First Quarter Listing and Sales Leaders Coldwell Banker Chicora Real Estate is pleased to announce the following agents who lead their respective offices in Sales and Listings for the First Quarter 2012. Listings: Debbie Foy Spradling - Community Sales Centers Darnell Gimenez - Carolina Forest Jan Buess - Surfside Beach Mark Bartholomey - Garden City Debra Walker - Georgetown Dee Weiss - North Myrtle Beach Sales: Jane Coble - Community Sales Centers Janice Ash Sialiano - New Homes John Millett - Carolina ... read more

For the last several years, we have been bombarded with negative news regarding real estate values, mortgage melt-downs and robo-signing. Now the occasional positive story leaks out followed by yet another negative one. So which is true? The mortgage melt-down and robo signing are certainly issues that have affected real estate but the basic tenets of investing in real estate remain: held over a period of time, real estate has a long history or providing wealth, security and happiness. The truth of the matter is... read more

Investing in Your Future - with Real Estate: Part Two How can the purchase of real estate in your community help your future?  Aside from the intrinsic value of real estate and the myriad of personal benefits to owning, each real estate transaction has been determined to inject $60,000 into the local community. A stronger community results in rising prices and stability through the tax base, schools and aesthetic values. The community value cannot be underestimated. With each sale of a house, the e... read more

Investing in Your Future - with Real Estate: Part Three of Three In this final report on investing in your future with real estate, we will look at the huge benefit of purchasing property today, while rates are incredibly low.   Amazingly, current interest rates for mortgages on real estate are around 3.5%. It is amazing because I can still remember the rate on my first house which was 8%. This was over 30 years ago and during those 30 years I have seen rates as high as 18%. People were actually buying... read more