Kayaking my Beloved Lowcountry

Enough with the practical stuff, the real estate stuff. Let’s stop for a moment and consider the emotional and inspiring part of life in the Lowcountry. I came upon this video from REI yesterday about their Coastal Carolina Kayaking Trip, took a moment to watch it, and felt my heart swell. The scenes in here are real folks. These are...

Houses in Charleston are in High Demand – A Good Home is Hard to Find

You all know I like to use numbers to tell a story…And the story is this. There are very few homes to choose from in the Charleston metro’s most popular neighborhoods – both ON the Peninsula, and in the surrounding areas. If you are interested in buying a home in one of these neighborhoods in one of the ‘hot’ price...

Happy 2012!

I hope each of you had a wonderful New Years celebration and that you are feeling optimistic about 2012. My husband and I kicked off the year with a jaunt to Sullivan’s Island to check out the 18th Annual Polar Plunge. We parked our car on Isle of Palms to avoid the traffic, rode our bikes to the party, and...

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Having a Sunday Funday in Charleston – Nothing Could be Finer

All work and no play makes Kristin a very dull woman. Thus, this past beautiful, clear, no precipitation in sight Sunday afternoon, my husband and I decided on the spur of the moment that a Charleston Sunday Funday was in order. So we rang up his brother and girlfriend, found out they were happy to oblige, and we were on...

Isle of Palms, Sullivan’s Island & Folly Beach – Are They Coming Back?

Since it’s the summer and the beach is on almost everyone’s mind, I thought I’d do a post about our island real estate and how it has fared over the past 10 years. In doing my monthly newsletter in which I compare year over year sales, AND of course from just paying attention to what’s going on, I have noticed...

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