Charleston Real Estate Market

       This is such an important month. The decisions we make in the voting booth will have impact for many more than the next four years. Choose wisely, but please choose. Educate yourself on all the races large and small; stand in the line with the rest of us because your vote does matter. Remember, you can’t complain if you don’t vote.     Veteran’s Day weekend will be celebrated by a Living History Day on the 8th at Patriot’s Point. Reenactors will help honor our vets by bringing past conflicts to life. Get ready for helicopter rides taking off from the Flight Deck and a special fly-over from the Air Force.

     November brings cooler temperatures and Thanksgiving. We can be thankful for living in such a great location.  Charleston’s Waterfront Park was named one of the nation’s 10 Great Public Spaces. The eight acre park is now ranked with landmarks like New York City’s Central Park, Union Station in Washington, DC and Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, Oregon.

     Congratulations to the SC Research Authority. Their SC Launch program was one of four honored nationally with the “Building Entrepreneurial Capacity Award.” They were recognized as the best practice model in knowledge-based economic development. Wow!

     For the sixteenth consecutive year, readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine have chosen Charleston as one of the Top 10 travel destinations in the US. Moving up one slot, Charleston was bested only by San Francisco. Kiawah Island was voted the #2 island in North America, joined by Nantucket and Vancouver for the top three choices. The Sanctuary ranked as the #3 Resort in the mainland US, beaten only by Kenwood Inn and Spa in Sonoma and The Inn at Thorn Hill, Jackson, NH.

  What’s all the fuss about? Learn what makes Charleston special at the Charleston Museum on the 8th.  Shag with the folks from J.B. Pivots, sip sweet tea with the Charleston Tea Plantation staff and learn lots of fun facts about our area.

     The Moore School of Business announced that South Carolina is the 5th best housing market in the country. Their research shows fewer subprime mortgages and fewer foreclosures in our state. Good News!!!!

Filed under: Around Town, Lowcountry Lifestyle on October 26th, 2008