Posts with tag 'Summerville SC Real Estate'
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What Wescott Plantation Sellers Can Expect Right Now
The Wescott Plantation market is active, but buyers are being selective. In the most recent snapshot, there were 29 homes actively listed and 7 homes that went under contract within the previous 10 days.
Detached homes showed the strongest recent movement. The typical detached home currently under contract was larger than the typical active listing—approximately 2,344 square feet with four bedrooms, compared with about 1,908 square feet and three bedrooms among active homes. The median last list price of the detached homes under contract was $450,000, and three of the f...
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Why Pine Hills at Cane Bay Feels Like a Vacation Every Day
Life in Pine Hills at Cane Bay is about more than owning a home. It's about waking up each day in a community where resort-style amenities, outdoor gathering spaces, and beautiful surroundings make everyday life feel a little more like a getaway.
Most vacations have something in common. People spend more time outdoors, move at a slower pace, and find themselves enjoying simple moments they often overlook during everyday life. Whether it's an afternoon by the pool, dinner with friends, or an evening walk before sunset, those moments are often what people remember long after the trip is over.
Imagine finding that same feeling just outside your front door.
That is one of the things that makes...
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Holiday Weekends Can Slow the Market, But They Do Not Stop It
There is something about a holiday weekend that can make sellers wonder if the market has gone completely quiet.
The house is clean. The beds are made. The counters are clear. The showing instructions are ready. And then… not much happens.
That can feel discouraging if you are watching every notification, especially when you are hoping for a showing, an offer, or at least some sign that buyers are paying attention. But a quiet holiday weekend does not necessarily mean buyers are gone. It often means they are human.
People travel. They host family. They go to cookouts. They take quick getaways. They sit at ball fields, beaches, pools, parks, fireworks shows, and backyard tables. Even serious buyers may pause for a day or two because life is happening.
That does not mean the market stopped.
It means the market slowed down for a moment.
A holiday weekend is a good reminder that real estate does not happen in a vacuum. Buyers ar...
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What Buyers Chose: June 16–29, 2026
Buyers are still buying — but they are choosing carefully.
I looked at MLS homes that went under contract from June 16–29, and the data tells a useful story for homeowners. The market is moving, but price positioning matters. Nearly half of the homes that went under contract had reduced their price before finding a buyer.
That does not mean sellers need to panic. It means sellers need clear information before they list, and current sellers need honest feedback while they wait.
I wrote this short breakdown to explain what buyers actually chose and what that may mean for homeowners thinking about selling.
Bonnie Wicks, licensed as Bonnie Jean Wicks Bertalot, is an Associate Broker with Carolina One Real Estate and team lead of Shoreline Key Team, serving Mount Pleasant, Charleston, Summerville, Han...
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Listening to the Photographs
Yesterday afternoon I spent a couple of hours with a family preparing their home for professional listing photographs. Most people probably imagine that a photo shoot is all about cameras, lighting, and making sure the house looks perfect. There is certainly some truth to that. Before the photographer ever takes the first picture, I walk through the house turning on lights, opening blinds, clearing countertops, hiding trash cans, putting toilet seat lids down, and making sure anything that doesn't belong in a photograph quietly disappears. In this home, that even included gathering up every dog toy before the photographer arrived.
Once everything is ready, the photographer begins working room by room. As she moves through the house, my job is simply to keep the homeowners one step ahead of the camera. If she is photographing the living room, we wait in the kitchen. When she moves into the kitchen, we step into a...
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