What Does It Really Cost to Live in a Gated Community in Bluffton, SC?
If you're shopping for a home in Bluffton, it's easy to focus on the asking price. But two homes priced at $1 million can have very different costs of ownership.
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If you're shopping for a home in Bluffton, it's easy to focus on the asking price. But two homes priced at $1 million can have very different costs of ownership.
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The rate on the seller's tax bill is not the rate you will pay. Here is how South Carolina actually calculates property taxes, and the one form that determines whether you pay 4% or 6%.
If you're moving …
If you've bought a home in the Northeast or Mid-Atlantic, you may be accustomed to a title company or escrow officer handling much of the closing process.
South Carolina works differently.
When …
View MoreI hear a version of the same story all the time down here: people who spent decades being the one everyone called, the one with the title, the one who couldn't take a real day off. Now they're not chasing any of that. They're just enjoying the next chapter. …
If you own a boat or plan to buy one after moving to the South Carolina Lowcountry, choosing the right community involves more than finding a neighborhood near the water. You need to know where your boat will be kept, whether you can actually get a slip, how much water …
View MoreIf you're relocating from the Northeast or Mid-Atlantic, you've probably owned in an HOA before. But HOA math in the SC Lowcountry doesn't always work the way it did back home.
The gap between "the fee is $X a year" and "the fee will stay $X a year" is …
View MoreWexford and Long Cove Club sit almost side by side on Hilton Head's south end, and buyers cross-shopping one almost always end up asking about the other. Both are private, gated, golf-anchored communities with water …
Buyers from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic often ask me some version of the same question:
"Are homes down here built to handle the climate?"
The honest answer is: some are, and some aren't.
What separates them isn't always age or price. It's whether the home has been …
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