Mortgage rates inched up from record lows last week after signs of improvement in the employment market. Borrowers who are eligible to refinance have kept lenders busy as the homeowners try to take advantage of the historically low rates. The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose 2 basis points this week to 4.14 percent, according to… Read More

Recently I read a local article written by a transplant to Charleston who had traveled all over the globe during her working career. She was asked why, of all the places she had seen in the world, did she select Charleston as her place to plant roots? She said she fell in love with the… Read More

More than 700 homes with seven-figure asking prices are on the market in the Charleston tri-county area; roughly 10% of all residential listings and a handful are listed at more than $10 million. According to the Charleston MLS, 204 homes sold for $1 million or more in 2011. Those do not include some multi-million dollar… Read More

Good news from FHA today advising they have increased their 2012 single family home limits up to $335,000 for Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester Counties.  This is up from $302,450.00 in 2011.  Let’s find that home for you and your family this year! 

Excerpt from January 4, 2012 mortgagenewsdaily.com “As part of the temporary resolution to the recent battle over the Tax Cut Extension that took place in the last weeks of December, Congress decided that mortgage borrowers should foot part of the bill.  Technically, Congress increased the “Guaranty Fees” that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac charge to lenders… Read More

As we go through our day-to-day tasks, it’s always amazing how certain things which catch our eye will trigger a memory or initiate a thought process. In this case, it was a simple, but lovely red door on a home.

Congratulations Charleston! We are in great company with New York, Chicago, San Francisco, our neighbor, Savannah, and others, but Charleston tops the list as the top city to visit! Charleston continually receives accolades and awards in a variety of categories. A few examples; the BEST new restaurant in the country in 2011 (HUSK on Queen… Read More