At yesterday’s Mt Pleasant Rotary Club meeting I overheard my lunch neighbor tell someone he and his business are feeling better about the economy. He has noticed a slow but steady increase in shoppers, shopping not related to tourist season in the Low Country.
Rebecca Gooden and I started Gooden + Faircloth Real Estate Services in 2008, in the depths of the national real estate ‘depression’. Real estate prices were falling, interest rates were falling, employment rates were falling and consumer confidence was falling. And here we were, rising and making it despite the gloom. Rebecca’s top rated Mt Pleasant restaurant Crave Kitchen, opened a year prior, was also doing very well.
We attribute Gooden + Faircloth’s success to several factors but location, location, location surely has to rate highly ( as does hard and smart work ).
As I read the article in today’s Charleston Business Journal about First Time Home Buyers which quoted my business partner Rebecca Gooden, I couldn’t help but think about what an impressive business lady and realtor she is.
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There is no shortage of outstanding realtors in Charleston and Mt Pleasant. In fact, I really have a great deal of respect for the integrity, drive, quality and respectability of the hundreds or realtors I’ve dealt with personally.
But one realtor really stands out.
Just a basketball?
Weeks before they won the NCAA National Championship, my friend bought a basketball autographed by the University of North Carolina basketball team. He paid $ 160. This is the team that went on to become the most successful college basketball team in the world, at least for the 08/09 season.
On this basketball, were the signatures of Hansborough, Lawson, Ellington and Williams, historic quick strokes of a magic marker in the hands of champions.
A lifelong Tar Heel fan, my friend saw an opportunity to achieve his own victory, that of making a winning contribution to his daughter’s Mt Pleasant school fund raising effort.
Looking for a truly special Mt Pleasant neighborhood, older more established, diverse, lush and lovely?
For several decades, Wakendaw Lakes has been one of Mt Pleasant’s most desirable neighborhoods.
Gooden + Faircloth has just completed an informative summary of real estate sales activity in the Wakendaw Lakes neighborhoods, as well as a wonderful new video tour. You can access both on the Wakendaw Lakes neighborhood page by clicking the link below.
Wakendaw offers gorgeous, huge trees, several beautiful lakes, lots of surprising little gifts from nature, young and old strolling tranquil streets and a sense of true neighborliness.
Wakendaw Lakes is actually a series of four separate developments: Wakendaw Lakes, Wakendaw Manor, Wakendaw-on-the-Creek, and Wakendaw East.
The area has a rich history having been part of the Woodlawn Plantation, a 300+ acre working farm of pecans trees, acres of fields and over 9,500 head of livestock, mostly hogs.
During 2008, a total of 9 home sales ( excluding For Sale By Owners ) occurred in the combined neighborhoods of Wakendaw. There were no homes sold in the Wakendaw-on-the-Creek neighborhood.
The average sale price in Wakendaw Lakes was $ 501,557. In Wakendaw Place, 2 homes were sold, at an average sale price of $241,700.
If you’re currently renting in Mount Pleasant or Greater Charleston but feel this may be the right time to consider purchasing a home, you’re not alone. Half of all home buyers in February of this year purchased a home for the first time.
There are several compelling reasons those who have never owned are choosing to buy.
Gooden + Faircloth’s 2 minute video summarizes why so many first-timers have decided now is the right time. Give us a call to find out more.
Edward Faircloth
Gooden + Faircloth
Mount Pleasant, SC
843.801.3480
A Lender, Lawyer and Leader answer a frequently asked question.
Are we seeing glimpses of a recovering local real estate market? Is it a seasonal difference?
Gooden + Faircloth asked three Mt Pleasant real estate industry authorities the same question our team is asked virtually everyday, “How’s the local real estate market?”
Rebecca and I are happy to offer a new high-tech Mt Pleasant and Greater Charleston home search tool to our website.
@HomeSearch allows you to search for homes in the Mt Pleasant and Greater Charleston area through a truly user-friendly interface. Read the rest of this entry
The mortgage market is an industry with rules, regulations and requirements changing on a minute-by-minute basis.
Three important changes of interest have just occurred.
How did home sales in one of the area’s popular neighborhoods fare over the past year?
Gooden + Faircloth has just released an updated version of a key neighborhood real estate report.
Ivy Hall is in one of the fastest growing areas of South Carolina, the Highway 17 North corridor in Mt Pleasant, just outside Charleston.
Find out more about real estate in this popular neighborhood by clicking the image to the left.
Take a tour of Ivy Hall. Click the play button to begin.
