Columbia, SC Real Estate Blog

Melrose Heights Home For Sale
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Desirable Melrose Heights bungalow has been tastefully updated with two renovated bathrooms, tankless hot water heater, new roof, and gas fireplace. Enjoy barbecues in your private backyard or relax on either of your private front porches with ceiling fans.
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This downtown Columbia SC real estate is located on a great corner lot close [...]

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Great news for folks trying to sell their homes around South Carolina. First time home buyers are making a large impact on our market as shown by an 18 % sales increase in October, 2009. In addition to the surge of home sales, the median sale price in South Carolina grew 2.6% from a year ago to [...]

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Columbia has state government, The University of South Carolina and Fort Jackson which help keep the Columbia, SC economy strong. Columbia SC real estate never got too hot or too cold, that is another reason for Columbia’s strong economy. BusinessWeek ranked Columbia, SC 14th for the strongest metro economy in our nation. This is just [...]

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If you are an investor or first time home buyer now is a great time to buy South Carolina real estate. SC Foreclosures are on the rise and this means more homes for sell at lower prices! In September, 2009 foreclosures increased 30.6% over the previous month. That equates to 3,231 homes being in foreclosure. [...]

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According to a recent survey by Coldwell Banker United Realtors, Columbia SC homes are the second most affordable in the South Carolina real estate market. When comparing a 2200 square foot, four bedroom home with a two car garage: Columbia SC showed an average price of $191,075. This was lower than Myrtle Beach, Greenville and [...]

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I met with Tim from Pinpoint Home Inspections this morning at 464 Jackson Avenue in Keenan Terrace. This home is a brand new craftsman style bungalow that has all the custom features one would expect in a 300,000 dollar home. This home was listed for $169,900. The inspection went great and Tim said the builder [...]

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Thinking about moving to Downtown Columbia, SC? If so, consider 5-Points. 5-Points is a great village like area full of restaurants like Saludas, pubs, shops and boutiques like Wish, and cafes like Gourmet Shop. 5-Points is within walking distance to the University of South Carolina. A Place on the Greene, a mid-rise condo building, is [...]

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Last week it was announced that the 2009 first time home buyer tax credit could be used as a down payment. The next day all information about this new down payment method was removed from the HUD website. 100% financing for Columbia SC real estate came and went in the blink of an eye. All [...]

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Columbia, SC Tour of Homes is coming weekends May 2009!
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Dates:  May 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17
Time:   Noon to 6 pm
Cost:    FREE
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The 2009 Columbia SC Tour of Homes is the largest open house of new homes in Columbia and is scattered in different areas of Columbia SC. The Tour offers nine Featured Communities and 54 [...]

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Forest Hills Neighborhood Home $319,000

 

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2723 Gervais Street
Columbia, SC  29204
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This classic Forest Hills Columbia SC home is remodeled with granite counters, stainless steel appliances and a very large master suite. It has approx. 3000 sq ft and 5 bedrooms and 4 full baths. It has a finished walk out basement and lots of storage [...]

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