beaufort: Loggerhead Trail
- 12/05/13 11:19 AM
One of the real signs of health with the Beaufort real estate market is the re-emergence of new construction, both custom homes and spec homes.
So, I am happy to announce three new homesite listings in the Loggerhead Trail community in Beaufort, SC. I just finished the listing paperwork today, and immediateley entered them into the Beaufort Multiple Listing Service.
If Loggerhead Trail sounds like a special place, it is. Loggerhead Trail is an environmentally sensitive conclave of 8 homesites in the heart of Beaufort's very popular Lady's Island.
Loggerhead Trail is convenient located to popular Lady's Island … (0 comments)
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beaufort: Callawassie Island, SC
- 11/25/13 12:11 PM
Callawassie Island is a scenic golf-course community located between historic Beaufort, and Hilton Head Island, one of the top vacation spots on the East Coast.
Callawassie Island has recently re-structured its membership options. If you are considering a golf community in this area, you might find this beneficial.
Upon closing on property, new owners on Callawassie Islandl pay a $15,000, one-time initiation fee to join the club.This is a non-refundable equity membership.
Moving forward, new owners will pay $630 per month ($7560 annually) for Island Dues. These dues entitle owners use of pool, tennis courts, and other island amenities. If the new owner were to elect to add … (0 comments)
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beaufort: Help positioning text around pictures
- 10/24/13 11:55 AM
Dear AR Friends,
It has been a while since I posted, and I got hit smack in the face with the new dashboard menu.
Can somebody please tell me how to get text to wrap around photos? Thanks in advance.
Keith
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beaufort: September Market Report for Beaufort, SC
- 10/24/13 11:51 AM
In recent months we have been able to enjoy the delightful sound of "normalcy" in the Beaufort, SC, real estate market. Real estate buyers are buying, sellers are selling, lenders are lending, and builders are building. Like the listing to the left, 219 Willow Point Road, a new build in the Willow Point subdivision in Burton. All major indices showcase fairly robust real estate price recovery. Consumer confidence isn't what it could be, but it's on the upswing
In September, new listings in the Beaufort region decreased 5.3 percent to 179. Pending home sales were up 28.2 percent to 100. Inventory … (1 comments)
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beaufort: More Encouraging News.........
- 09/16/13 11:11 AM
If you or anyone you know has any rea estate related questions regarding the Beaufort, SC real estate market, feel free to call me at 843.263.6886, or email me at strawn.keith@gmail.com, or visit my website, www.explorebeaufortrealestate.com.
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beaufort: Beaufort, SC Real Estate Prices Finally Turning the Corner?
- 09/13/13 01:49 PM
And now, for some good news. Median sales prices via the Beaufort Multiple Listing Service rose in August 2013, to $185,000, compared to the median sales price of $166,565 for August 2012, according to figures released this week by the Beaufort Association of Realtors. That is an increase of about 11 percent, according to BCAR stats.
Other encouraging indicators include the year-to-date figures for 2013, which saw the median sales price for January through August increase to $183,000, up 4.6 percent from the same time period in 2012.
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beaufort: 2013 Beaufort Water Festival
- 07/21/13 02:32 AM
One of the things that makes Beaufort, SC special is the Water Festival. Here is a scene from the opening ceremonies, last Friday, July 19.
Opening ceremonies are always quite a site -- hundres of boats on the Beaufort River, and thousands of revelers at the downtown Beaufort Waterfront Park, where most of the events take place.
If you are within a driveable distance from Beaufort, I would highly recommend coming down for a few hours. The festival continues through next Saturday, July 27. It is truly a wonderful festival in a waterfront community.
Here is a link to … (1 comments)
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beaufort: Newpoint, Beaufort, SC
- 07/19/13 11:16 PM
NEWPOINT -- Newpoint is a popular community located on Lady's Island, about 3.5 miles from Historic Downtown Beaufort. Known for its "neo-traditional" architecture, Newpoint was designed to look like turn-of-the-century Beaufort, SC, along with other coastal towns. Among the popular features of Newpoint homes are large porches, manageable homesites, and charming, old-style architecture.
First developed in the early 1990s Newpoint spawned a revolution of other similar neighborhoods, from Battery Point and Broad Street, to Habersham and Coosaw Point.
There have been six home sales in Newpoint in the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $459,500. Sale prices ranged … (1 comments)
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beaufort: A Phone Call From My Very First Real Estate Client
- 06/17/13 11:36 PM
I got a call over the weekend from an old client. As soon as I heard, "Hi, Keith Strawn, this is a blast from your past......" I knew exactly who it was. This client (once a client, always a client, right?) Donna is a Realtor herself, and she was my very first listing and sale. So, suffice it to say, Donna has a very special place in my heart, and she absolutely made my day with this phone call.
When I started practicing real estate in 1998, i went on a farming campaign that would have made each and every one … (1 comments)
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beaufort: Willow Point
- 05/23/13 01:09 PM
Wilow Point is a great waterfront community in Beaufort's Shell Point community. Homesites begin in the low $20,000 range. Willow Point residents have access to a community boat dock, which empties into the Broad River. The Broad River boat landing is just a few minutes by car, as well.
Willow Point homes feature the neo-classical style which is so popular in the Beaufort Real Estate market right now. Neo-classical, or neo-traditional, are designed in the style of Beaufort's charming downtown Historic District, but features the amenites associated with a new home.
