The Hilton Head Homes Blog - Bluffton Real Estate

How to Choose a House When You’re Downsizing

Whether you have lived in your current home for decades or only a year, as you get older, you may find that you have too much space.  Additionally, thanks to stairs, slippery floors, and poor central air or heating, your old home may no longer suit your needs.  As a result, many seniors are increasingly choosing to downsize.  The process of selling and buying a home is always difficult, but it can be made much easier with proper planning.  Here are some strategies that can help.

 Choose a house that accommodates your medical needs

The most critical step is choosing a house that will accommodate your unique medical needs while also suiting your design preferences.  For instance, if you have trouble with your legs, hips, or ankles, you may not want to…

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August 2018 Market Reports

Rising home prices, higher interest rates and increased building material costs have pressured housing affordability to a ten-year low, according to the National Association of Home Builders. Keen market observers have been watching this situation take shape for quite some time. Nationally, median household income has risen 2.6% in the last 12 months, while home prices are up 6.0%. That kind of gap will eventually create fewer sales due to affordability concerns, which is happening in several markets, especially in the middle to high-middle price ranges.

New Listings were up 28.9 percent to 674. Pending Sales increased 10.9 percent to 490, the seventh consecutive month of year-over-year gains. Inventory grew 1.3 percent to 2,250 units.

Prices…

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Much-Needed Historic Downtown Bluffton Improvement!

Can we say "FINALLY"?! This is a much needed conversion. Great news for Downtown Historic Bluffton! They are converting the 68 Boundary Street area into a parking lot with an designated space for a community function. 

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Lowcountry Spotlight: Moss Creek

When you first research living in South Carolina’s Lowcountry you are immediately confronted with the amazing number and diversity of activities available to residents and visitors. Trip Advisor lists twenty-five. Well some of them are not for everyone, like extreme watersports.

The extreme activity depicted on the right is called Water Jetpack Riding and yes, it is available as a recreation activity in the Bluffton-Hilton Head Island area. Not within the confines of the Moss Creek community but within a twenty-minute drive.

The amazing thing about Moss Creek is that within the borders of this one-thousand-acre gated community are so many of the sports, interests and pastimes sought after by people of every age group and background.

I will…

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Bluffton: A Most Interesting Town & A Most Interesting History

Sensing History

One of the most powerful experiences of being a northerner transplanted to the Lowcountry is the sensation that history is somehow merged into and an integral part of our everyday activities.

This may be due to the fact that there are remnants of yesterdays throughout the Lowcountry, that we pass every day, and researching those remnants is so available that a question as to a church, building or a tree can be answered before one puts one’s head on their pillow for the night

Old Town Bluffton is one of those mixed environments that entice the observer to learn more.

Bluffton is a lot older than one thinks

I, of course, was driven to take my discovery efforts back to the very beginnings of Bluffton being populated and…

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Lowcountry Spotlight: Belfair

Throughout the Southeast United States developers have incorporated the term ‘Plantation’ in the names of communities they create. This conjures up in the minds of the potential residents, visions of all the comfort, luxury and genteel ways during the Antebellum period.

Although many municipal governments throughout the south have passed legislation limiting the use of ‘plantation’ in the name of a community, inserting it is quite a common practice

So, it is a pleasure to describe a splendid community that before the War of 1812, was actually a working, thriving plantation - Belfair Plantation.

Legitimate Plantation Origins

Belfair had its beginnings as a plantation a year before the British invaded our shores in their attempt to re-inject…

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Welcome to the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Hilton Head Realty Team!

Derek Holland has joined Berkshire hathaway HomeServices Hilton Head Realty and will be serving our Bluffton and Okatie clients in our new Bluffton location!   Derek is well know in the real estate community for his dedication to his clients and his knowledge of Bluffton real estate.  Growing up on a dairy farm, Derek has a strong work ethic.  Learn more about Derek HERE.

Derek can be reached at Derek@DerekHollandRealEstate.com or 843.290.0237

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Lowcountry Spotlight: Hampton Hall

A Concept Becomes A Reality!

In 2002, Toll Brothers launched the ambitious development of Hampton Hall on the 1,000 plus acres in Bluffton, off what is now Buckwalter Parkway.

Their plan called for almost one thousand homes on magnificently landscaped grounds surrounding an 18-hole golf course designed by Pete Dye, with its own clubhouse featuring all the amenities and facilities a golfer could wish for.

But the planners wanted to offer more than just a golf community to families of all ages and size, it was important to offer activities for diverse tastes and age groups.

Thus, the master plan included, within the development, a 17-acre Community Life Common featuring an activity center situated on a lake; a health and fitness center with…

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Fishing Hilton Head & the Surrounding Waters

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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Nature Preserves on Hilton Head & Surrounding Areas

The awe-inspiring quiet is hard to believe. The view and surrounding foliage brings the explorer to a halt, a result of both its uniqueness and its beauty.

For a moment, the wanderer fancies a magical adventure in the wetlands of some South American jungle. Then comes the wonderful realization that he is in the Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge, only minutes from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

The wanderer walks the wide cleared trails observing the many diversified species of birds and other wildlife. After strolling around a bend in the road, on the other side of a pond, a community of ibis is enjoying the sunshine and their lunch.

This turns out to be the first of the day’s sightings, including white-tailed deer, large herons and…

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