Monthly Archives: October 2011

Summerville agency owner focuses on research to get clients ready for housing market

A setback triggered Jeff Cook’s decision to get into the real estate trade: He met with unfortunate occurrence affecting many U.S. workers today. “I was laid off from corporate America,” he says. That was in 2003. Continue reading

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Abbey Road: Builder unveils stylish, cost-conscious homes in new ‘upper Goose Creek’ village

The westernmost neighborhood off Old Highway 52 in Spring Grove Plantation didn’t pop up until summer and already has two dozen houses. Lennar plans to build 69 homes in the community, called The Abbey at Spring Grove Plantation. Homes are value-pr… Continue reading

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Real Estate News — Kiawah Island resort adds pools; agency owner talks up Lowcountry at seminar

Two new swimming pools and a fully remodeled water spot will be available to visitors who lease the dozens of Kiawah Island villas. Kiawah Island Golf Resort says it is constructing two pools and embarking on the complete renovation of an existing pool. Continue reading

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Pleasant Surroundings: Hands-on show expected to lure home improvers to East Cooper

Look for the Mount Pleasant Home and Garden Show to be rangier this year yet without losing its personable touch. This will mark the third year that the Charleston Trident Homw Builders Association has hosted the East Cooper show, to be held at the O… Continue reading

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Veteran ReMax agent touts research skills in directing clients to most prudent properties to buy

You can call Crystal Carlson an agent because she helps clients buy and sell homes and an investor for acquiring and marketing places she’s fixed up. But she has her own, singular description of her work. “My main job — I’m a problem solver, Continue reading

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This week's house plan

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This week's real estate transactions

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Real Estate News — Grants support housing groups; local commercial report to come out

Five local ventures that help lower-income people find livable, inexpensive houses are splitting $16,000 from a Charleston area Realtors’ group. The Realtors Housing Opportunities Fund says it granted the money to the Berkeley, Dorchester, and East… Continue reading

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109 Church Place — Goose Creek home for lease touts roomy interior, circular staircase

Located on a cul-de-sac, 109 Church Place is removed from Goose Creek traffic. Yet the rental house is a couple of blocks from a main thoroughfare. The property is more than 20 years old. But it has modern appliances and a few extras, such as a plant… Continue reading

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Sales associate Maher new to real estate industry but got hooked years earlier

Consider it one of Jennifer Maher’s first, and most successful, relocations. She grew up in East Haven, Conn., and visited South Carolina in 1996. One day on Sullivan’s Island, she met Jamie Maher at Dunleavy’s Pub. As it turns out, he is from … Continue reading

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