Housing/Construction Industry

If you find yourself feeling like now is the time to sell, you will not have to wait long for a buyer. Most homes are selling for 100% of the listing price and officially closing the sale within 48 days! Here are a few quick things I feel strongly are a must do if you decide to sell your home at anytime! FRESH PINE STRAW OR MULCH – Cleaning up your landscaping is an easy and inexpensive way to present a well maintained home and ensure nice curb appeal. ADD

It’s no surprise by now that the real estate market is hot, moving fast, and pretty much a race to be the first buyer to see anything that lists for sale! We are finally beginning to accept this as our new normal and have thrown all past experiences and expectations out the window in favor of just “winning” a house. If you are familiar with the housing market here in the CSRA, and have read my previous article on how we actually are experiencing higher sales inventory than previous years.

Editor’s Note: Biz leaders are juggling more and more during this volatile, pandemic time. This weekend or part of next week, may be the last “holiday” or working vacation from the CSRA grind for a while. School is starting soon. In this week’s Real Talk real estate, Shawna Woodward says, make sure someone is minding the store at home! As summer starts to wind down, plan to go on a last minute vacation! Life is short and we should strive to make it a priority to enjoy time away with

ABD recently interviewed Abbie Baumann, sales and marketing manager for Overhead Door Company of Augusta/Aiken about the company’s 100th anniversary and the success of its local branch. Overhead Door was founded in 1921 by C.G. Johnson – the inventor of the garage door. Johnson later invented the first electric door opener. Based in Dallas, the corporation sells and services a variety of garage door systems for both residential and commercial buildings in 50 countries worldwide. Here are the interview questions and answers. How long has the Overhead Door Company of

Editor’s Note: Shawna Woodward of Re\MAX Reinvented in Evans begins a new weekly series called, “Real Talk Real Estate”. She’ll sponsor our soon-to-be-created Real Estate page and provide a weekly article to provide you tips to help you cut through all the changes! Looking for? Do you have this coming? I’m in need of… My qualified buyer is seeking….A rental needed…HELP NEEDED! This is the current content flooding my email from local realtors all across the CSRA. Our board allows all of us fabulous agents a platform where we can send

The Charles Hammond House – located at 908 West Martintown Road in North Augusta – is probably the oldest standing house in North Augusta and one of the oldest in South Carolina. (Photo courtesy of James O’Neal) When James O’Neal was growing up, his mother drove him past a house every Sunday on their way to church. She told him he would one day buy that house. Fast forward to June 2018, when O’Neal bought the house – a purchase he considered impossible as a teenager. But this isn’t just

Larry Miller has worked in the real estate industry for more than four decades, but he’s never seen anything like the current housing market. It’s “the most unusual market since I started in 1979,” says Miller, real estate broker and owner of Century 21 Larry Miller Realty, Inc. A limited number of houses on the market coupled with strong demand from buyers has caused housing prices to skyrocket. Because of this intense competition, buyers often offer to pay more than the asking price. Miller explains this trend will continue as

In the Riverwood subdivision of Evans very few of the 1400 homes are for sale—and if they are—homes are not lasting long and selling prices are higher than normal. This home sold for the asking price of $479,000 within a few days. (Photo courtesy Sally Kolar Photography) I was talking to a former student who was describing how hard it was to buy his first home in Augusta because of the hot housing market. It prompted me to look up some local data from U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency. The