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My real estate practice is primarily fueled by relocation clients moving to the Greenville South Carolina area from all over the country. Many times the move is job related but our area has increasingly become a popular retirement destination. My clients are familiar with housing in their current market but many of them ask similar questions early in their home search. Below are the top 5 most frequently asked questions.

Greenville South Carolina's latest luxury home development, Blackstone, has been announced and will be located on the Eastside of Greenville, just off Blacks Road. The 32 acre tract will include 16 homes with prices starting in the $900,000 and up. Styling will reflect an "Old World" theme and will be largely influenced by English-inspired architecture.

Lot sizes will vary from 2/3 acre to 1 1/2 acre with lot prices starting around $250,000.  Home sizes will be between 4,500 to 6,000 square feet. Four builders have been selected for Blackstone and any other builders would need to be approved by the architectural review committee.

General Electric, one of Greenville's largest employers, has announced they will be adding 200 new engineers this year which is in addition to the 300 they added in 2007. These new positions will range in salary from $55,000 to over $100,000 per year. These 200 new positions will push the total number of Greenville based GE employees to over 3,150 and set a new record for their total employment here.

The Greenville based division of General Electric focuses on the energy field and manufactures turbines used in energy production around the world. Because of their continued growth, GE has outgrown it's Greenville main campus and is leasing large amounts of office space throughout the Greenville area.

This is great news for the Greenville area as our…

This past Saturday the State of South Carolina held the Republican Presidential Primary. This meant the week leading up to the primary was an all out blitz by the Republican candidates. They all made use of extensive television ads and annoying telephone calls throughout the week. One day alone we had 10 calls at my home encouraging us to vote for their candidate. Now that the Republicans are off to Florida for the next primary, we have the Democrats heading to the state for their Primary which will be January 26th. Thank goodness for caller ID to help monitor the calls.

A welcome break from all the political activity occurred on Thursday when we had our first snow of the winter. In the south it doesn't take much snow for the kids to get excited and for…

Every day the newspapers and television reports flood us with negative information about the nation's housing market.  Proclamations about falling housing values and the extended time it is taking to get homes sold.  It's enough to make many consumers nervous and want to throw their arms up in frustration.

The Greenville South Carolina real estate market continues to contradict these national trends. Average annual appreciation in our area is a healthy 3-5% which has kept our market insulated from falling prices seen in markets that have until recently had unrealistic appreciation.  Below is information about our market so far this year compared to the same time period from…

When I meet with my Greenville SC home buyer clients, they normally have a variety of questions concerning purchasing a home here.  There are 2 questions that almost every buyer wants to know the answer to.

Those of us living in Greenville South Carolina, are prone to take our wonderful weather for granted. Our normal high temperatures for this time in December are in the mid-50's. This weekend we were blessed with highs in the mid-70's and these same temperatures are forecasted for most of the week. The higher temps got people outside and doing more than Christmas shopping. The motorcycle riders, walkers, bicycle riders all were out in full force soaking up and enjoying the weather that was our early Christmas present.

My wife and I decided to drive up to Paris Mountain State Park which is just 10 minutes from downtown Greenville.  This 1500 acre park has walking trails, biking trails, a lake, campgrounds, picnic shelters and more. The park was founded in…

The St. Francis Fall for Greenville festival kicks off October 12-14. This will be the 26th edition of this huge event which showcases the Greenville South Carolina downtown area as well as featuring 34 bands, 42 local restaurants and appearances by such celebrities as Greenville's own celebrity chef Tyler Florence.

This year's festival is subtitled "A Taste of Our Town" and will spread out over 6 million square feet along Main Street in downtown Greenville. There will be four musical stages scattered throughout the festival site and will feature such bands as Diamond Rio, Kansas, The Tams and American Idol finalist Mandisa. Local restaurants will be offering samples of their cuisines that can be purchased…