Charleston South Carolina Real Estate

Charleston's "Appeal" to Cruise Lines

Search for Real Estate in Charleston When you are selling your home, you know that curb appeal is very important. First impressions are lasting so you make every effort to spruce things up for visitors because you know that even a great home can be overlooked Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:57 AM by Chris DeLoach, ABR, SFR, BIC | 0 Comments

The future for real estate is bright in Charleston

Find a new home in Charleston The outlook for the real estate market in Charleston South Carolina is excellent. Reasons to be optimistic about the future of real estate in the greater Charleston area abundant. Here are a few. The general consensus among Read More...

Posted Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:56 AM by Chris DeLoach, ABR, SFR, BIC | 0 Comments

Charleston home market rebound

Chris DeLoach, ABR, BIC In Charleston, the signs of fall are all around us. So are the signs of a Charleston real estate market rebound. The Charleston market is showing clear signs that a modest price recovery is underway. Homes are staying on the market Read More...

Posted Monday, October 12, 2009 9:16 PM by Chris DeLoach, ABR, SFR, BIC | 0 Comments

Buying a short sale - a great deal but can you handle it?

Charleston Real Estate Site There is nothing "short" about a "short sale". Among the real estate misnomers, this is a classic one. Short sales take a long time. They are hard for the seller. They frustrate buyers. They are among the Read More...

Posted Friday, October 02, 2009 3:12 PM by Chris DeLoach, ABR, SFR, BIC | 0 Comments

The lesser of two - the short sale

Charleston South Carolina Real Estate A short sale is a sale that occurs where the closing price is less than the balance owed on the seller's mortgage and the seller will not be making up the difference to satisfy the mortgage. A short sale can result Read More...

Posted Friday, October 02, 2009 3:01 PM by Chris DeLoach, ABR, SFR, BIC | 0 Comments

Builders and you - get your own free representation first

Charleston Real Estate Site - search the MLS As you might expect, builders look at selling a home from a very different perspective than that of individual home sellers. Builders are business people and selling is a full time business - not an occasional Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 25, 2008 10:47 PM by Chris DeLoach, ABR, SFR, BIC | 0 Comments

A place called home

Charleston Area Real Estate Where we live, the type of home we choose to live in, and how we make that home our own are intimate, careful choices. The home, for most of us, transcends the physical. Even the term "home" itself evokes a powerful Read More...

Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 11:09 AM by Chris DeLoach, ABR, SFR, BIC | 0 Comments

Buy a home, get a rebate vs Buy a home using the best agent

Charleston Real Estate A hot real estate market over the past decade has brought with it a lot of changes for the real estate industry. Changes in technology have also been key in altering the way the public and the real estate profession sees the role Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:05 PM by Chris DeLoach, ABR, SFR, BIC | 0 Comments

It is really a rebate, a kick back, or a gift?

Charleston Real Estate Search the Charleston MLS Rebate is from14th century English, in effect, to deduct. Re-bate is to “un-deduct” - or, simply, give back. Now by this definition, and the usual concept of rebate we all well understand, the Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:55 AM by Chris DeLoach, ABR, SFR, BIC | 0 Comments

Risky business

With all the talk in the media about defaults and foreclosures, it’s not a bad idea to have an understanding of how loans are issued and how banks are protected when they issue loans. I t is getting harder to get a loan – even for well qualified Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:24 AM by Chris DeLoach, ABR, SFR, BIC | 0 Comments

It's not your mortgage

Let’s first eliminate a common misunderstanding. Banks do not GIVE mortgages. If you have a home with a mortgage, the bank owns the mortgage. How did they get it? You GAVE it to them. Most people say that they are going to get a mortgage when in Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:57 AM by Chris DeLoach, ABR, SFR, BIC | 0 Comments

Time to buy

The perfect buyers market is at hand - but it will not last. Existing home sales have plunged to a 25 year low . The National Association of Realtors reported sales of single-family homes and condominiums dropped by 2.2% in December of 2007 to a seasonally Read More...

Posted Friday, January 25, 2008 8:10 AM by Chris DeLoach, ABR, SFR, BIC | 0 Comments

Improving market

A growing number of area real estate professionals are daring fate by starting to talk about an imminent market recovery. Yes, the months of pain for sellers may soon give way to a gradual improvement in market balance. Will the recovery be a run away Read More...

Posted Friday, July 13, 2007 12:09 PM by Chris DeLoach, ABR, SFR, BIC | 0 Comments

Light at the end of the tunnel!

Welcome to a buyers’ market. It has taken at number of months but our area has evolved into a market dominated by the power of the buyer. As a buyer, of course this is great news. As a seller, you may be starting to pace the floor and you may be Read More...

Posted Friday, July 13, 2007 11:54 AM by Chris DeLoach, ABR, SFR, BIC | 0 Comments

CBS - bashing Realtors ... again

"Chipping Away at Realtors' Six Percent" Lesley Stahl - 60 Minutes May 13, 2007 ( http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/11/60minutes/main2790865.shtml ) "Dear Fellow REALTOR®: I am disappointed and dismayed at the biased story Read More...

Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2007 9:28 AM by Chris DeLoach, ABR, SFR, BIC | 0 Comments