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New Lock ?n Leave Vacation Townhomes Released in Hampton Lake - Bluffton, S
2008-06-09 15:59:00
Hampton Lake, the first private lake community in the Hilton Head Island/Bluffton area, announced the release of 11 Vacation Townhomes located next to the community’s award-winning Lakeside Amenity Village .   The Vacation Townhomes, designed to be lived in or used by owners, visitors and vacationers, will be available in three different floor plans, offering two-and-three-bedroom configurations. With construction ...
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Winner of the HGTV Green Home to be Announced Tonight
2008-06-08 21:00:00
The winner of the first HGTV Green Home – built in Tradition Hilton Head, SC - will be announced tonight at 8 p.m. on the HGTV network. The winner of the HGTV Green Home has been has already been notified but has kept the secret under wraps until the announcement on HGTV. The developers of Tradition Hilton Head and the Producers of ...
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Bluffton has Gone ?Cowboy? and Hilton Head has Gone Just Odd
2008-05-22 21:06:00
Over the past few days, there has been a few strange ?animal occurrences? in Bluffton and on Hilton Head . On Monday, a wayward goat ? yes, goat ? found itself on the Charles E. Fraser Bridge, the west end of the Cross Island Parkway.   After attempts of corralling the animal, the goat decided one of it?s best option was to jump; ...
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Longfield Stables are Now Open - Palmetto Bluff Equestrian Center
2008-05-22 16:02:00
The newest equestrian center in the Bluff ton area is Longfield Stables at Palmetto Bluff.  This newest equestrian center is, clearly, the largest and most amenity-packed in the area.  The 173 acre facility will offer 24 hour care service for both Palmetto Bluff owners, as well as any transient visitors who are participating in one of ...
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Farmer?s Market Opens in Bluffton/Jasper County Area
2008-05-21 20:36:00
A regional farmer?s market has opened in Jasper County , just south of Ridgeland, SC.  The market will offer both a wholesale auction for area grocers, restaurants and churches, as well as a retail market for the public.  The organizers of the market cited a growing desire for fresh, high quality and local produce from both the ...
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Hampton Lake Block Party - Benefits Habitat for Humanity
2008-05-15 14:15:00
There will be a Lakeside block party open to the public in Hampton Lake Thursday, May 22nd, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.  Included in the festivities are: Live entertainment by local band “Target” Boat rides Firepit cooked S’mores A variety of foods and drinks offered at Backwater Bill’s Restaurant, The Tower Bar and the lake front grill. There will be a ...
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Building Green in Bluffton May Become Easier with Improved LEED System
2008-05-08 16:01:00
I recently had a conversation with my sister-in-law, a higher up at one of the local Bluffton /Savannah surveying and land planning companies, about how it is possible to to construct “green” buildings using the smartest practices available in the Lowcountry, and of LEED standards, while still falling short of the highest levels of LEED certifications.  If that seems confusing, don’t feel ...
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We Have Hit Bottom, The Worst is Over - Wall Street Journal et al.
2008-05-07 21:00:00
A number of financial experts are stating that the worst is over for the credit crisis, and that we are nearing the shallows of decline in the housing market.  Today, the folks at Yahoo Finance have offered a post about the recent article in the Wall Street Journal , a few comments by John Thain and Henry Blodget as ...
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Beaufort County School Referendum Vote this Saturday
2008-04-23 23:03:00
Scheduled for this Saturday is a public vote for Beaufort County ’s proposed school referendum.  The goal of the referendum is to raise funds to provide both new schools in Bluffton and Beaufort as well as repairs and improvements in technology to existing schools.  This will be the second referendum put to vote in the past two and a half years ...
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Will RESPA Reform Help Future Bluffton,SC Homebuyers?
2008-04-16 16:46:00
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - HUD, for short ? is in the process of reforming the Real Estate Settlement Procedures ACT ? RESPA.  Since it?s inception in 1974, the goal of RESPA was to protect real estate buyers in a number of aspects during the mortgage process including: to help consumers become better shoppers for settlement services and to ...
