Category — Fort Mill Real Estate

 May 2010 Fort Mill Real Estate Housing Report!  

Hope you folks are keeping cool this time of year.  May was a great month for Fort Mill, SC.  We still have a ways to go but you can definitely tell the selling season is almost upon us.  Now is a great time to start thinking of listing or going ahead and starting your search.  With summer coming and school almost out we expect the market to keep improving. 

There were 118 homes listed as active and had an average price of $290,168.  

7 properties listed as contingent
16 properties were conditional
43 properties were pending
28 properties were withdrawn
23 expired

 The 73 sold properties had an average list price of $264,340 and an average sale price of $253,747. 

Here are a few of the neighborhoods where the seventy three sold properties were located:     Reserve at Gold Hill-1, Baxter Village-6, Waterstone-5, Sun City-5, Knightsbridge-3, Bridgemill-5,  Belair at Carolina Lakes-4,  Whitley Mills-2, Regent Park-1, Bailiwyck-2, English Trails-2, White Grove-3, Sutton Place-5, Springfield-1, Massey-1, Old Orchard-1, Fallbrook-1. 

I hope this was helpful.   Contact me for more information at Fort Mill Real Estate.

April 2010 Fort Mill Real Estate Housing Report!  

April was a great month for Fort Mill, SC.  We still have a ways to go but you can definitely tell the selling season is almost upon us.  Now is a great time to start thinking of listing or going ahead and starting your search.  With summer coming and school
almost out we expect the market to keep improving. 

There were 174 homes listed as active and had an average price of $307,377.  

8 properties listed as contingent
36 properties were conditional
66 properties were pending
55 properties were withdrawn

16 expired

The 56 sold properties had an average list price of $283,359 and an average sale price of $275,111. 

Here are a few of the neighborhoods where the fifty six sold properties were located:     Reserve at Gold Hill-1, Baxter Village-5, Waterstone-2, Sun City-5, Knightsbridge-4, Bridgemill-6,  Belair at Carolina Lakes-3,  Whitley Mills-1, Regent Park-1, Bailiwyck-1, English Trails-3, White Grove-1, . 

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Legacy Park is a great neighborhood in Fort Mill, SC just south of Ballantyne on highway 521.  OK, OK, it’s really in Indian Land in the panhandle of Lancaster County but it still has great schools and is in a great location.

Centrally located along the northern border of SC, Lancaster County is a prime location covering 549 square miles.  A close knit community, Lancaster is mostly free of the hassles of metropolitan life, yet enjoys a close proximity to big city business and cultural amenities. 

Legacy Park is considered a pretty nice place to live.  The subdivision is made up of a variety of people as various stages in their lives.  And with 790 home sites you should find a style of home to fit your needs.  Legacy Park has many of the things you want to see in your community- friendly, safe, attractive, and convenient to Charlotte.

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Four Seasons at Gold Hill in Fort Mill SC offer a great blend of small town feel with big community amenities.  Residents of this tight-knit 300 home community take full advantage of the neighborhood which includes a 12,000 square foot clubhouse and other great amenities. 

The community clubhouse in Four Seasons at Gold Hill is the epicenter for all of the communities social and fitness activities.  It includes an outdoor pool and spa, library and billiard room, as well as a fitness center and hobby rooms.  Surrounding the club house are a tennis court, putting green and patio with grilling area. 

Residents of Four Seasons at Gold Hill have a well-organized social committee that is continually enticing residents with new and exciting activities.  Neighborhood parties, social events and day trips to local attractions are a common occurrence in Four Seasons at Gold Hill.  Plus, there are numerous clubs and interest groups that include everything from arts and crafts to tennis and bowling.

FS at Gold Hill also has a great location.  Being in the middle of Fort Mill makes road trips fairly easy.  Uptown Charlotte is minutes away, maybe you would like to take a boat out on Lake Wylie, a 12,500 acre lake with 325 miles of shoreline, or you could take some time on a beautiful summer day to visit the Anne Springs Close Gateway, a
beautiful park like area that consists of about 2,300 acres of woods, rolling hills and lakes that provides trails for hiking, biking, or picnicking. 

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Baxter Village in Fort Mill SC considers itself the next generation American small town. It’s living spaces, play spaces and work spaces are all within walking distance of the Village.  This master planned community is not lacking in any of the amenities either.

At Baxter Village, the community is taking great strides to recreate communities of old where the streets are framed by front porches and sidewalks and everyone in the neighborhood is your friend.  There is a big commitment in Baxter Village to create trong community connections that will develop great neighbors. 

Baxter amenities include a Village Green, state of the art YMCA, parks, walking trails and wide open spaces to play.  A town center where there are numerous places to dine, shop, or just relax in the sun plus and elementary school and library right in the neighborhood.  Baxter also offers many new generation innovations like homes wired
for latest technology of the day, wireless hotspots and a neighborhood network.  All this and a location just minutes from Uptown Charlotte.

