming very common: Appraisals that are coming substantially BELOW THE CONTRACT PRICE!
Why is this happening?
...on 07/31/09
An incredibly expensive home just hit the Charleston MLS:
32 LEGARE ST. South of Broad (Downtown Charleston) was just listed for $23 Million! Maybe this is not a big deal in New York, San Franci...
on 07/29/09
Showings are at an 18-month high in Mt. Pleasant and also in Dorchester County (Summerville), according to data compiled by Centralized Showing Service, which records all showings booked for REALTO...
on 07/11/09
REALTOR.com just completed a quarterly national homeownership survey that uncovered interesting findings that may be useful to know:
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Affordability
• 76.4% of consum...
on 06/02/09
I read this article in RealtyTimes recently - it has an encouraging forecast for our Charleston Area Market...
Hot Market: Charleston SC Sets Up For Strong Recovery
by M. Anthony Carr
If shrink...
on 05/29/09
In South Carolina, state law maintains that the REALTOR must represent at least one of the parties in the transaction (cannot be neutral). Consumers have the option to hire an agent (become a CLIEN...
on 05/24/09
Buyers and sellers have agreed to terms and conditions, the buyers have done their inspections, repairs have been agreed and done by the seller, the attorney has done the title work, the appraisal ...
on 05/16/09
THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE REAL ESTATE MARKET
So, you noticed that three years ago, your next door neighbors put their house on the market one morning, and by that afternoon they had multiple offers t...
on 04/24/09
With home values fluctuating the way they have in the last three years, appraisers are under increasing scrutiny from government agencies, lenders and mortgage insurance companies. Three years ago ...
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