More About: Real Estate , Future , Reform , Bluffton

Bluff Fest - June 28th - Bluffton High School Stadium
2008-04-14 17:51:00
The inaugural Bluff Fest will take place June 28th at the Bluffton High School stadium.  The event will be a combination of the Independence Day celebration and a wing cook-off.  There will also be Live entertainment, Booster Club concessions and a pie bake-off at this first ever Bluff Fest. Last year, there were cries from local Bluffton ...
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Realty Times Video on Beufort County Real Estate
2008-04-11 16:02:00
Realty Times, a real estate news network, recently released a video on the market conditions in Beaufort County .  Bluffton, Hilton Head Island, Palmetto Bluff and numerous other luxury home and golf communities are located in southern Beaufort County.  This is some rather interesting information for anyone looking to purchase a home in the Bluffton and ...
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Short and Sweet SPAM at the Bluffton Real Estate Blog
2008-04-11 15:22:00
Even with two SPAM filters at this site I find that computer geniuses will still find ways to post comments.  Obviously, this SPAM is coming from web site designers offering promises of gaining better page ranks for their clients at unsuspecting owners/writers of high ranking blogs.  In some cases, I find almost impossible to differentiate from a comment left ...
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Tradition Hilton Head - HGTV Special
2008-03-24 13:24:00
The HGTV Green Home was finally reveled to the world last night on the HGTV special. If the recent hits to this site are any indication, the home appears to be a huge success. So far this morning, I have had inquiries about the Tradition Hilton Head Development from as far away as ...
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Rose Hill Golf Course to Reopen this Fall
2008-03-20 15:07:00
I recently noticed the two signs in front of Rose Hill Plantation announcing the reopening of the golf course this September.  This should offer a huge sigh of relief to the home owner of Rose Hill.  For over two years, the courses have been closed and the Texas company which purchased the course from the Rose Hill POA filled for Bankruptcy in 2006.  In ...
More About: Golf , Fall , Bluffton

North and South Forest Beach - Hilton Head Real Estate
2008-03-11 18:40:00
While most of Hilton Head is broken-up into developments - commonly called plantations in the Lowcountry - loaded with amenities such as golf, tennis, a yacht basin and a clubhouse, there are a few of the traditional vacation home neighborhoods left.  Two of the best known areas to fit the description of off-plantation Hilton Head are North and ...
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North and South Forest Beach - Hilton Head Real Estate
2008-03-11 17:43:00
While most of Hilton Head is broken-up into developments - commonly called plantations in the Lowcountry - loaded with amenities such as golf, tennis, a yacht basin and a clubhouse, there are a few of the traditional vacation home neighborhoods left.  Two of the best known areas to fit the description of off-plantation Hilton Head are North and South Forest Beach . A few key facts about North and South Forest Beach: There are currently 66 listings in the Forest beach area The prices range from $549,000 to over $5 million The properties range from Beachfront to 12th row Most of the lots are less than a 1/4 acre, although some are large enough for a pool and a detached garage A number properties have be recently purchased by large development and rental companies, and have been either renovated or leveled and rebuilt. North Forest beach is close to Coligny Plaza, dining and shopping South Forest Beach is close to the secondary entrance to Sea Pines Both ...
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Bluffton SC Real Estate Blog - We’re No. 1!
2008-03-10 16:39:00
The Bluffton , SC Real Estate blog has reached the number one page rank on Google, using the keywords Bluffton SC real estate.  I’m proud to say, this is quite an achievement.   In the Web 2.0 era, it has been proved that nearly 80 percent of all home buyers will use the Internet as their first source for information when searching for property.  It also proves that a blog can provide great exposure without having to pay search engine providers for top page ranks. A quick search through the other search engines such as MSN, Yahoo and Dogpile (a compilation of all search engines) has the Bluffton SC Real Estate blog ranked at a minimum of 14th (MSN).  The search on Dogpile places the Bluffton SC real estate blog as 10th.  But the Bluffton SC real estate site is only one of two site that had placed in the top ten which are NOT sponsored sites; meaning all of the other sites had paid for their pla...
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New Conforming Loan Information - Chris Crowe, BB&T Mortgage
2008-03-06 20:43:00
Chris Crowe, Mortgage Planner for BB&T, has just posted information relating to the new conforming loan limits at his blog site, Hilton Head Island Mortgage Report.  The basic jist of the post is that those who have financed their homes with a Jumbo Loan  in the Hilton Head Island area, and the entire state of South Carolina, will not be able to benefit ...
