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Home Staging is a VERY important part to selling your home. Below are some closely guarded tips and secrets on how to stage your home easily to get it sold faster. When you have what is considered to be an expensive home usually those found in Downtown Charleston, Kiawah Island, Sullivan’s Island, Daniel Island, Isle…

How to Plan for Your “Southern Style Home” The south has always been a picture of opulence, class, and rolling green fields. Movies like ‘Gone with the Wind’ brought into our attention how the plantation barons of the old days live in near palatial grandeur. Captivating with its glorious beauty and rich history. So as…

Wow! How the internet has changed the world in the last 10 yrs. They say technology capabilities double every six months, meaning what you buy now in technology will be obsolete in actually 3 months. So, how has the world of real estate changed with the evolution of technology? Listing tips from a Charleston SC…

Current Mortgage Rates in Charleston SC | Home Loan Interest Rates in Charleston SC Mortgage interest rates fluctuate daily, and often times many times a day so staying on top of the market is key to knowing when to lock in the rates. Mortgage rates in the United States are based around the stock market,…

I bet when you think of San Diego the last thing you think of is Charleston SC. Trust me, I understand why. However, you’d be really surprised at how very similar the two cities really are. Truly. I have lived in Charleston SC since 1999, and am originally from Columbia SC. I have traveled all…

Did we not learn our lesson? Has it been so long ago that we have already forgotten the complete and utter collapse of not only our economy but more or less the world’s because of reckless mortgage lending. Don’t be alarmed when I tell you that you had better be prepared for another economic recession…

Luxury Home Loans Charleston SC | Jumbo Mortgage Lenders Charleston SC & Kiawah Island As of Nov 2017 The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced the maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages to be acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2018. In most of the U.S., the 2018 maximum conforming loan limit for one-unit…

Have we learned nothing from the Great Recession? Housing appears to be headed down the same road it was in 2006 when “the bubble” burst. I owned a flourishing wholesale mortgage firm for 7 years and wrote loans for over 13 years total. After closing my company in 2009 after seeing that there was no…

Well we can definitely tell it’s summer here in Charleston SC, because the temperature outside is hovering around 96 degrees and the heat index is around 105, and it’s not even August. Unfortunately, for buyers looking to purchase in the area they are experiencing much of the same thing, but for how long? Is there…