Baxter Village also has the luxury of being in the Fort Mill school district which is routinely acknowledged for it’s excellence.  The developers are still selling new homes but there are also many single family homes and townhouses for resale.  This is definitely community you might want to visit, but don’t forget to read the covenants and restrictions before you buy. 

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Regent Park is a golf course community located in Fort Mill, SC.  It is just two miles from Carowinds Amusement Park, just four miles from Carolina Place Mall and just 15 miles from Uptown Charlotte, NC.

Regent Park is a mult-purpose community.  There is a wide range of homes available.  You can choose from condominiums, townhomes, or singe-family homes.  When I say that there is a lot to choose from I mean it.  Regent Park consists of 18 different neighborhoods.  There is plenty to do here too.  Outside of the golf course it has walking trails, a clubhouse, swimming pool, tennis, and the landscape is dotted with a few ponds as well.

 Along with the great neighborhoods in Regent Park, there is also the Regent Park Golf Club. The course was designed by Ron Garl and is the areas most challenging and beautiful 18-hole public course.  The semi-private championship design wanders thru 250+ acres of gently rolling terrain with mature vegetation, creeks and wetland areas. The course design coupled with the natural elevation changes and topography provide a challenging yet fair layout to both the discriminating or casual golfer.

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2010 March Fort Mill Real Estate Housing Report! 

 The market is starting to heat up in Fort Mill, SC right along with our weather.  We still have a way to go but you can definitely tell the selling season is almost upon us.  Now is a great time to start thinking of listing or going ahead and starting your search.  Buyers, don’t wait to the last minute if you are interested in taking advantage of the Federal tax credit.  Remember, contract by April 30^th 2010, close by June 30^th 2010.

There were 157 homes listed as active and had an average price of $297,586.  
6 properties listed as contingent
23 properties were conditional
42 properties were pending
37 properties were withdrawn
23 expired

 The 53 sold properties had an average list price of $335,150 and an average sale price of $322,257. 

Here are a few of the neighborhoods where the fifty three sold properties were located:     Massey-1, Reserve at Gold Hill-1, Baxter Village-3, Waterstone-3, Sun City-1, Knightsbridge-4, Bridgemill-4,  Belair at Carolina Lakes-3, Beacon Knoll-1, Whitley Mills-2, Eppington South-1, Springfield-4, Old Orchard-1, Jones Branch-1. 

I hope this was helpful.   Contact me for more information at Fort Mill Real Estate.

Have you been to Oxford Place lately?  You owe it to yourself to take a look.  Located in beautiful Fort Mill, South Carolina just five miles to the North Carolina border and minutes away from upscale shopping, dining, entertainment venues, the Charlotte Douglas International airport, and award winning medical facilities. 

When you recall your hometown, do you think of acres of rolling green forests, beautiful flowers, ample yards, parks for playing and friendly neighbors?  If the answer is yes then you will feel right at home in Oxford Place.  If the answer is no, then you have a great new experience awaiting you.

Oxford Place was created in the late 90’s with the first lots sold in 1998.  There are 106 lots and most of them measure an acre or more.  All of the homes are brick or stone and there is a great variety of style.  Prices range from the 400’s to 500’s.  All in all if you are looking for an upscale neighborhood in Fort Mill to make your home you might want to drive through Oxford Place to see if it feels right to you. 

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2010 February Fort Mill Real Estate Housing Report!

The market is starting to heat up in Fort Mill, SC.  We still have a way to go but you can definitely tell the selling season is almost upon us.  Now is a great time to start thinking of listing or going ahead and starting your search.  Buyers, don’t wait to the last minute if you are interested in taking advantage of the Federal tax credit.  Remember, contract by April 30^th 2010, close by June 30^th 2010.

There were 112 homes listed as active and had an average price of $321,327.

2 properties listed as contingent
17 properties were conditional
49 properties were pending
35 properties were withdrawn
8 expired

The 33 sold properties had an average list price of $286,071 and an average sale price of $2271,083.

Here are a few of the neighborhoods where the thirty three sold properties were located:     Massey-1, Reserve at Gold Hill-2, Baxter Village-6, Waterstone-1, Fallbrook-2, Sun City-2, Knightsbridge-1, Bridgemill-1, Sandy Pointe-1, Belair at Carolina Lakes-1.

I hope this was helpful.  Please contact me for more information at Fort Mill Real Estate.

2010 January Fort Mill Real Estate Housing Report!  

Not a terrible January in Fort Mill, SC.  There weren’t a ton of sold homes but we never expect too much from the beginning of the year.  The market still feels like it is heating up.  Hopefully the weather will too.  Now is a great time to start thinking of listing or going ahead and starting your search.  Buyers, don’t wait to the last minute if you are interested in taking advantage of the Federal tax credit.  Remember, contract by April 30^th 2010, close by June 30^th 2010.

