Posts in category 'Selling Your Home'
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Selling a Condo in Charleston: What to Ask Before Hiring a Listing Agent
When you are getting ready to sell a condo in Charleston or the surrounding Lowcountry, it is natural to think about the asking price, the photographs, and how quickly a buyer might come along. Those things matter. But before hiring a listing agent, I would encourage you to ask another question: "What will you help me understand before we put my condo on the market?" In my experience, some of the most useful work happens before the first showing.
Selling a condo involves the home itself and the association that helps maintain the community. A freshly painted interior can make a wonderful impression, but it does not answer questions about exterior maintenance, monthly dues, insurance, or upcoming work. I want to understand both sides of that picture. Preparing a condo for sale means looking at what buyers will see and asking about things they may not see at all.
One question worth asking an agent is, "What experience do you have...
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How to Choose a Listing Agent in the Charleston Lowcountry: Questions Worth Asking
If you are looking for a listing agent in Mount Pleasant, Summerville, or elsewhere in the Charleston Lowcountry, it is natural to ask, 'What do you think my house will sell for? That is an important question, but I believe there are others that deserve just as much attention. How has the agent prepared to advise you? Do they understand the homes you will compete with? Will they explain the costs and possible complications? And will they tell you the truth when the answer is different from what you hoped to hear? Choosing an agent should involve understanding how that person will help you make decisions throughout the sale.
I would begin by asking about the agent's continuing education. How many hours have they taken recently, and which classes have they chosen? More importantly, how does that education influence their advice? Completing classes is useful, but sellers also need someone who can apply what they have learned. Ask about situations involving...
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A Little Light and a New Beginning: A Client Story at The Battery at Park West
Sometimes the story behind a sold sign includes a few months of patience, a willingness to make changes, and an ongoing conversation about lightbulbs.
That was certainly true of my seller's condo at 1508 Basildon Road in The Battery at Park West. This one-bedroom home in Mount Pleasant had plenty to appreciate, but helping buyers see it meant paying attention to how it felt when they walked through the door.
Before we listed, he decluttered and had the condo cleaned. He also put in brighter lightbulbs for the listing photographs. Everything was ready for its introduction to buyers. Then, the next thing I knew, the dim lightbulbs were back in.
I had to smile. He knew what he liked living with, and I understood that. But the lighting that feels comfortable when you are relaxing at home can create a different impression for someone seeing it for the first time. I kept encouraging him to give buy...
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What I Do Differently as a Charleston Real Estate Agent
When someone asks what I do differently as a real estate agent, I sometimes struggle with the answer. Not because I don't know what I do, but because much of it happens before a home ever goes on the market or before a buyer ever writes an offer.
If you ask me to help you sell your home, I don't believe my job begins with taking pictures, entering the listing into MLS, and putting a sign in the yard. Those things matter, of course, but by then some of the most important work should already have happened.
I want to understand your home first.
That means walking through it carefully and looking at it from a buyer's perspective. What will they notice when they walk through the door? What might distract them? What already makes the home special? Sometimes a house needs repairs or updating. Sometimes it needs better furniture placement, less clutter, a little paint, or simply a different way of presenting what is already there. And sometimes my advice may be to le...
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Charleston County Housing Market September 2026: What Buyers Are Choosing as Fall Begins
September is often treated as the beginning of the slower season in real estate. Summer vacations are ending, children are back in school, and the holidays suddenly do not seem very far away. For Charleston County homeowners considering a move, that can create an understandable question: Are buyers beginning to disappear? The homes that ratified contracts between September 1 and September 18, 2026, suggest that buyers are still very much participating in the market. They may simply be choosing more carefully.
During those eighteen days, 338 Charleston County homes went under contract. The median asking price at the time of ratification was approximately $635,000, and the median home had been on the market about 31 days. That is important because it shows that September did not suddenly bring the Charleston County market to a stop. Homes across a wide range of prices and locations were still finding buyers.
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