The Numbers Don’t Lie

 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.
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The Real Estate Market

  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 […]

Business Bits

      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 […]

Tax-Free Weekend August 1-3!

  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 […]

Business is Buzzing

       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 […]

Business is Buzzing

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.

It’s BIG News…as of 5/1 we’re Carolina One

Spring is all about change and we’re making a big one.
As of 5/1, we are no longer Prudential but will be reborn as Carolina One Real Estate, an independent company with more flexibility to change with the market. Our local franchise is one of the top 50 real estate companies in the […]

No Capital Gains Tax for 10% or 15% income tax brackets!!!

The words Capital Gains Tax  loom large in the mind of anyone contemplating selling investment property.

Good news and bad news from the Lender

 We’ve gotten some good news and some bad news from the lending department today.

Just when you thought it was safe…

I’m no accountant but it’s nice to know ahead of time that some things will save you money and some things are going to cost you.
10 Tax Changes for the Next Tax Year -  2008 from Realtor magazine*