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New Rule in 1031 Exchange Now Allows Limited Personal Use
2008-03-05 13:49:00
Revenue Procedure 2008-16, which goes into effect March 10, 2008, officially allows limited personal use of an investment property and will not prevent a dwelling unit from qualifying as property held for trade or business or investment use for purposes of the 1031 tax-free-exchange rules. Strict personal-use rules of the investment property as a “second home” ...
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Tradition Hilton Head - HGTV Green Home Tour and FAQs
2008-03-04 14:46:00
The HGTV Green home, part of the Tradition  Hilton Head development in Hardeeville, SC, will be open for tours starting the day after the first airing of the special Green Home program on HGTV.  On March 23 at 9:00 p.m. the Channel will air the Green Home Special.  The tours will begin the following day and will be offered through May 18.  ...
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Challanges of a Real Estate Blog in Bluffton, SC
2008-02-26 16:11:00
There are often times when it appears that I may ignore this site for a few weeks.  Well, I really don’t ignore it.  I read and respond to any new comments on a daily basis, I check the viewer statistics and reply to any Market Condition sign-ups when they arrive in my e-mail, and, most ...
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HHI & Bluffton MLS Report - January 2008
2008-02-05 20:23:00
The most recent Monthly Activity Report shows Hilton Head Island and Bluffton real estate is off to a relatively improved start, compared to last year.  A few of the most historically active segments of both Bluffton and Hilton Head (Sea Pines, Hilton Head Plantation, Sun City and Bluffton-Off Plantation) each showed, on average, twenty less listings per region.  For ...
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Mortgage Information For the Bluffton and Hilton Head Area
2008-01-30 14:26:00
Need local mortgage information? Chris Crowe is a mortgage broker for BB&T and has been an area resident since 1991.  He also writes a local blog which provides some of the best area information on mortgages.  His site is frequently updated with information on mortgage rates, new home building statistics and recent housing trends. This is a ...
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Memed - A Little About Me, Via a Fellow Foodie
2008-01-29 17:37:00
Christoph Schweiger is a fellow real estate agent and blogger in the Phoenix area.   We began our real estate careers and blog sites around the same time, but we also have something else in common.  We both came into real estate following stints in food and beverage.   I worked as a Chef, Club Manager and owned a restaurant with my husband.  ...

Flickr - A Few Great Bluffton Photos
2008-01-16 19:56:00
We have far too many cameras in our house.  Just recently, we just bought our daughter her first digital camera for her 8th birthday.  The hard drive on our computer is filled with birthday, holiday and special event photos, and most of our saved images are of family, friends or food – Prior life, though my hubby is ...
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Travel + Liesure Golf?s Top 100 Golf Communities for 2008
2008-01-16 18:39:00
Travel + Leisure Golf ’s 2008 list of their picks for the top 100 golf communities in the county was just released; Palmetto Bluff remains number two and the Bluffton area picked up one more community in the top 100. Palmetto Bluff remained as the bridesmaid to nearby Sea Island in St. Simons, GA on Travel + Leisure list of ...
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Hilton Head Island - Improvements on Pope Ave.
2008-01-14 15:40:00
After the last post, I don’t want to come across as an “Island Basher”.  So I want to let it be known that I actually do love the Island.  After all, it’s what brought me here, as well as so many other area residents. So to be clear, I Love Hilton Head Island.  Oddly thought, there ...
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HGTV Green Home - It May Be Time to Buy a New Map!
2008-01-09 21:38:00
A short while back, the folks at HGTV had finally revealed the Green Dream Home .  There was a lot of speculation of just where this home was being build – a fare amount done by yours truly.  With little hoopla, the location was announced to be in the development of Tradition Hilton Head.   wohoo?! (note ...
More About: Time , Hilton Head Island

HGTV Green Home - It May Be Time to Buy a New Map!
2008-01-09 21:38:00
A short while back, the folks at HGTV had finally revealed the Green Dream Home .  There was a lot of speculation of just where this home was being build – a fare amount done by yours truly.  With little hoopla, the location was announced to be in the development of Tradition Hilton Head.   wohoo?! (note ...
More About: Time , Hilton Head Island