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Myrtle Beach on HGTV

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Last night, Episode HNT-2509, on HGTV's show they talked about housing prices that are the lowest on the east coast. I'm a realtor who has been watching HGTV for about five years and yesterday was only the second time I heard anything about Myrlte Beach. I was excited to hear the area get recognized but I also realized that now the world had found out what some of us already knew.

May 2008 Brought Real Estate Buyers To Myrtle Beach

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May 2008 brought many of those Buyers to the Myrtle Beach area who had been waiting for the real estate market to bottom. The majority finally felt they had waited long enough. In my Coldwell Banker Chicora, Myrtle Beach office every Realtor had at least one client who made a purchase.

One Buyer said, "If gas prices would come down, our economy would go up". I tend to agree with that statement when you realize how fast our economy can cha [...]

Restrictive Lending ........

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Thursday, April 24, 2008 National Realty News http://nationalrealtynews.com/ article called:
Restrictive Lending to Blame for Lack-luster Home Sales
Agreed with last thoughts on Blog posted April 18, 2008:
Housing Market, Economy, and the Media

Housing Market, Economy, and the Media

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placed it at the top of the mountain, and gave it a hard push. The Media then jumped on that snow ball turning it into an avalanche.

I am a Realtor who has had no shortage of prospective Buyers, but each time when they began to make a purchase, they would read or hear something that scared them to say, “I better wait”. Am I wrong to think that if those Buyers were not waiting but made those purchases that the Economy would not be under the avalanche?

Now th [...]

Market Common - Myrtle Beach Opened April 3, 2008

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Market Common - MB has opened with rave reviews. The weather was not the greatest but those who went to the opening did not seem to care. People were making statements like, "This is fantastic", The best thing I've seen in Myrtle Beach" and I have to agree.

Taxes: North Carolina vs. South Carolina

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North Carolina

Sales Tax varies by County but averages between 6.25% - 7.5%.

The State portion of the Tax on gas is 30.2 cents per gallon.

Personal Income Tax (effective January 2008) 7.75%

Personal Exemption is $3,200 each

Standard Tax Deduction $3,750 / Married $6,100

North Carolina Retirement Income Deductions (from the NC Dept. of Revenue 10/31/07)

If you received retirement benefits as a former employee of the State of North Carolina or any of its l [...]

Myrtle Beach Blog!

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located in a central location is under development in Myrtle Beach within a 3,790 acre parcel of land with $30-million of infrastructure including 29 acres of lakes, community parks, concrete paths all with lamp-post street lights. Small specialty shops, large grocery and retail stores, restaurants, health club, health services, office space, classic rowhouses, apartments over shops, townhomes, condos, and single family homes.
If you have ever been to the Clarendon area in Arlington, Virginia y [...]