Posts with tag 'Summerville SC'
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Can Pre-Owned Homes Still Compete With New Construction in Charleston?
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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What Do Realtors Actually Do? A Real Story From One Transaction
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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Living in Wescott Plantation: Golf, Routine, and Why People Stay
There are some neighborhoods that look good on paper.
And then there are neighborhoods where you start to notice something else entirely once you spend time there.
Wescott is one of those places.
You can look at the homes, the prices, the location—and all of that matters. But what really stands out to me is how people actually live once they're there. Not just what's available to them, but what they consistently use, talk about, and build their routines around.
And that's where Wescott starts to separate itself.
It's Not Just the Golf Course
The golf course is the obvious feat...
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