Edgewater Plantation

High-end apartment complex near Wando River showcasing amenities, rental choices

Figures tell a lot about Edgewater Plantation, a 360-unit rental village, 90 percent occupied and visible to hundreds of people daily from Interstate 526 in Mount Pleasant. Yet the community – and its tenants – are hardly just numbers. Read More

Real Estate News

SIM Group hires pair, kitchen remodeler wins award, Walterboro estate sale proceeds to go to charity

Two Charleston area real estate veterans have joined the SIM Group Sales & Marketing LCC. Kimber McFadden is the new director of sales/broker-in-charge of the sales and marketing group, and Patricia Pangrass is a sales associate stationed at the Daniel’s Orchard neighborhood in downtown Summerville. Read More

127 Island Park Drive

Intricately designed Daniel Island home spacious, maneuverable for young families or retirees

Right from the start, Sis Marshall found 127 Island Park Drive to be unconventional. In a good way, mind you. “It is different and unusual,” says Marshall, residential sales associate with Poston & Co. Real Estate. But not quirky. The 3,315-square-foot home, priced for sale at $1,099,000, has classic lines and elegant trappings. It’s just that custom builder Chris Carson, who lives a block away, incorporated a sense of flair in creating a traditional yet original design. Read More

Homebuyer Tax Credit: Longer and Broader

Local housing market should accelerate as break extended for initial buyers, opened to existing ones

Winter can be the doldrums in real estate sales. But at least for the next five months, expect a flurry of activity in the local, and national, housing markets. That’s because Congress and the Obama administration has given first-time homebuyers an extra 150 days or so, until April 30 of next year, to buy a house and claim an $8,000 tax credit. On top of that, existing shoppers who have owned a home as a principal residence for at least five years can claim an up to $6,500 credit to purchase a house, as long as it’s $800,000 or less. Read More

Real Estate Transactions

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