Bluffton SC Real Estate Blog

The HGTV Green Home was finally reveled to the world last night on the HGTV special. If the recent hits to this site are any indication, the home appears to be a huge success. So far this morning, I have had inquiries about the Tradition Hilton Head Development from as far away as [...]

I recently noticed the two signs in front of Rose Hill Plantation announcing the reopening of the golf course this September. This should offer a huge sigh of relief to the homeowners of Rose Hill. For over two years, the courses have been closed and the Texas company which purchased the course from [...]

While most of Hilton Head is broken-up into developments - commonly called plantations in the Lowcountry - loaded with amenities such as golf, tennis, a yacht basin and a clubhouse, there are a few of the traditional vacation home neighborhoods left.  Two of the best known areas to fit the description of off-plantation Hilton Head are North and [...]

The Bluffton, SC Real Estate blog has reached the number one page rank on Google, using the keywords Bluffton SC real estate.  I’m proud to say, this is quite an achievement.   In the Web 2.0 era, it has been proved that nearly 80 percent of all home buyers will use the Internet as their first source for information when [...]

Chris Crowe, Mortgage Planner for BB&T, has just posted information relating to the new conforming loan limits at his blog site, Hilton Head Island Mortgage Report.  The basic jist of the post is that those who have financed their homes with a Jumbo Loan in the Hilton Head Island area, and the entire state of South Carolina, will not be able to benefit [...]

Revenue Procedure 2008-16, which goes into effect March 10, 2008, officially allows limited personal use of an investment property and will not prevent a dwelling unit from qualifying as property held for trade or business or investment use for purposes of the 1031 tax-free-exchange rules.
Strict personal-use rules of the investment property as a “second home” [...]

The HGTV Green home, part of the Tradition Hilton Head development in Hardeeville, SC, will be open for tours starting the day after the first airing of the special Green Home program on HGTV. On March 23 at 9:00 p.m. the Channel will air the Green Home Special. The tours will begin the [...]