The Charleston, SC tri-county area has seen closed transactions top the 1000 mark in June, 2010. Transaction levels have not been this high since 2007.

CHARLESTON, SC—(July 12, 2010) More than 1,000 homes sold in June, marking the highest number of residential real estate transactions in nearly three years.  According to the Charleston Trident Association of REALTORS® (CTAR), 1,022 homes changed hands at a median sale price of $185,612 in June.  The last time more than one thousand transactions closed was August of 2007. 

While the median sales price of $185,612 is approximately 4% lower than last June’s peak price of $192,626, it is consistent with median prices thus far in 2010. 

Homes are selling on average, almost 2 weeks faster than they were one year ago, with days on market for June 2010 averaging 105, as compared to the June 2009 average of 118.   read more...

The process of finding a home in Mt. Pleasant, SC or Charleston, SC can be daunting and time consuming. I came across a survey done by Realtor.org and discovered that home buyers across America take a lot of time in deciding which home to buy. Here is the poll question...

The typical home buyer searched how long before purchasing a home? 

 
Correct Answer: 12 weeks
On average, a home buyer searched for 12 weeks and viewed 12 homes before purchasing, according to NAR research.
That's the longest average time that buyers have spent looking for a home since the survey started tracking it in 2001.
Buyers searched, on average, two weeks on their own before contacting an agent. 
 

In a recent survey the National Association of Realtors published some interesting facts about todays buyers and sellers. According to an article published in the Realtor.org site....

1.	What service did sellers most often say they want from their real estate agent?
	Pricing the home competitively Of the sellers surveyed, 22 percent said they wanted help pricing their home competitively so it would sell. Other popular responses included help finding a buyer for the home (21 percent), marketing the home to potential buyers (19 percent), and selling the home within a specific timeframe (19 percent).
2.	What service do buyers most often say they want from a real estate agent?
	Finding the right home to purchase Nearly 50 percent of buyers most frequently reported that they want an agent to help them find the right home to purchase, followed by assisting them with negotiating the terms of the sale (16 percent) and price negotiations (13 percent). The least-frequent response was help in finding or arranging financing to purchase a home (2 percent).

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