For anyone who has never participated in a serious house-hunting effort, their mental image of how the experience will unfold may be a little off. They might imagine that, after narrowing down their requirements for a Myrtle Beach home (size, price range, and the like) they will agree on a …

The way the media treated last week’s federal funds rate announcement by the Federal Reserve Board was a convincing demonstration of how much importance is placed on that singular piece of the financial puzzle. That rate may not be directly tied to Myrtle Beach mortgage interest rates, but since it …

In Myrtle Beach real estate, there are happy words (“sold!”) and there are troubling words (“default”). Because of the associations they conjure up, some phrases just automatically make us happier. Two of the leaders in the positive category are the magical words, ‘vacation home.’ All by themselves, they can trigger …

Ever since the real estate world turned the corner and plunged full bore into the virtual world of home computers, cell phones and iPads, Myrtle Beach home buyers and sellers have benefitted greatly. There had been an issue about the fate of the once closely-held and jealously-guarded Secrets of the …

If you are at all typical, you probably won’t put even minimal thought into planning for selling your Myrtle Beach home until there’s a good reason to do so. One of the best parts of being a homeowner is the comfort you feel from having a stable home base. For …

When you have a Myrtle Beach luxury residence ready put on the market, you are about to enter a specialized area of the real estate realm. The luxury home market is, as the name implies, other than ordinary—and so are some of the ways to effectively navigate through it.

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A lot of what Myrtle Beach readers and TV viewers see and hear can leave them with the definite impression that the nation is headed for rough sledding. Most of us do understand that the “news” is selected to get our attention…and that often results in a steady stream of …

If you begin a search for a new home by going online to check out the Myrtle Beach listings, it’s likely that one of the first search criteria you enter will be the price range. After all, unless you are a virtual looky-loo who is just checking out how the …

The Myrtle Beach fixer-uppers:

You know them when you see them—especially when going through the town listings, where their photos probably lack quite the allure of the others. You can also spot them by some cautiously-phrased tipoff language. They are “handyman specials” that are offered “as-is” or that “need …

This is a list that hasn’t changed much since Hannibal first considered getting a larger place for his elephants. He decided that the Roman Empire would be a fine choice (but history tells us that the move didn’t work out).

If Hannibal had consulted a knowledgeable Roman real estate …