Monthly Archives: February 2012

Crowfield Plantation, Goose Creek | Charleston neighborhood focus

Share Crowfield Plantation offers residents a variety of neighborhoods with starter homes, homes for the move up buyer and executive homes. The almost 3000 acre community conveniently located in Goose Creek has an incredible array of amenities including miles of hiking trails, neighborhood pools, tennis courts, ponds, parks, greenways, picnic areas and the semi-private Crowfield…

This week in Charleston real estate

Share It was an especially strong week this week in the Charleston real estate market with increasing activity occurring daily in the market. I was especially interested to see what the number of homes going under contract was going to be because just about every day, it seemed like we would see a pretty high…

Carolina Bay, West Ashley | Charleston neighborhood focus

Share Carolina Bay is a very popular (and popularly priced) community with new and newer homes and townhomes available from primarily Pulte and Centex Homes.  This large new development is conveniently located in West Ashley between Savannah Highway and the Glenn McConnell Parkway. Amenities include a very nice swimming pool pavilion, playgrounds, doggie park, walking trails…

Pictures of Charleston [Friday Photos] What makes Charleston special

Share There are very few cities in the country like Charleston. If you’ve traveled, you may have visited places that seem to remind you of other places and sometimes there isn’t all that much that’s special to differentiate it from other cities. (Of course, that’s especially true in the suburbs almost everyplace these days.) But that’s…

Charleston new homes for sale [too good to be true]

Share When you look through Charleston MLS listings, there are some times when you just have to think this home you found just has to be too good to be true. And you know the old saying, when it looks too good to be true, it usually is. There’s really nothing wrong with it, it’s…

Sullivan’s Island, Charleston’s beaches | Charleston neighborhood focus

Share Sullivan’s Island retains the charm of an authentic beach town and is one of the most exclusive beachfront communities close to Charleston. With an expansive beach and a smaller size, there aren’t as many homes and even fewer are available for sale than in other Charleston beach communities. The zip code for Sullivan’s Island,…

This week in Charleston real estate

Share Wow, another excellent week and the Charleston real estate market has gotten off to a very strong start to the year thus far and since it’s still early, I can only imagine the activity once we really get into the high season. Once again this week a lot of new listings came on the market,…

Up to date Charleston foreclosure listings for sale

Share With the settlement between the government(s) and the banks and the Robo-signing scandal behind them, lenders should be going full steam ahead to process foreclosures and get those distressed properties to the market. And actually, that’s just the thing that should finally straighten out the housing mess. South Carolina is a judicial foreclosure state and the…

Pictures of Charleston [Friday Photos] Charleston gardens

Share Many homes in Charleston are famous for their private gardens. Noted landscape architects including Sheila Wertimer and Robert Chesnut call Charleston home and their work can be found throughout the city. The Calhoun Mansion is one of the most beautiful private homes in the Historic District of Charleston and it is also open to the public…

[Kicked to the curb] New home buyers to see fewer formerly popular home features

Share MarketWatch has an interesting article on trends in new home construction, Kiss these once popular home features goodbye. They report that new home builders will be including more practical and value-conscious features and fewer wish-list items  in new homes to meet changing home buyer demand. Here’s their list of what’s out: Outdoor kitchens Outdoor fireplaces…