There were 80 homes listed as active and had an average price of $302,139.  

3 properties listed as contingent
11 properties were conditional
17 properties were pending
34 properties were withdrawn
24 expired

The 33 sold properties had an average list price of $292,523 and an average sale price of $278,600. 

Here are a few of the neighborhoods where the thirty three sold properties were located:     Massey-5, Reserve at Gold Hill-4, Baxter Village-1,  White Grove-2, Eppington South-1,  Springfield-3, Waterstone-1, Jones Branch-1.

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Ashford on the Water

 Quite often I find myself touring homes and neighborhoods in and around Fort Mill, SC to make sure I have familiarized myself with what is available in my market.  I found this community one day while touring/previewing homes for a client.  Quaint and peaceful are two of the adjectives I would use to describe Ashford.  Even though I have been in a number of the homes for work, I am always pleased when someone new wants to go for a visit.

As soon as you turn in you can see that the homes in this neighborhood are something special.  This is not some cookie cutter community.  You follow the winding, sloping streets and every curve affords you a different view of uniquely designed homes.  I would consider this an upscale area to live but Ashford seems to make it feel comfortable.
Comfort without the highbrow stuffiness, yeah that sounds about right.

The square footage ranges from about 2600 to 3900.  Homesites with basements tend to give you a little more.  Prices can range from about the mid 300’s to around 500K.  Some a little more and some a little less.  Let’s be honest with ourselves here, the homes on the water are going to be the pricey ones.

“On the water” is a great definition of Ashford.  The body of water this community surrounds is a bit too big to be called a pond but can’t be called a lake either.  There is a trail for a part of the bank and also a gazebo at one end to sit and enjoy the setting. 

Statistics are readily available for Ashford on the Water.  For additional info on this community or any other neighborhoods please visit Fort Mill Real Estate.

If you would like to try a few remodeling projects but don’t have a huge budget, here are a couple of ideas.  And don’t be a fool. Hire a contractor.

 1. Install granite tile instead of a slab.

Everyone seems so fired up to install granite countertops but then slow down and do nothing when they see this could be a roughly $5000.  Instead, try putting in 12-inch granite tiles for around $300 in materials and get a very high impact for the money.
 
2. Freshen up a bathroom without retiling.

With a dated bathroom (and you will run across some beauties in Fort Mill), try putting in a new medicine cabinet, vanity, light fixtures and faucet.  Instead of replacing the tile, which can be a big job, the existing grout can be lightly scraped and regrouted which leaves a haze that can be buffed out and will make the tile look brand new.
 
3. Add a breakfast bar.

In many older homes, there is a wall that separates the kitchen from the family room.  These sectioned off homes tend to not have the openness and flow of the floorplans of newer homes.  If possible, cut out an opening leaving any load bearing structures or electrical components intact.  Add an oversized granite breakfast bar, and put chairs in front of it.

 4. Straighten up kitchen cabinets.

Potential buyers will and do open up your cabinets and look inside.  Try adding rollout organizing trays so when they peak in they feel like there is a lot of room for their stuff.

 5. Spruce up cabinet fronts.

Hey guess what, old cabinets look old.  Go price out what it will cost to have the cabinets replaced and you will understand why replacement is not on the list.  Remember words like recondition and reface.  There are companies out there that will recondition or reface your cabinets for a price less than replacing.  It just depends on how much you do.

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Replace light fixtures.  Most people know this one.  In the foyer, bathroom and kitchen are great places to start.

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I visited two great communities on Pleasant Road in Fort Mill this week.  It surprised me that I had not had an occasion before now to notice them.  They are Catawba Village and Beacon Knoll.  Two very appealing communities at different points on the economic spectrum.

Last week I talked about CV, this week I will make a few comments on Beacon Knoll.  Firstly you cannot imagine a more visually impressive community.  When you first drive into the neighborhood you are struck by the well maintained entrance.  A clean and inviting area that starts with a tree lined drive that spits the road and announces that you are entering a special place.  The folks who developed Beacon Knoll knew from the beginning that they were designing a neighborhood that would make homeowners proud to live there and pleased at the reaction visitors would feel.

Beacon Knoll offers a variety of amenities including a clubhouse, swimming pool, lighted tennis courts, playground, and an outside basketball court.  Several large ponds give a great background to the community and are stocked for fishing.

As previously mentioned BK is right next to the NC border.  Located only 15 minutes to the Carolina Place Mall and 5 minutes to I77 Beacon Knoll is convenient to both great shopping and some of the best dinning this area has to offer.  And of course if you don’t wish to make the trek into NC you can always run down to Baxter Village for some special shopping and dining even closer to home.

