New Listing in Myrtle Beach, SC
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This 3 bedroom 2.5 bath unit is located directly across from clubhouse /pool and playground. This unit is fully furnished and freshly painted and ready to move in. Working fireplace for cool winter nights. A/C has been replaced in last 2.5 years. Short term and Long term rentals allowed. A short golf ride to the beach.
Realtor Barbara Schnetz is the newest addition to the sales team at the Carolina Forest (Myrtle Beach) office of wEICHERT, REALTORS®- Southern Coast. Schnetz is a resident of Carolina Forest and serves buyers and sellers throughout the market as a member of the Coastal Carolinas Association of REALTORS®, South Carolina Association of REALTORS® and National Association of REALTORS®.
Before changing careers to real estate sales, Schnetz worked in commercial construction as an HVC controls project manager in both Maine and earlier, in California. Originally from New England, she earned a bachelor’s degree in management and is certified in mediation and negotiations. She is also a certified EMT-I and has served as such with an ambulance service.
WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Southern Coast in Carolina Forest is located at 3701 Renee Drive, telephone (843) 903-4443. The company has additional offices in north Myrtle Beach and Surfside Beach; website address is www.southern-coast.com.
If you are considering a condominium anywhere in the Carolina Forest Area, this Windsor Park, townhouse-style condominium is a must see! This ground-floor, two-story unit has a first floor master and a total of three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms. Large private garage, walk-in attic, ground-level screened porch and desisgner upgrades! Neighborhood clubhouse and pool and Oceanfront Beach access are all part of the package.
This spacious one bedroom condo offers a fully equipped kitchen and plenty of room for six people to enjoy the meal. The unit comes fully furnished with a"swing king" bed and sleeper sofa to sleep up to four people. You can sit in the living room and look out to the pool.
If you would like to see this property, or any other real estate in Myrtle Beach, please feel free to call us at 843-280-4445 or 843-903-4443.
You can also visit our website for more details on this property by clicking HERE.
WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Southern Coast has announced the opening of a third office in Surfside Beach. Located at 820 Surfside Drive, the new location represents “an expansion to meet the needs of our clients and growing agent population,” said Broker/Owner Scott Jackson.
Jackson brought the Weichert® brand to the Grand Strand in 2003. The company has an office in the Carolina Forest area, at 3701 Renee Drive, Myrtle Beach. The main office is in North Myrtle Beach, at 1011 Highway 17 South. For more information the agency can be reached at headquarters, telephone 843-280-4445.
The Weichert® franchise network, launched in 2002, currently includes affiliates in key markets in 36 states, offering one-stop shopping, relocation outreach, top Internet presence, agent training and leads direct to agents. Together with company-owned offices, approximately 18,000 agents are at work from coast-to-coast. The parent company, Weichert, Realtors®, is one of the nation’s largest privately owned providers of real estate and home ownership services.
Rare find and ready for your family this summer! Immaculate and move in, like new condition! BIG, 5 bedroom 4 1/2 bath raised beach home with your own private POOL! Like new, Stainless Steel, Frigidaire Appliances! 2, 28'X7' decks! Quiet neighborhood within easy walking or golf cart distance to the beautiful Garden City Beaches! Virtually no "through traffic" on Rainbow! Close to everything; The Pier at Garden City, shopping, dining, schools, Waccamaw Hospital, etc. Plenty of parking for the entire family! Lockable 10'X18' golf cart/storage room! 6' white vinyl privacy fence surrounds a spacious yard great for the kids, dogs, etc! Elevator ready. No HOA fees! What a place to call home!
For more information on this home, please call us at 843-903-4443 or email us at info@southern-coast.com
Owning a house remains central to Americans’ sense of well-being, even as many doubt their home is a good investment after a punishing recession.
Nearly nine in 10 Americans say homeownership is an important part of the American dream, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. And they are keen on making sure it stays that way, for themselves and everyone else.
Support for helping people in financial distress over housing is higher than support for helping those without a job for many months.
Forty-five percent of the respondents say the government should be doing more to improve the housing market, while 16 percent say it should be doing less. On the politically contentious issue of direct financial assistance to those having trouble paying their mortgages, slightly more than half of those polled, 53 percent, say the government should help. And almost no one favors discontinuing the mortgage tax deduction, a prized middle-class benefit that has been featured on some budget-cutting proposals.
President Obama, who has been criticized for both doing too much to help the housing market and for not doing enough, was given poor marks. Only 36 percent of those polled approve of what Mr. Obama has done, while 45 percent disapprove.
