Posts with tag 'Older Homes Charleston'

Every time I drive through parts of Berkeley County and Summerville, I am amazed by the amount of new construction taking place. New neighborhoods continue to expand, model homes are busy, and builders are offering incentives that can make a significant difference to a buyer's monthly payment.

Naturally, it makes me wonder how established neighborhoods are performing.

If you own a home in Tall Pines Plantation, Wescott Plantation, Scanlonville, Harbour View, Copahee View, or Whitehall, are buyers still interested in pre-owned homes? Or are they choosing new construction instead?

I recently reviewed more than 2,000 pending pre-owned home sales and compared them to hundreds of pending new construction sales throughout the Charleston area. While every neighborhood tells its own story, the overall results were encouraging for homeow...

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One of the questions I find myself wondering about lately is whether all of the new construction taking place throughout the Charleston area is changing the market for homeowners who may be considering selling an existing home.

It's a fair question.

Drive through parts of Berkeley County, Summerville, Goose Creek, or even portions of Mount Pleasant and you'll see new homes being built at a pace that would have been difficult to imagine a decade ago. Builders are opening new phases, releasing new lots, and offering incentives designed to attract buyers.

At the same time, thousands of pre-owned homes continue to come on the market and successfully go under contract.

So what does the data actually tell us?

I recently reviewed more than 800 pending...

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People often ask what we actually do as Realtors.

From the outside, it can look simple. We show homes, write contracts, and get to closing. But the truth is, most transactions are layered with people, relationships, and decisions that don't always line up neatly.

This one is a good example.

The transaction originally started with Barb, another agent on my team. She had a long-standing relationship with the buyer's family—over twenty years of connection through their daughter. That kind of history brings trust, and trust matters.

But the actual buyers weren't the daughter. It was her parents, along with their son who was living in Alabama. Around them were other voices—the daughters,  and their husbands. Everyone cared, everyone had opinions, and...

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Not every home search moves quickly.
And truthfully, not every home search should.

This one started the way the best relationships often do—with a referral from a past client. There's a level of trust that comes with that, and I don't take it lightly. When someone sends a friend or family member my way, they're not just sharing my name—they're sharing their experience.

From the beginning, there was no rush.
This buyer wasn't trying to force a decision, and I wasn't trying to push one. He works during the day, so we built our schedule around evenings and his days off. That meant a lot of late showings, and more than a few weekends.

Terry came along as my driver on those nights and weekends, which turned into something more than just logistics. It gave the...

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This is one of those questions that sounds simple… until we actually start looking at homes together.

Because on paper, it looks like a straightforward decision:
New construction versus pre-owned.

But in Copahee View, Whitehall Terrace, and the surrounding area, that's not really the decision you're making.

You're not just choosing between a newer home and an older home.

You're choosing between different types of property that don't exist in the same way anymore.

Let me explain what I mean

When we start walking through new construction in this area, it feels exactly how most people expect.

It's clean.
It's open.
It's move-in ready.

And for a lot of buyers, that feels like the right answer immediately.

There's nothing wrong with that.

But then we step outside… and that's usually when the conversation shifts.

Because most of the newer homes in this area are built on subdivided lots.

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