How do you search for Charleston homes

June 23, 2008

I notice that different people who are searching for Charleston homes search differently.

How about that sentence.

Some people who are doing a search for Charleston homes are seemingly searching all the time while others just search every once in a while. Others who are interested in the Charleston real estate market simply like to have the searching done for them and just look at the listings alerts they have subscribed to.

But here is what I found to be the most interesting thing. When a client is ready to view homes, some send me the Charleston MLS listings that they most want to see. Sometimes there are a lot, other times just a few. When I just get a few listings from a client and I have to look for some additional nearby listings to show, it’s the homes that are available nearby that don’t get sent to me that I wonder about.

Why didn’t some of those houses make the “cut”. Why did they like the home they wanted to see and why didn’t they like another home. In many cases, I have actually liked a home I found more than one that was requested. Of course, I’m not the person who potentially may be buying that home but I find it to be interesting.

A penny for your thoughts.