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By Audra Walters

Don’t Always Believe The Numbers

Have you been listening to the news lately? Since COVID the media has been very chatty about the housing market stirring up some uneasiness in those considering selling their home or those needing to buy a new home in the Charleston area and beyond. Unfortunately, two years later the rumors and stories are still in […]

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By Audra Walters

We’re Not Crashing into 2023.

Despite the turmoil of 2022 and the concerns of a real estate market crash in Charleston, S.C. and beyond experts are ringing in 2023 whistling a slightly new tune. Home Prices in Charleston: Freddie Mac believes home prices will go down by 0.2% in 2023. And the National Association of Realtors (NAR) thinks price growth […]

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By Audra Walters

Moving on Up in 2022?

If you plan on making moves in the upcoming year here are a few things to NOT do in the next couple months to make your home mortgage approval much less complicated: 1- DO NOT max out your credit cards holiday shopping. 2- DO NOT make any large purchases such as a new car, boat […]

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By Audra Walters

Looking back on 2020- Front Porch Properties

HAPPY NEW YEAR!While 2021 may not be off to the ideal start Front Porch Properties and Staging Charleston still hopes you are feeling rejuvenated and optimistic for the year ahead. 2020 was a complicated year for so many, and in so many ways, but as we look back on what it brought to us as […]

By Audra Walters

9 Trends of Millennial Home Buyers

Make way baby boomers millennials are coming through! As of Decemeber 2019 Millennials made up the largest majority of homebuyers in the market, with a respective 37% of homebuyers in 2018. Millennials are approaching purchasing a home a new way causing relators and sellers to have to adapt their habits in the ever changing home […]

Eco friendly houses
By Audra Walters

Searching for Eco-Friendly Features?

Are you looking for a new home? While making your priority list are eco friendly features important? With the environment being a concern for many these days I often get a questions about eco friendly options. An Eco-house (or eco-home or green home) is an environmentally low-impact home designed and built using materials, appliances and […]

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By Audra Walters

Understanding Mortgage Rates

I find often with my Charleston clients their biggest fear is the financial logistics of home buying, not even the home budget itself. Navigating approvals and understanding mortgage rates is often foreign to potential buyers of all ages. In an industry where the rates and economic impacts change daily it’s no wonder this is a […]