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

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

Listed below are 10 Island ideas to share with your Mom this Mothers Day on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.  Spend time with mom in the Low Country and enjoy the natural beauty surrounding us with these ideas!  We wish for you and your mom a beautiful day!

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Don’t miss Hilton Head’s bottom. In case you have not heard sales are increasing and inventories are decreasing in the Hilton Head Market.  This of course will not help the seller that lives in denial awaiting 2007 prices again, but it will have impact on the seller that has been waiting around with a fair value for the location and condition their property offers on Hilton Head Island.

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We love this time of year.  The pace is slower, the properties are better and the negotiations more relaxed.  If you are a seller, there are steps that we can take to close out your property by year end.  If you are a buyer there are present opportunities that are available now that will be gone come the new year.  Read the rest of this entry

If you drive through a security gate on Hilton Head Island, chances are there is an annual POA fee for this community.  POA stands for Property Owners Association which is a group of owners that oversee the roads, the security, the common area maintenance, the insurance, the lighting and landscaping in these common areas.  Some of these communities also include golf, tennis, marinas and other amenities.  Listed below is a list of these communities and the costs associated with ownership and purchase. Read the rest of this entry

The best Hilton Head Island purchase we ever made was “Ol’ Bessie”.  That is what my wife and kids named our 1991 club car golf cart.  When we purchased her in 1993, she had already been set out to pasture by a golf course in the north east and we were told because the seasons were shorter up there, she still had a lot of life in her.  We added the back seat kit and the top and she is still going strong.  Besides golf, there are many reasons to own or rent a golf cart in the Hilton Head or Bluffton areas. Read the rest of this entry

Jane and I can now help with any move anywhere!  Our trusted network can help you find a Realtor that can help you buy or sell anywhere in the world.  The problem with just finding someone on the Internet or looking in the yellow pages is that you never know what your going to get.  I tried to do this once when a friend had a brownstone in New York City that they wanted to sell.  I went on line and called a few recommended Realtors but could not find someone that I could trust.  With our relocation network, you simply contact me and I will locate a qualified trusted Realtor. Read the rest of this entry

Dear Future Buyers,

If you are thinking of buying property now or in the near future on Hilton Head Island, don’t take a chance on time. The real estate market is dishing up some fabulous properties that not only offer incredible pricing with impeccable condition and fabulous locations. That said, below is a true story about waiting to buy.

In 1986, I met Ron a potential buyer for a second home near the beach at our furnished Huntington Model. Ron was my first real contact with an IBM engineer. Ron was a pipe smoking, Volvo driving analytical. Needless to say, for the next three years we spoke on the phone or met numerous times reviewing square footages, villas for sale, homes for sale and compared price per square foot as it related to location to the beach.

I should also mention that in those years, inventories were high and prices were still adjusting as the 1986 tax laws changed the deductions allowed on multiple properties. We were in a market pretty much the same as we are today. Finally after three years Ron settled on the place we first met, a three bedroom Huntington Villa. I believe he got a furniture package included, but paid pretty much the same price he would have paid in 1986. The one thing Ron did lose while we over analyzed the market was the time he could have had with his wife and grand children enjoying it.

A few years passed by and I saw Ron again and we laughed about our search together and the formulas we developed. I asked him how the villa was working out and did he have any regrets. He told me then that the only thing he regretted was not doing this three years earlier. To finish the story, a few years ago I had a call from Ron’s wife to tell me that he had passed away.

How much time are you willing to lose waiting for a sign, or the right time or the right price? You just cannot take a chance on time and when you are finally ready, I now have all the formulas thanks to Ron!

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