Charleston is not Disneyworld

Resorts, hotels, golf courses, dining and entertainment, shopping galore and recreation for all!!! This is the call of two places that share much in common. Both are major tourist attractions, both see 100s of thousands of visitors a year, both are beautiful and cheerful and set your eyes agog with the veritable rainbow of colors lining their streets. But Disneyworld...

Kristin Walker Takes Us for a Ride (Courtesy of the CityPaper)

I thought Cara, the author, did such a great job in capturing the spirit of what I am out to accomplish so I decided to post this article in full. While Charleston is already is an amazing place to live, it has so much potential to be even better! Charleston is well on its way to becoming a leader in...

The Charleston Art of Porch Sittin’

Rain or shine, day or night, on the front or on the side, Charlestonians are experts in the fine art of porch-sitting. Even our President remarked in 2008 that “Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and on the front porches of Charleston.”...

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...

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...

Feelin’ a bit proud in Charleston, SC – our Real Estate Studio is the Future of the Real Estate Office!

Ok so normally it is against my blog rules to do too much horn-tooting but today, I just can’t help myself. Here’s an example of the beauty of social networking, the power of an innovative imagination and a “can-do” attitude. The Dunes Properties Real Estate Studio at 214 King St, Charleston, SC was just featured in a very popular blog...

Why Charleston Ain’t Cheap

Down here at The Real Estate Studio at 214 King St, we get a great mix of visitors to Charleston coming in our door. Over the past year, when conversations are inevitably struck up about real estate in Charleston, I have noted that 50% of the interested folks are WAY off in their estimates of what Charleston real estate costs....

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