Hilton Head Island, SC – Many Hilton Head property owners have called or emailed recently for comparables because of their recent Beaufort County Reassessment.  If you would like a list of applicable comparable properties, please email me at Robbie@robbiebunting.com .   Below is an email we received recently.  Just let us know if you would like some help.  It is very easy for us to gather this information for you if it is available.  Thank you.

• “We received out countywide reassessment for property tax and want to appeal it. They have assessed the home at $XXX,XXX for tax purposes. As part of the appeal, we have to send in comparables.   Are you able to send some along for us to use?  Thanks so much!”

The condition of a property can often be corrected with price, however improvements to the condition will make a Hilton Head property sell faster and quite possibly for more money in the market today.  Condition is really the only thing a seller can change other than price to get their property sold.   With available inventory and selection that exist on Hilton Head Island, buyers do not have to settle for a property that needs work.  It is still a beauty contest for Hilton Head Island properties and the best will win.  Sellers have spotted this trend and have become pro-active in positioning their properties to be the next sold.  Listed below are several ways to make a property more saleable. Read the rest of this entry

Hilton Head buyers that are agonizing over a 1% counter offer from the seller are missing the point and usually the property in today’s market.  It is easy to understand why a buyer stays put on their offer in a declining market, but that option is going, going, gone.  Just look at Zillow pricing for Hilton Head over the last year.  It shows an improvement of almost 10%.  A buyer that gets sticker shock in an improving market, just may have to wait for the next recession to buy a home. Read the rest of this entry