Snowstorms have always been good for business on Hilton Head Island.  Although the Island has been a little chilly, it sure beats what’s going on in the Northeast! We hope our northern neighbors stay warm and safe!  If you are thinking of making a move to the south, we would love to show you the Low-Country!

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If your Hilton Head property is listed for sale, good news, the butterflies are back!  Butterflies and baby boomers show up in the fall on Hilton Head as they make their migration south.  Given the present interest rates, the growing confidence in the economy and 42% of the 77 million baby boomers indicating they wish to retire in the south-east, the fall market is going to be absolutely incredible for our Hilton Head Area Sellers! Read the rest of this entry

When the music stops playing, will you have a Hilton Head, Daufuskie or Bluffton Property?   Inventory, prices, properties, locations, condition and interest rates are all subject to change without notice when it comes to Hilton Head Real Estate!  Right now interest rates, better than great pricing and premier locations are all available.  When one or the other of these start disappearing we expect to see crocodile tears in the Low-Country! Read the rest of this entry

Most Hilton Head buyers base their purchasing decision more on emotion than logic.  As we drive around the Island, Hilton Head buyers rarely ask how much mortgage interest they get on this one or that one.  While the mortgage interest deduction is important, its not the main reason to own a great property on Hilton Head.  There are other reasons and with over 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 everyday we do expect to get calls even if the Bush Era Tax does expires.  Hopefully it does not. Read the rest of this entry

Do you dream of building a new home some day on Hilton Head Island?  Let me tell you about a school teacher that I met that lives in a beautiful home on the Island.  What a great forward thinker.  She not only bought a lot, but she also built her dream home 10 years before she retired.  She than rented the home until she was ready to make her move.  Twenty years ago, like right now, land was cheap, mortgage rates were low and construction was affordable.  Amazing what you can learn from a school teacher. Read the rest of this entry

In their retirement and golden years baby~boomers want warm weather and the Hilton Head ocean nearby.  Do not wait to long to make get your foot in the door on Hilton Head Island as boomers are now turning 60 at the rate of 8,000 a day and represent 38% of our total population in this country.  The way I see it based on 2.5 million visitors per year to Hilton Head Island, we have over 950,000 of  these Baby Boomers visiting the Island with about 50,000 of them turning 60 years old every year for the next 17 years.  Our recommendation is to be ahead of this herd!  We are just beginning to hear the rumble.

“Summer brings you here, winter keeps you hear” was the mantra for Hilton Head Owners or so I thought.  Lately I have been talking to friends and clients in the north and finding that their hometown temperatures have been approaching the 100 degree mark while Hilton Head has been hovering in the 90’s.  For those on the Island or visiting soon, our summer has been wonderful with its never ending breezes.    Read the rest of this entry

We were dancing the “hokey pokey” as real estate buyers put one foot in and took one foot out the last few years on Hilton Head.  In the 4th quarter of 2011, however, we saw buyers put both feet into the market as half-backs, second home owners and baby boomers bought properties on the Island.  As we jump into 2012, David Crowell, the largest mortgage broker on Hilton Head Island confirms the “break through market” we are heading for with his forecasts below. Read the rest of this entry

As a teenager, I visited the Island in 70’s with my family. We all fell in love with the charm of the Island and one by one we all moved our families here.  Visitors just like my family are doing the same thing.  They have been visiting the Island for vacation and are returning to the Island when they are ready for a change in lifestyle.  It is familiar and comfortable.  These visitors are creating market trends that are fairly predictable which include Half Backs, Be Backs, Boomers and the upcoming Generations X & Y. Read the rest of this entry

Hilton Head Real Estate agents believe that if their buyer clients go home with out signing a contract that they may end up joining the “COULDA CLUB”.  The problem with joining this club is that it is easier to join than it is to quit.  We all have met them through the years talking about the property they “coulda” purchased.  Needless to say, because of interest rates, demographics, selection and prices offered right now there could be quite a few members joining this club in the year ahead.  Only the believers can keep you out of this club.

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