If the market is not coming to you, you must go to the market!

Today, the Hilton Head real estate market is determined by home buyers.  If a property is getting little to no activity and has not yet had an offer, it can be assumed that the property is out  of  market.  Agents that have these properties listed will start tweaking their marketing programs and increasing their efforts often to no avail.  It is up to the seller to fix this by adjusting the value  and this nursery rhyme gives you the reason!

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Why would you not want to be on every website in the World?

Because over 87% of all real estate purchases start on line, we post your Hilton Head Property on practically every website we can.  Having many different websites for your property is like having several billboards around the world.  You simply do not know how the buyer is going to search or find us, but we know that we have the web covered.  Below are the bigger websites we have listed our properties for sale on.  Read the rest of this entry

We have attached the link to the 2010 February Market Study.  This report shows the activity in the real estate market in a very recent snapshot.  Below is a quick summary of this report: Read the rest of this entry

The marsh tacky race will go on — but at Coligny Beach | islandpacket.com.

REALTOR� Magazine-Daily News-Shadow Inventory Unlikely to Hurt Market.

Staging or furnishing deadlines!

The days of no interest, no payments will soon be gone at Rooms to Go.  If you want either Vacant Home Staging or just some additional pieces of furniture and not make a payment on until 2012 please let Kalyani know ASAP. The last day to be able to order is 2/15/10! I’d need to have everything ready to be ordered by then.
 
Kalyani Persons
Home Staging In Paradise
www.HomeStagingInParadise.com
Kalyani@HomeStagingInParadise.com
843/815-4412

Are you making a move on Hilton Head Island?

Deadlines are rapidly approaching for Tax Credits for first time home buyers and home sellers considering moving up.  The Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009’s tax credit of up to $6,500 for qualified move-up home buyers ends April 30, 2010. You can purchase by June 30, 2010 but must have a binding sales contract signed by April 30, 2010.  The first time buyers tax credit of up to $8,000 for qualified first-time home buyers purchasing a principal residence also ends April 30, 2010. A purchase completed by June 30, 2010 (with a binding sales contract signed by April 30, 2010) may qualify.

Historically low interest rates, historically low housing prices in most areas and great values in the move up home market make this the perfect time to act. Call me for a free consultation to run the numbers for you. Don’t miss out on the great values!

Looking for an FHA loan on Hilton Head?

There is a strong indication that loans handled by FHA Mortgages, will be changing in the near future. These FHA backed mortgage programs are going to be adjusted or even overhauled.  These changes, depending what the changes are, will most likely influence the real estate market as a whole. 

During the real estate boom the use of FHA mortgages dropped to around 2% of the loans.  That figure has shot up to 25% and even higher in some markets.  Any substantial changes to FHA lending requirements could affect in some cases, the most active segment in many real estate markets. 

Congress is pressing on FHA to tighten the standards toward borrowers.  The options on what they will do to tighten these standards are broad and could include increasing FICO scores, require more amount of the down payment and reducing Seller contributions to closing costs

All these have been expressed and are being explored and if you are a buyer that needs an FHA loan, the time to act is now!  Don’t take a chance on time…email us today at robbie@robbiebunting.com or call us toll free at m1-800-932-3652 to get your foot in the door now!