We put together this Itinerary for the Hilton Head vacationer that loves to take day trips.  Hilton Head Island, SC is in the geographic center of some significant historic towns including Beaufort, Charleston and Savannah.  As well there are some out of the way places that are fun for day trips from Hilton Head.  We hope this gives you some ideas!

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If you own Hilton Head real estate or thinking about purchasing, be sure you have a good portal set up with a local real estate agent.  Real estate in the Hilton Head area is starting to heat up and we are seeing properties sell in a day and multiple offers on the same property.  A portal with our Hilton Head MLS, will keep you better informed than Zillow and other online real estate websites.  Here’s why.

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With consumer confidence at the highest level in over  a decade, Millennials, Seven Year Olds, Baby Boomers, Half Backs and Be Backs are all lining up for Hilton Head and Bluffton Real Estate.  Spanish Moss and Moon Beams may be the catalyst, but it’s time for both buyers and sellers to join the herd!

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The delinquent tax sale for Beaufort County is always the first Monday of October.  The sale will include properties on Hilton Head, Daufuskie, Bluffton and other locations in Beaufort County.  Information can be found on the counties website.  You may also see these yellow postings around which indicates the taxes are delinquent.

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Purchasers of 2nd homes and rental properties don’t always factor the financial benefits into their purchase when weighing their buying decision.  Mortgage interest and taxes are standard deductions available to any second home owner, but what about the other deductions that may be available?  Before you proceed, the first question, is your second home or villa on Hilton Head classified as residential or rental?

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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!”

There is more than one way to surf Hilton Head, Bluffton and Daufuskie properties.  These searches include auto notification in real time delivery, interval emails, cool tools, fun websites and client portals that help surfers find the perfect property.   With almost 50% of all buyers finding the property they purchase on the web, surfing has never been more popular.   Listed below are some of the best surfing ideas that are totally Rad! Read the rest of this entry

Beaufort County property owners including Hilton Head, Bluffton and Daufuskie will be receiving their new millage rates, their reassessed property values and their respective tax bills in the upcoming months.  The above Citizens Guide to the Beaufort County Reassessment Program 2013 answers many questions about the upcoming reassessment.  Listed below are few questions about the appeal process answered by a local appraiser.  Read the rest of this entry

The first half of the year in Real Estate Sales on Hilton Head rocked in 2012.  If our sales volume is an indication of confidence in the real estate market, our individual sales volume year to date was about the total volume we did in 2011!  These sales came from everything including a dollar lot to a multimillion dollar house swap.  On my run this morning I started thinking of market research buyers and seller would like to see in this blog and have listed them below.  While we are thankful for a strong first half, the second half of 21012 looks very promising. Read the rest of this entry

Hilton Head Villas are bouncing along what looks to be bottom.  Not sure it is sustainable and to be quite frank, it helps that we have more people on Hilton Head Island at this time of year.  Nonetheless, prices have leveled off on villas under $350,000 on Hilton Head Island for the last six months.  The graph below shows the last 12 months in villa sales exclusively on Hilton Head Island(Bluffton and Daufuskie are not shown here). Read the rest of this entry