Bluffton SC Real Estate

A few days ago, the *Hilton Head Island/Bluffton, SC area was included on Google’s Street View feature of Google Maps.  The developers of Google began Street View a year ago, a feature which was only available for the largest metropolitan areas of the county, beginning with San Francisco.  The feature has been criticized by some who feel [...]

In just a few weeks, Realtors in Manhattan will release their latest report of the market conditions in The Big Apple.  While many believe the super-high end market will remain strong, there are already signs of weakness scattered throughout the lower priced and trendy areas in and around the villages.  The Meat packing District, one of the hottest spots for younger, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The most recent Monthly Activity Report shows Hilton Head Island and Bluffton real estate is off to a relatively improved start, compared to last year.  A few of the most historically active segments of both Bluffton and Hilton Head (Sea Pines, Hilton Head Plantation, Sun City and Bluffton-Off Plantation) each showed, on average, twenty less listings per region.  For [...]

2007 may well be remembered as one of the worst years in real estate for the Bluffton and HHI area, statistically, but statistics are rarely the full story.  A great many of the buyers who purchased a home may one day look back on this year as the year they found a great bargain.
The Market Conditions Page of this [...]

Turns out, the home I predicted as the HGTV Green home is actually the Coastal Living Holiday Coastal Cottage! I knew there was something hush hush about this home. I guess the greatest difference between the HGTV Green home and the Coastal Living Holiday Coastal Cottage – besides the environmental aspects – is [...]

I’m happy to announce that Nancy and Bill are now the proud owners of a 3 bedroom/2 bath villa in Palmetto Dunes Plantation on Hilton Head Island. 
Nancy and Bill are from Indiana and they contacted me back in March when her and Bill were considering purchasing a vacation home somewhere between Jekyll Island and Hilton Head Island.  [...]

According to the Parade Magazine, the Baby Boomers are taking the plunge!

For many people, owning a second home is part of the American Dream.  The National Association of Realtors stated that 36% of residential properties sold last year were second homes.

The majority of these fun loving buyers are the baby boomers.  Who are taking equity [...]

Mary Williams, the President of the Hilton Head Area Association of REALTORS, wrote an interesting article in the last issue of Island REALTOR.  The article summed up the way many of our local visitors come to be residents, whether full or part-time.
Mary wrote:

“Over Two Million visitors come to Hilton Head every year, and most of them are here during [...]