Bike-friendly Neighborhoods of Charleston

Since many of you, like me, love to ride a bike and want to live somewhere it is not only possible, but pleasurable, here is a list of my favorite bike-friendly neighborhoods and areas in Charleston. If there are some I have left off (in Mt. Pleasant and West Ashley for example) please let me know! What makes an...

Home Sales on the Charleston Peninsula – Makin’ it Snappy

Some of the numbers in my previous post “Home Sellers Finally Get It” looked downright scary. Homes on the market for over 700 days. 700! And these are just the ones that have recently sold. Who knows how many others are out there still sitting and waiting to be rescued? One would think that with stats like that, very little...

Charleston Peninsula Home Sellers Finally Get It

For the past couple years we’ve been watching and waiting as real estate sales plummeted, yet home sellers held firm on their asking prices. Call it stubbornness, pride or disbelief, but people weren’t budging. Well, they are now – whether by force, generosity or pure exhaustion. If you are in the market for a new home in Charleston, or if you have been eyeing...

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Sounds of the City

Have you ever been to the top of the Empire State Building, or stood on the rooftop of a 5-story walk-up in the East Village, or walked from Downtown to Uptown through all its changing faces? The cacophony, the constancy, the buses, sirens, the laughter, the street musicians, the rumble of the subways in the belly of the beast. Vibrant. ...

A New Way to Find Your Charleston Home – On a Bicycle!

The fun way to explore Charleston’s real estate Charleston is one of the best places in the country to see homes by bike, (It’s flat with great weather!) and often, it’s the best way to get around. Imagine being able to see everything around you completely and with new eyes. On a bike, you gain an understanding of the small, but important...