Archive for October, 2006
Folly Beach Real Estate Market Update-October
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006According to Charleston Trident Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service currently (October 30, 2006) there are 81 single family homes on the market in Folly Beach. The least expensive property listed is a ranch style home located at 202 E Erie Avenue. The property features: two bedrooms, two bathrooms, 1,100 square feet, built in 1960 [...]
Folly Beach Town Council Meeting Overview
Thursday, October 26th, 2006Kristen Hankla’s article posted in the Post & Courier today discusses Folly Beach’s City Council meeting held on Tuesday. “Folly Beach’s current condominiums may be the last the island ever sees. The City Council voted 5-1 Tuesday to postpone a decision on the matter until its next regular meeting Dec. 12. Councilman Eddie Ellis, who [...]
Bowens Island Restaurant Destroyed by Fire
Thursday, October 26th, 2006According to Dan Huntley’s article posted in the Charlotte Observer, a fire on Sunday destroyed the Bowens Island restaurant located in James Island. In Dan Huntley’s words, “An open fire on the concrete floor to roast oysters was part of the charm of Bowens Island restaurant. And early Sunday, it was fire that destroyed the [...]
Charleston Rated Top 10 Travel Destination in U.S.
Thursday, October 26th, 2006The readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine (monthly publication with a circulation of 782,551) have once again claimed Charleston as one of the Top 10 Travel Destinations in the United States. For fourteen consecutive years, Charleston has been honored with this designation. This year, Charleston was ranked number five and outshined Carmel, Aspen, Seattle, Honolulu [...]
Sharks Migrate to SC in the Fall
Monday, October 23rd, 2006According to StarNewsOnline.com: “Fall’s cooler temperatures tend to get swimmers out of the waters off South Carolina’s coast. That’s probably just as well since that’s when sharks start migrating south and fill the state’s waters. On top of the winter migration of older sharks to warmer waters, younger sharks this time of year are moving [...]
Charleston Rated One of the Best Six Places to Retire for Tennis Players
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006According to Tennis Magazine, the most popular tennis magazine (600,000 circulation), it rated Charleston as one of the best six places for tennis players to retire in the United States. The magazine came up with the ratings by looking at various items including climate, cultural opportunities, real estate options, number of courts… In their article, [...]
Folly Beach Market
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006The real estate market is constantly fluctuating, so pricing is not an exact science. Rather, it’s a reasonable figure derived from a number of different components such as: • The status of the current real estate market. • Hard facts such as lot size, square footage and condition of your property. • Desirability factors, including [...]