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Searching for a new home? According to some surprising real estate statistics, the most valuable homes are located near a Starbucks, on a “Way” rather than a “Street,” with only one “7” in their address. Spencer Rascoff, CEO of Zillow.com, recently collected statistics from the database’s 110 million homes to find trends in real-estate pricing. Here are some […]

Beauty and the Beast  March 26, 27 & 28 • 7pm nightly, 2:30 pm Matinee on Saturday Seahawk Cultural Center, 70 Wilborn Road Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is the classic story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped in a spell placed […]

Thinking about purchasing a vacation home on the beach? Before you start searching for your second home in Hilton Head, here are a few questions you should ask yourself. 1. Why do I want to buy a second home? If you are purchasing a second home, are you doing it just for investment purposes? Are you planning to use it as a […]

Although the Oscars and other award shows are behind us, celebrity fashion and red carpet looks are still on everyone’s radar. Here are 5 ways to add some Academy-award-inspired appeal to your living space. Less is always more.  Sometimes, too much glitz and glamor can be gaudy and distracting – on the red carpet and in your home […]

Many homebuyers will create a list of repairs they’d like to see completed before closing on a house. This can be stressful for sellers, who have negotiated a great deal based on the current condition of the home, and then are asked to make these repairs before successfully closing the sale. This unnecessary stress could be prevented with a […]

What are the costs associated with owning a vacation rental in Hilton Head and is it possible for me to break even if I purchased a condo with 20% down? First of all, it is very difficult to find a property in the area that will break even after all expenses and your mortgage are […]

[thumbnail src=”http://www.hhireb.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Landscape-Home-Page-Billbo.jpg”]   Pinckney Island NWR, established December 4, 1975, was once included in the plantation of Major General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a prominent lawyer active in South Carolina politics from 1801 to 1815. Few traces of the island’s plantation in the 1800’s exist today. From 1937 to 1975, when it was donated to the […]

Is Hilton Head the largest Barrier Island on the East Coast, second to Long Island??? Actually, it is not.  And there are a few reasons why. First, Long Island is not technically a barrier island.  It actually  two “glacial moraines,” which are actually land masses that result from glaciers depositing solid and rock due to their […]

The 191st St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Savannah will take place on Tuesday, March 17th and will begin promptly at 10:15 AM, rain or shine.  It is the second largest Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in the United States!  Please click below to see the parade map for the route of the parade or available Bleacher Seating.  You […]

Temperatures are rising in the Lowcountry and spring is just around the corner! If you want to sell your home this spring, it’s never too early to start preparing. Here are five steps to get your home ready for sale: 1. Start packing. While it may seem strange to start packing up your belongings before you’ve sold your […]