Yes I know we can all use it, but who’s really eligible for it?
Ø A first time home buyer- Anyone who hasn’t owned a home for 3 years prior to the day of closing.
Ø You must complete the purchase this year (2009) before November 30
Ø Income limits? You bettcha… If you file a 1040 [...]
Filed under: Around Town, Business News, Real Estate News on March 5th, 2009 | No Comments »
Did you know that South Carolina ranks among the top 5 states for employment in engineering occupations? South Carolina has the second highest employment concentration of chemical engineers, health and safety engineers and industrial engineers and is fourth for nuclear engineers. Congratulations to some of our local companies that have been recognized or are [...]
Filed under: Around Town, Business News, Lowcountry Lifestyle on December 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »
Summerville boat manufacturer, Zodiac, has seen demand for the lightweight rubber-bottomed boats soar in the last year. The French-owned company is poised to double its local workforce and its physical space, upping its output from approximately 700 boats to 1,000 next year. There are two boat shows setting up to chase away those winter [...]
Filed under: Around Town, Business News, Lowcountry Lifestyle on December 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »
Foster and I used to have a little restaurant called the Half Moon Café. Now, once and a while, we’ll go to a restaurant and it reminds me of that place and time. We don’t go out to eat that much because it’s really hard to get past plate cost vs. dollar in a lot [...]
Filed under: Around Town, Business News, Lowcountry Lifestyle, The Chef's Table on December 14th, 2008 | No Comments »
Sometimes we hear a statement over and over and come to regard it as fact. I know I’m guilty of the same thing. But the fact of the matter is that even in this market, people buy and sell homes. They graduate, marry, divorce, have twins or get transferred…and sell their house.
I’d like to share [...]
Filed under: Around Town, Business News, Real Estate News on October 6th, 2008 | No Comments »
I was reading the paper and saw that radio talk show host, David Ramsey, the financial guru and stern taskmaster was in town. His aim is to help people put their financial house in order. I hope the Post Courier won’t mind my quoting one of his answers to a question about the real estate [...]
Filed under: Around Town, Business News, Real Estate News on August 24th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here’s a great way to capitalize on our area’s beauty. Atlas Worldwide Syndication and Distribution’s film and TV production studio in Hollywood (SC) is complete. The 4 stage, three acre site will include a 20,000sft soundstage making it the largest studio in SC. Charleston Development Academy, a charter school in one of the city’s [...]
Filed under: Around Town, Business News, Lowcountry Lifestyle on August 24th, 2008 | No Comments »
What a great idea! From one minute past midnight Friday morning, August 1st through midnight on the following Sunday, there will be no state sales tax on items related to back to school. That means clothing and accessories (not jewelry or layaways), footwear and normal school supplies from pencils to computers. Printers and monitors [...]
Filed under: Around Town, Business News, Lowcountry Lifestyle on July 30th, 2008 | No Comments »
Cottage Living magazine has named Noisette, the North Charleston community, as one of the Top 10 Neighborhoods for 2008. They say” Today those 3,000 acres-dubbed Noisette after the 19th century botanist- are being reshaped in a massive effort that may indeed result in a model new city, where sustainability and quality of life are [...]
Filed under: Around Town, Business News, Lowcountry Lifestyle, Real Estate News on July 24th, 2008 | No Comments »
Continental Terminals has announced plans to lease aclose to 250,000square foot food-grade warehouse in jedburg just off I-26 to serve as a holding area for coffee coming in from the tropics to the new Starbucks roasting facility in St. Matthews about 60 miles away. The roasting facility will serve the southeast and hopefully will smell divine.
Filed under: Around Town, Business News, Real Estate News on May 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
