INFO FOR BUYERS
Buying a home should be an exciting time in one's life. Choosing the right REALTOR® is your first step to ensuring that your new home and community meets your needs and that the whole experience is a positive and exciting one. Our services and experience range from getting you financial assistance to helping you find the home that best suits you and your family. We pride ourselves on repeat business and hope you'll come to understand why.
If you'd like to look at home listings, you can click on one or more of the tabs over to the left side of this page. The tab that says Homes by Area/Price shows all listings by City or County. This is a good place to look if you're not that familiar with our area. If you are familiar with the area and know the various subdivisions and neighborhoods, you'll see a number of tabs that will list the subdivisions in a particular city or county. Like Summerville Subdivisions, or West Ashley Subdivisions, or Mount Pleasant Subdivisions, etc.
List Your Home With Us & Buy Another Home Thru Us...Get Up To A 1% Rebate On The Home You Buy.
If you have us sell your home and then purchase another home thru us, we'll reward you with a rebate of up to 1% of the purchase price of the home. This will be paid directly to you within hours of closing on your home. This can help with some of the home decorating you will want to do in your new home. Ask us for complete details on our rebate program.
How We Can Help
Before you start looking
- Assure that you see all the properties in the area that meet your needs. Click here to go to our Searching For Properties link. Here you will be able to view all available homes in the Charleston MLS.
- Guide you through the entire home buying process, from finding homes to look at, to getting the best financing, to scheduling an inspection and all other requirements including setting up the closing.
- Make sure you don't pay too much for your new home and help you avoid costly mistakes.
- Answer all of your questions about the local market area, including schools, neighborhoods, the local economy, and more.
Before You Start Looking For Your New Home:
- Check your credit score. Clear up any negatve issues now before it's too late in the buying process. Missing out on the perfect home because some financial issue gets in the way, can be frustrating to you. We don't want that to happen.
- Determine a comfortable monthly budget for your new purchase, including down payment and monthly payment.
- Find a loan program that meets your needs and get pre-approved by a respected lender. We can assist you with that also.
- Determine what neighborhood best matches your needs.
- Identify all the important features you want in your new home.
- Lender fees include charges for loan processing, underwriting, preparation and establishing an escrow account.
- Third-party fees include charges for insurance, title search, and other inspections such as termites.
- Government fees include deed recording and state & local mortgage taxes.
- Escrow and interest fees include homeowner's insurance, loan interest, real estate taxes, and occasionally private mortgage insurance.
The lender you choose to work with will provide a Good Faith estimate of the costs you'll incur.
Find out how much your closing costs could be.
