Author Archive
The value of Educating our Buyers and Sellers
I know in todays market we all know it is top priority to educate our Buyers and Sellers. So I thought I would take just a moment to share some thoughts.
As we place ourselves in the seller or Buyer’s shoes we have to acknowledge they may be confused a little frustrated and possibly scared. The information [...]
Take your business to the next level with Carolina One
Carolina one offers many opportunities for our agents to grow. Our business model is a consumer and agent driven product.
We provide full service and our agents consistently list more and consequently sell more properties than agents with other companies. Carolina One signs are everywhere and as a result our agents are quite often able to sell [...]
Flood Insurance
The following information came from the FEMA concerning the expired National Flood Insurance Program
Congress Abandons Critical Housing Programs – Again
Once again, Congress left town without reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the Section 502 Rural Housing programs. The NFIP is now expired. The Section 502 Rural Housing program has [...]
When Buying A Home in Charleston
Buying
When buying a home you are faced with many decisions and many questions. We are here to help you on your journey of buying a home. Are you ready to purchase a home? Locating the perfect home is not always easy and obtaining a mortgage loan can be a frustrating process. Although, once you have [...]
Educating our clients
With our MLS listing inventory being in the 9000 to 10000 range our challenge in today’s market is how to help our sellers get their houses sold.
Our first priority is to educate our sellers on what is really happening in the market place. Of course they do have an idea; although, we have to be [...]
Recognize one person a day.
Michael Staver, founder of the Staver Group, an executive training company, says that acknowledging failure, then moving on, can help keep one’s passions from dying.
Michael Staver who is a national speaker and coach, sent me the following email concerning recognizing one person everyday, I thought it was a good idea, [...]
MLS AREA statistics for the first quarter of the year
The MLS Residential Activity report shows Current # of listings in the each area, current # number of closed sales in each area, Median Sales Price, Average Sales Price and List price to Sale Price ratio in each area of Charleston. It also shows the average days on the market which is a little misleading as it records [...]
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If you’re going to be moving to our beautiful city of Charleston in the next few months, try our FREE Market watch and get weekly updates of all the homes that come on the market in any price range and area you choose -
email me sending your name and Email address and [...]
Sold Terms and Market Statistics Criteria: Status: S, Category: ALL Statistics for Entire Mls from 1/1/2010 to 3/31/2010
Below are the statistics for the Charleston Real Estate Market.The 1st January through the 31st March 2010. As you can see the sales price to list price is about 5% which is closer than it was last year. There have been over 300 cash buyers which is quite surprising. Majority of sales are still conventional.
1. Create deals, don’t wait for them.
Steve authors a monthly informational presentation for top professionals titled “Keeping Current Matters.”
The following is an article from his monthly newsletter
Over the last 18 months, the real estate industry has almost become dependent on government’s help. We hope that programs like the tax credit or the Fed’s purchase of mortgage-backed- securities will [...]
