Our properties do not suffer from a lack of marketing and it looks like they will be cooking this summer.   The virtual visitors and “traffic” is totally off the charts as we head into selling season with these great properties.  We have other sites and will be adding Robbie Bunting’s Internet Marketing sites to this list, but below is the recent report on our Realtor.com, Visual Tour.com and BlogHiltonHeadRealtor.com sites.  We have seen a steady increase in the amount of page views as we head into summer and sellers offering price, condition, location and access will see activity in the weeks ahead! Read the rest of this entry

Hilton Head has over 2.5 million visitors annually and in the coming summer weeks we will see most of them.  This year, unlike years past, we have a pent up demand and growing confidence from buyers that have been sitting on the side lines waiting for the economy to improve and their next Island visit.  Based on the buyers presence on our internet sites we are going to have a very busy real estate summer. Posted below are a few preparation suggestions for our buyers, sellers and fellow agents before the summer officially begins. Read the rest of this entry

There are basically four types of ownership opportunities on Hilton Head Island including homes, home-sites, villas and shares.  The share program was put together years ago for visitors that wanted a hassle free ownership on Hilton Head Island.  These share programs offer multiple weeks that are either bundled together or spread out through the year.  There are various size units and are spread throughout the Hilton Head Island area.  We have listed a few of these units that are offered for sale below:

Four shared properties at Carolina Club in Shipyard

One shared property at Brigantine Quarters in Shipyard

One shared property at Springwood Villas in Forest Beach

One shared property at Spinnaker at Shipyard in Shipyard

Two shared properties at Harbourside III in Shelter Cove

Hassle free Ownership

If you would like to explore this concept with us, please email us atislandrealtor@hargray.com or call us toll free at 800-932-3652.  We will send you a complete package detailing the benefits of ownership, the costs, the programs and the property.

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From the Island,

Robbie Bunting & Jane Hyers

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The other day a friend and fellow Realtor published on his Trulia Blog that there were only 808 homes for sale on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.  When I looked at this number I started thinking about all those baby boomers getting ready to retire or moove.  With 808 homes for sale it got me thinking that we are heading towards a housing shortage on Hilton Head Island.  The problem with the present real estate market is too often we lose the proper perspective by looking at the forest and not the trees.  Read the rest of this entry

As a mortgage lender we always order an appraisal on the homes and condos that we are financing.  The appraisal is full of information about the house, the neighborhood and the overall real estate market.  In one section of the appraisal there are  three little boxes that pertain to the property values.  The little boxes are labeled increasing, stable, and declining.  Only in the last few years have we received appraisals with the “declining” box checked.
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When you are new to an area, it pays to be informed.  We have some tips that prospective home buyers should know especially if they are moving from another state or are first time buyers.  We can provide new residents and owners a copy of our Hot Tips as they come out weekly.  Too often people are fed costly lines about their systems and therefore we offer free second opinions on previously condemned systems.  In most cases we can make minor repairs and save our customers thousands.    Read the rest of this entry

Hilton Head Buyers are “window shopping” more than ever before with information literally at their fingertips.  Their computers become the storefronts for searching  Hilton Head Homes, Hilton Head Villas, Hilton Head Lots, Hilton Head Foreclosures, Hilton Head Short Sales, Daufuskie Properties and other great listings.  Nowadays a buyer can shop for real estate without anyones help, but it can be a lot more productive with the virtual assistance of a Hilton Head Realtor.  Read the rest of this entry

My coach corrected me other day when I told him that we were asking some silly asking prices on some of the properties around Hilton Head and Daufuskie Island.  He told me to take “silly” out of my presentation and replace it with “fair market value”  I had been protecting myself and my sellers from reality by using the word “silly”.  Made me think about all the sellers that had told me that they will “wait it out” because they were not going to “give” their property away.   Read the rest of this entry