Saturday, December 31, 2011

Great Weather "at the beach"

     December has just been beautiful here in Myrtle Beach.  The temp is supposed to get to 66 today and 69 tomorrow, Jan. 1st, 2012.  Next week will cool down a little bit but temps are forecast to remain warm this winter.
     In Real Estate news, Foreclousures and Short Sales are driving the price of Single-Family Homes and Condos down.  The Medium price for a SF home in November, was $155,000, down 15% from the same month last year.  Condos are down to $92,000, a drop of 21%.  SF homes sales jumped 31% in November but condo sales dropped 7%.  IT IS A BUYER'S MARKET!  Call me at 843.995.0766 and tell what you are looking for and I will e-mail you listings to review.
     As far as the book "Murder on the Front Nine", is concerned, this coming week is D-Day.  It will go to a Publisher.  I can't wait.  It's been a long time getting to this point. 

                                         Listing for sale, North Myrtle Beach, Surf Club area

                                          Rear of house

                                          Listing North Myrtle Beach, close to Waterway

                                          Backyard same house

                                         Riding turtles on 17 in Little River

                                          Steve's new Facebook picture, pretty bad.         

Friday, December 9, 2011

Cool down "at the beach"

     The weather has been great until yesterday (Thursday).  Low to mid 70's and sunny.  Today only supposed to get to 60 but the the sun is shining and not much wind.
     The Barefoot Bridge was closed for repairs on Monday and won't be open again until Jan. 16th.  All of the people living there and the golfers will have to use the back entrance.
     The little River Blue Crab Festival has been cancelled for 2012.  The festival has been around for 30 years but too many people and too many (non-local) vendors has caused a local uproar.  It has lost its local appeal and feel.  The Arts & Craft aspect of the original festival has disapeared.  Hopefully cooler heads will prevail and it will continue.
     Ocean Lakes Campground in Surfside Beach has won 3 prestigious awards including Mega Park of the year as chosen by the National Assoc. of RV Parks and Campgrounds.  It was also named Campground of the year for the 5th time and named one of the top ten Favorite Parks in North America.
     In Real Estate news, Horry County delinquent tax sale started this past Monday with over 3000 properties up for sale. Single family home sales were up 16% in October while condo sales were down 8%.  The medium price for a SF home was down 5% to $165,000 from last year and the condo price was down 8% to $107,000 from last year.  Things are starting to pick-up.  A nice home in Belecroft went on the market for $139,000 and there was a cash offer and contract that very same day.  People are seeing the deals and taking advantage of them.
    Book publishing negotiations are in the works and I am just about ready to make the deal. 
    Bev and I hope y'all have a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.  See ya,  Steve & Bev