Lancaster real estate sales to become berkshire hathaway homeservices, november 14, 2017

Bill True, Randy Smith and the whole team here at Lancaster Real Estate Sales are excited to announce that they will be joining the fast-growing real estate brokerage network, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices as of November 14. The company will be re-branding itself and start operating as Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Hilton Head Realty.

“We are thrilled to join Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, a brand we’ve watched and admired for some time. We believe the brand is ideally suited for our markets with strong appeal to luxury-home, second-home and vacation-property consumers. It’s also scalable -- accessible to anyone who wants to buy or sell a home.”

Randy Smith, Principal / Broker in Charge

As part of the new transition, the Hilton Head…

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hilton head concours d'elegance, november 4/5, 2017

Early in the twentieth century, when the automobile became a device within the reach of more and more Americans, it was referred to by those folks who had lived during an era when most transportation was provided by horses as ‘a motor.’ The word automobile was not part of the English language until 1895 and even then, only in limited use.

By 1997, when Paul Doerring established "The Cars at The Creek" in Moss Creek Plantation it was a show concentrated on the use of the ‘motor’ in automobiles. Paul Doerring’s dream brought together a few hundred auto aficionados that came to display their vintage automobiles and view those restored and displayed by their fellow enthusiasts.

The Cars at The Creek was the direct ancestor of Hilton Head Island…

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In the Bluffton/Hilton Head Island area of South Carolina, golf is not a pastime, hobby or casual sport.

Golf is a passion. 

The debate among our golfers and our golf course managers is a simple one, but one that continues to go un-resolved; “Which came first, the passionate golfers or the world class golf courses?” 

Whichever side of the discussion you may favor, the Bluffton/Hilton Head Island area of South Carolina is a golfer’s dream. 

Hilton Head Island & Bluffton: A Golfer's Paradise

Bluffton/Hilton Head Island encompasses an area of less than 125 square miles and is called home by under 60,000 full time residents, yet, there are over forty golf courses for the enjoyment of our ‘passionate golfers’, over thirty of which…

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Where is the Hilton Head real estate market headed? Consumer sentiment is strong, the economy is improving and real estate sales in the Hilton Head market are robust with indications for continuing growth and sales activity in the foreseeable future. 

Hilton Head Market Indicators August 2017

For the period from August 2016 through July 2017, the Hilton Head real estate market saw an increase of 3.3% in Closed Sales and a rise in Overall Median Sales Price of 2.1% to $295,000. The $650,001 and Above range saw the largest gain in sales at 17.2% while the $100,001 to $225,000 range sold the quickest at 120 days. It is in the lower-price segment that activity from first-time buyers is most evident. Activity in this segment is crucial to healthy rises in higher-priced segments. 

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berkeley hall golf club to host 34th annual US women's mid-amateur championship

Berkeley Hall is proud to announce that the golf course there will play host to the 2020 US Women's Mid-Amateur Championship, from August 27 to September 3.

The tournament is well regarded nationally for bringing together some of the top amateur players from across the southeast. The 34th Women's Mid-Amateur Championship will be the third USGA championship hosted by Bluffton's presitgious club, after both the Men's and Women's USGA State Team championships back in 2005.

Rich Forde has agreed to sign on as the Championship General Chairman, along with Adam Kushner, who will be serving as the Championship Director.

About the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship

The tournament was first put on back in 1987. It's open to all female amateurs…

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fun food adventures: hilton head & the south carolina lowcountry

One of the activities enjoyed and repeated often by old and new citizens of the South Carolina lowcountry is finding, and frequently visiting, restaurants serving lowcountry cuisine. A word about lowcountry cuisine; it's generally thought to be synonymous with Southern Cuisine -- it isn’t. While it shares qualities and attributes with that other delicious class of dining pleasure, lowcountry cooking has strong parallels with New Orleans and Cajun cuisine. It is rich with the blending of the abundant diversity of seafood from the coastal estuaries with local vegetables and meats.

The most popular and flavorful of these true lowcountry dishes is ‘The Lowcountry Boil.’ Designed to feed groups, inexpensively and dating back to the seventeenth century,…

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Where is the Hilton Head real estate market headed? Consumer sentiment is strong, the economy is improving and real estate sales in the Hilton Head market are robust with indications for continuing growth and sales activity in the foreseeable future. 

July 2017 Market Report

For the period from August 2016 through July 2017, the Hilton Head real estate market saw an increase of 3.3% in Closed Sales and a rise in Overall Median Sales Price of 1.9% to $290,000. The $650,001 and Above range saw the largest gain in sales at 17.2% while the $100,001 to $225,000 range sold the quickest at 120 days. It is in the lower-price segment that activity from first-time buyers is most evident. Activity in this segment is crucial to healthy rises in higher-priced segments. 

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Hilton Head & The South Carolina Lowcountry – An Angelers’ Paradise

When discussing fishing on or from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, the defining characteristic is diversity. There is fishing for every level of experience and enthusiasm. Couple that with facilities to support almost every category of sport fishing and you have AN ANGLERS’ PARADISE.

The variety of fish that are caught in the waters around Hilton Head is amazing. The fresh water creeks, streams and rivers yield over forty species of fish, the most frequently caught include:

  • American Eel
  • Black Crappie
  • Blue Catfish
  • Bluegill
  • Bowfin
  • Chain Pickerel
  • Channel Catfish
  • Common Carp
  • Largemouth Bass

There are eighty saltwater species available to the…

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You've decided that you want to buy property but are uncertain whether it’s better to buy now or wait until next year.  You keep hearing that Now is the Time to Buy.  But why.....?  Well, interest rates have begun to rise and will likely continue to increase.  Inventory is low and prices are increasing.  Bottom line - every day you wait to buy, you face stiffer competition for fewer homes.

Cost of Waiting to Purchase on Hilton Head Island

 

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If you are not an enthusiastic bicyclist before becoming a Hilton Head, South Carolina resident or vacationer, chances are you will become one.

hilton head island bike trail mapIn a nutshell, Hilton Head Island is probably one of the most bicycle friendly communities in the United States. A gold member of The League of American Bicyclists and a Bicycle Friendly Community since 2011, a look at the biking facilities available make it clear why tourists from the world over come to Hilton Head for the biking.

Hilton Head is an island of just over sixty-nine square miles and it has sixty miles of public bicycle pathways and nature trails maintained by the Town Government. Most of these pathways are paved and wide enough for two cyclists to ride abreast.

Make your home or vacation…

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