I currently have four homesites available in Willow Point, ranging … (0 comments)
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beaufort: Downtown Beaufort, SC Home
- 02/11/13 01:44 AM
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beaufort: Beaufort's Spring Island Named Top South Carolina Community
- 02/04/13 11:01 PM
Beaufort's Spring Island was just named Best South Carolina Community by a real estate website.
This is exciting news for Beaufort premier exclusive community, located just south of the Broad River.. Spring Island is a 3,000-acre private island, and a perfect place to escape it all . Located in the Lowcountry, just south of Historic Beaufort, SC. Spring Island, was recognized by the website as being a carefully-preserved, upscale community, which has preserved its roots, back to when it was a working plantation about 200 years ago.
If you are looking for an upscale, private community, to serve as either a primary residence, … (1 comments)
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beaufort: Focusing on the wrong thing when bidding on a property
- 01/29/13 02:35 AM
One of the most ill-advised strategies to buying property is to fixate on what the seller paid, and refuse to allow the seller to make any money. This happens a lot in the current market, where gauging sellers is almost a point of pride to many buyers.
It doesn't matter what the seller paid. Sometimes, there is opportunity for two people to make out well on a property, even in a short period of time.
For instance, what if a home-seller paid "X" for a property, a year ago, and has it currently listed for "X PLUS 25 PERCENT?" Who says "X PLUS … (1 comments)
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beaufort: Beaufort's Lady's Island Community
- 01/22/13 08:56 AM
Lady’s Island is nestled between Historic Downtown Beaufort and the Atlantic Ocean. Lady's Island is also one of Beaufort's premier residential areas. From the waterfront communities of Distant Island, Cane Island, Cat Island and Newpoint, to the wonderful and more affordably priced communities of Royal Pines, Christine Place, and Telfair, Lady's Island has something for everyone. Lady's Island is separated from downtown Beaufort by the Woods Memorial Bridge, more commonly referred to as old "swing bridge." In recent years, Lady’s Island has become a very popular option for builders and developers, because of this proximity to downtown Beaufort, and seemingly endless … (2 comments)
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beaufort: Callawassie Island, Minutes from Beaufort, SC
- 01/21/13 11:34 AM
According to Realtors familiar with the community, Callawassie Island had a banner real estate year in 2012.
**Sales were up more than 100 percent versus 2011.
**Almost 20 homes sold, along with three homesites.
There are tremendous waterfront values on Callawassie Island, with marsh front homes available for under $25,000.
Callawassie is a gated community, with 24/7 security, community docks, two swimming pools, and 27 holes of golf. Callawassie Island is located just south of Beaufort, SC. For more information on Callawassie Island, contact Keith at 843.263.6886, or email to keith@explorebeaufortrealestate.com.
Callawassie Island is just one option of many, for those seeking to purchase real … (0 comments)
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beaufort: Fuller Street Cottages, A Great Downtown Beaufort, SC Community
- 01/20/13 08:20 AM
The Fuller Street Cottages are located in downtown Beaufort, SC, within the lushly-landscaped Hermitage/Hundred Pines community. Developed in the mid 2000s, Fuller Street Cottages is an opportunity to live on a quiet downtown Beaufort street, convenient to everything downtown Beaufort has to offer.There were two homes sales in the Fuller Street Cottages community in 2012. 123 Fuller Street and 127 Fuller Street sold for $425,000 and $360,000, respectively. Values in Fuller Street peaked in 2007, with homes selling in the $430,000 to $450,000 range. The 1.4-mile Spanish Moss Recreational Trail, which runs adjacent to Fuller Street Cottages, was recently dedicated. The … (2 comments)
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beaufort: The Case for Beaufort, SC
- 01/18/13 01:04 AM
A few weeks after arriving in Beaufort, SC, from Atlanta, in the spring of 1996, I noticed something -- It never seemed to rain in Beaufort. Indeed, for weeks on end, it seemed I rarely noticed a cloud. To be sure, it rains in Beaufort, SC. In fact, one of my favorite things in the whole world is an early evening thunderstorm.
Suffice it to say, my first impressions of Beaufort were terrific. Almost seventeen years later, life keeps getting better in Beaufort. Rarely do you go out and not encounter a familiar face. And even the not-so-familiar faces tend to … (0 comments)
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beaufort: Beaufort, SC Deepwater Listing, Reduced to $299,000
- 01/14/13 12:26 PM
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beaufort: The Rise of the Short Sale Negotiator
- 11/08/12 10:36 AM
"Short sales" used to be a real estate anomaly. But no more. Short sales, in which a seller owes more than a home is worth, are common- place these days. Buyers and sellers, and their Realtors, know that short sales can be frustrating, teeth-gnashing affairs, because every short sale is contingent on a lenders approval of the sale. Some short sales drag on for months. My partner, Kim, and I worked for eight months on a short sale before it closed.Enter the short sale "negotiator", a new specialist who has emerged as a result of the proliferation of short sales. Short … (3 comments)
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beaufort: For Home Buyers In Need of Credit Improvement
- 10/17/12 02:49 AM
An agent in our office recently met with a prospective buyer, who had some credit issues. The agent is still new, so she emailed the other agents in the office to get advice on how to help a buyer build up their credit.
As always seems to be the case in our wonderful office, one of the agents, who shall remain nameless, provided some excellent advice. I thought I would share, and maybe it will be helpful to prospective home buyers, or their Realtors, down the road.
Following is the response --
Many times I have come into similar situations, regarding … (4 comments)
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One of the real signs of health with the Beaufort real estate market is the re-emergence of new construction, both custom homes and spec homes.
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