Tonya D Graves – Columbia SC REALTOR – Real Estate Information
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 [...]
The congress has extended and expanded the 2009 home buyer tax credit. This is great news for buyers who have been on the fence about buying a home. The new home buyer tax credit allows for home buyers to get the credit as long as they have a contract for purchase on or before April [...]
South Carolina is the location for a new assembly line for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The assembly line is expected to employ 3,800 people. Boeing suppliers are also expected to locate in SC to supply the aircraft maker in a prompt manner. More jobs to South Carolina is great news for our SC economy and [...]
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 [...]
Historical Hauntings: A tour of the Robert Mills Mansion by Lantern
Dates Oct 27, 28
Tours are 5:30-9:30p.m.
Tickets are $15
Reservations required by calling (803)252-1770 ext 24
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Spooky Drive:
Located at 2443 Carroll Drive in Columbia
Nightly Shows 7:30-9:30pm
Free
Ride by slowly to see and hear the show
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Scarecrows Stroll:
Located at the Robert Mills House 1616 Blanding Street
FREE
10 a.m – [...]
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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. [...]
The Hardee’s on the corner of College and Harden Streets in 5-Points is set to be demolished in 2010 making room for a brand new free standing Chick-Fil-A restaurant. The new Chick-Fil-A will be landscaped to match the look of the 5-Points streetscape. This will give a very high end and clean feel to the [...]
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 [...]
Moving to Northeast Columbia SCÂ ? Consider Jacobs Creek. I just sold a home there and was so impressed with the neighborhood and staff that I had to blog about it.Â
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The homes range in price from $125,000 to the upper 200’s. All the homes have granite counters as a standard! The homes come with tankless hot [...]
The online real estate site eppraisal.com ranked 183 metro areas in a six month analysis of median sales price changes. Sumter ranked 11th nationally with sales prices up nearly 32 percent.Â
Others on the list were:
Spartanburg ranked 13th, up 28.3 percent
Anderson ranked 76th, up 5.8 percent
Greenville ranked 97th, up 4.2 percent
 Florence ranked 99th, up 4.0 percent
Charleston [...]
