Orange you glad you’re in Charleston?
Our planters are HAPPY! You will never leave Charleston in want or need of something beautiful or something delicious. We offer both in abundance. Today, when I looked out the front window at The Real Estate Studio, I noticed in our planters something small, orange, beautiful, and delicious. Our Calamondin orange bushes have begun to fruit! This is particularly exciting since it was only...
Watercolor artist Frank Peabody to show at The Real Estate Studio
Here at The Real Estate Studio, we are proud to offer our beautiful space to local artists. In fact, we allow a new artist to hang work every 6 weeks. Shar Duffy took down her lush oil landscapes yesterday, and today Frank Peabody's group is hanging his collection of colorful, dreamy watercolors. You can check out the progress of the works going up below. He will join us for a reception on...
You Don’t Have to Be a Celebrity to Have a Destination Wedding
Charleston (and the entertainment media in general) is still abuzz about the surprise nuptials of Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively over Labor Day weekend. The couple was married here in Charleston at the cotton dock at Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant. The event was planned by Martha Stewart's crew, so you know it had to be one fabulous, well done affair that we'll unfortunately have to...
Charleston Real Estate Market Mid-Year Update
Dr. Lawrence Yun, chief economist and senior vice president of research for the National Association of Realtors, delivered the keynote address and discussed the Charleston real estate market last Wednesday for area members of Charleston Trident Association of Realtors. He had lots of good things to say about the Charleston market in general. Read the whole story and watch the videos HERE. Now...
2012 PGA In Pictures
It was over two years in the making and caused quite a few traffic jams around Kiawah Island Resort, but the 2012 PGA has finally come and gone. Rory McIlroy shot a bogey-free round of 66 and won his second Wanamaker Trophy. Golf and the Lowcountry go so well together and almost everyone at Dunes is a fan or a player, so the offices were quiet during the PGA. Two of our agents, Donnie Whitaker...
Happy Carolina Day
If you passed by a flag today and wondered why it was at half mast, it is because it is Carolina Day. Carolina Day remembers the Battle of Sullivan's Island. Today is the 236th anniversary of the major setback to Britain during the American Revolution. From today's Post and Courier On June 28, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was being hashed out in Philadelphia, the British Navy...
The Spring Summer 2012 Charleston Coast Real Estate Buyer’s Guide
The newest edition of the Charleston Coast Real Estate Buyer's Guide has arrived! We publish this magazine twice a year and distribute them from our four local offices. You can check out the "digital flip" version of the magazine HERE
Charleston County Market Report Through April 2012
Market Reports Residential Real Estate Sales Volume Continues Growth; Prices Follow Suit Inventory Continues Decline; Nears 6k Mark CHARLESTON, SC—(May 11, 2012) According to preliminary data released today by the Charleston Trident Association of REALTORS® (CTAR), 831 homes sold at a median price of $183,000 in April. There were 24,213 property showings recorded by the MLS in April. Last April,...
S.C. home sales continue to climb
In a report published earlier today in the Charleston Regional Business Journal, 1st Quarter in the Charleston Trident Market resulted in 898 sales, up 4.4%, with median price at $182,240, up 2.5%. To see a list of 1st Quarter sales and prices for the entire state by region/market, read the entire article HERE.
Charleston Coast Market
Sunday, April 01, 2012 Charleston Coast Market in a Nutshell Well, what can I tell you? It is busy here in Charleston. As a matter of fact, it is the busiest I have been in five years. Inventory is slightly down (a good thing), interest rates are down (another good thing) and prices are down - not so good. Maybe everyone is heeding Warren Buffet's advice (I am paraphrasing here): "Buy property...