And last but not least there is it’s location in Fort Mill which offers award-winning schools and a family oriented atmosphere.  Beacon Knoll is worth a strong first look if you are considering this area as a place to make your home.

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December 2009 Fort Mill Real Estate Housing Report! 

 Not a bad December in Fort Mill, SC.  There weren’t a ton of sold homes but we never expect too much from the holiday season.  The market still feels like it is heating up.  Now is a great time to start thinking of listing or going ahead and starting your search.  Buyers, don’t wait to the last minute if you are interested in taking advantage of the
Federal tax credit.  Remember, contract by April 30^th 2010, close by June 30^th 2010.

There were 54 homes listed as active and had an average price of $259,477. 

1 properties listed as contingent
9 properties were conditional
16 properties were pending
38 properties were withdrawn
19 expired

 The 54 sold properties had an average list price of $330,273 and an average sale price of $310,699. 

Here are a few of the neighborhoods where the 57 sold properties were located:     Massey-2, Reserve at Gold Hill-2, Baxter Village-4, Regent Park-1, White Grove-1, Knightsbridge-3, Spicewood-1, Fair Oaks-1, Pleasant Glen-1, Ashford on the Water-2
Eppington South-1, Regent Park-1, Springfield-1, Whitegrove-1.

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I visited two great communities on Pleasant Road in Fort Mill this week.  It surprised me that I had not had an occasion before now to notice them.  They are Catawba Village and Beacon Knolls.  Two very appealing communities at different points on the economic spectrum. 

I now consider Catawba Village to be one of my favorite townhome communities in Fort Mill.  Its location in regards to proximity to Uptown Charlotte is only rivaled by Cole Creek, another townhome community on the NC/SC border.  The interiors of the units are spacious and open while the outsides are painted gaily with bright colors.  I think the colors are called pastels.  Either way the unique choices make Catawba Village stand out from the vast majority of townhome communities around.  To top things off Catawba Village has a great clubhouse and a pool that blows away the rinky dinky pools you usually find in most communities. 

Catawba Village also had another big surprise for the townhome shopper or first time home buyer.  It’s the price.  Now of course you can’t exactly believe the starting price of $86, 900.  Sometimes certain things are left of that you might want to come up with that price, but you can get a nice unit for not much more.  Catawba Village has four models and five floor plans.  The square footage runs from 932 to 1410.  You can own a one or two story townhome and have two or three bedrooms.  We will continue with Beacon Knoll next week.  I was not aware I was going to write so much about Catawba Village.

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November 2009 Fort Mill Real Estate Housing Report! 

Pretty good showing for Fort Mill this November.  Not breaking in records but it is nice to see positive movement in the sales category.  Especially coming up on the holiday season, which is typically the slowest time of the year.

There were 89 homes listed as active and had an average price of $312,084. 

2 properties listed as contingent
12 properties were conditional
37 properties were pending
24 properties were withdrawn
16 expired

 The 57 sold properties had an average list price of $260,379 and an average sale price of $251,533. 

Here area few of the neighborhoods where the 57 sold properties were located:  Bridgemill 6, Massey 1, Jones Branch 2, Reserve at Gold Hill 4, Baxter Village 3, Waterstone 4, Regent Park 4, Sun City Carolina Lakes 5, Madison Green 1, White Grove 1, Sutton Place 1, Belair at Carolina Lakes 1.

I hope this was helpful.  Please contact me for more information for information on Fort Mill Real Estate.

The growing area of Regent Park is springing new life and after years of decline.  Regent Park’s history stems back many years from a former million dollar theme park called PTL only 15 miles from Uptown Charlotte.  Regent Park is a beautiful park like setting that captures most of the private feel of being in the country.  The boom grocery store is right around the corner, with Carowins just up the street.  This neighborhood provides its own swimming facility and private golf course.

Tennis courts and playground with a sidewalks for those morning runs or evening walks.  You will enjoy backroad access to 485 or the Ballentyne area.  The main highway I-77 with 5 mile distance to Rock Hill.  Come to find out what everyone is talking about in Regent Park! 

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The Reserve at Gold Hill is located in the popular community area with comfortable Fort Mill location.  Located close to I-77 and minutes away from Uptown Charlotte this neighborhood is highly sout after in Fort Mill.  This friendly South Carolina community offers lower-taxes with the nearby access into shopping centers, libraries, and the local YMCA.  Home prices for the area range from 270K-500K with Jr. Olympic size swimming pool, multi-court airnasium, childrens playground, picnic area, medical facilities and nearby clubhouse to make this the desirable location for anyone.

The Reserve at Gold Hill are newer homes built to last by Standard Pacific which is one of the nation’s largest and most successful homebuilding companies!  Many Reserve at Gold Hill homes have recently already sold in this new neighborhood, volume is decreasing rapidly due to location.

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