In assessing blame for the housing crash, people are increasingly seeing financial institutions as the central culprit. Amid the swirl of recent disclosures about banks following improper and illegal procedures in pursuing foreclosures, 42 percent blame lenders, while 29 percent blame regulators. When the question was asked in early 2008, as the crisis was still building, the numbers were reversed, with 40 percent blaming regulators and 28 percent blaming lenders. Only a handful of respondents at either moment blamed the borrowers themselves for taking loans they could not afford.
“I believe the financial institutions willingly and knowingly allowed people to apply and receive credit at a rate higher than they could afford and this has degraded our economy,” said Steven Goode, an environmental health manager in Las Vegas, in a follow-up interview.
Making an offer for a house, something often done in past generations with little apprehension, is now riddled with worry. Only 49 percent call it a safe investment, while 45 percent feel it is risky. In a market where prices are consistently dropping, there is no easy exit.
“For the average person, it might not be a good idea today to buy,” said another respondent, Beth Lovcy of Troutdale, Ore., who bought a year ago. The value has already shrunk, but Mrs. Lovcy is unfazed. “It works out better financially than renting now because we can claim the interest on the mortgage.”
As the housing market slumped over the last few years with a speed and magnitude not seen since the Great Depression, aspects of homeownership have been debated as never before. There are tough questions about the role the government should take. These include how much of a down payment lenders should demand, whether lenders should be restrictive or expansive in granting new loans, how much assistance to give those on the verge of foreclosure, and whether real estate will ever again be the retirement savings vehicle it once was.
While the debate has been loud, there was little evidence of people’s views that went beyond the anecdotal. This poll offers a window onto widespread opinions at a critical juncture.
Before the crash, housing was widely deemed one of the safest possible investments. Few experts thought there was the possibility of a nationwide downturn. But after it happened, the effects were widespread and painful.
Diane Sherrell, a substitute teacher in North Carolina who retired on disability, traded up to a bigger house four years ago to accommodate an adopted son. “It’s been very difficult since then and we’re barely making it,” she said.
Half of those surveyed say the market’s continuing downward spiral has affected their long-term plans. One in five people say the crisis has prevented them from moving to another city or taking a different job. Nearly one-quarter of homeowners say their home is now worth less than what they owe on their mortgage, a condition known as being underwater. Families in this predicament are much more prone to foreclosure if they suffer job losses or other setbacks.
Over all, people are bleaker about the economic outlook than those surveyed in October. While most still think the current downturn is temporary, those saying it is permanent rose to 39 percent, up from 28 percent.
In the last two years, the stock market has recovered strongly while house prices have gone sideways at best. Yet those polled dismissed stocks as a long-term savings vehicle in favor of a savings or money market account (22 percent), a house (26 percent) or a 401(k) or individual retirement account (41 percent).
Who should be helped to buy is another contentious issue. Whether buyers need to come up with a 20 percent down payment — the standard for decades, but beyond the reach of many families now — is hotly debated. Fifty-eight percent of respondents say lenders should require this, while 36 percent say they should not.
People who cannot pay their mortgage are foreclosed upon. If they can pay but feel that doing so is pointless on a property that has lost so much of its value, it is called strategic default. While two-thirds of Americans say strategic default is not justified, 28 percent think that it is.
When houses are abandoned for any reason, it causes trouble for the neighbors. Three-quarters of those surveyed say foreclosures are a problem in their communities.
“Our home is worth much less now because houses are foreclosing around us,” said William Mack, an assembly line worker in Taylor, Mich.
Beyond all these ills, however, a persistent belief endures that the market will eventually improve and housing will regain its traditional importance.
Donna Boyd, a transportation supervisor in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, acknowledged “it might take a long time” for property values to go back up.
“But I don’t think I’m throwing my money away,” she said in a follow-up interview. “I rented for years when I was younger, and I just don’t like the idea of putting money in someone else’s pocket for something I will never own.”
The nationwide telephone poll was conducted June 24-28 with 979 adults and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points for all adults.
Wonderful 2 bedroom/1.5 bath townhome less than 1 mile from the beach in Windtree Est. Excellet for those who dream to live close to the beach. Perfect for Long Term Rentals for investment property. The sellers have already done some of the maintenence for you, new roof 2 years ago, new Sears windows 6 years ago, vinyl siding just 6 years ago, heating and air conditioning unit replaced 2 years ago, carpet replaced 1 year ago. New paint just over 1 year ago.
Imagine yourself just minutes from Myrtle Beach's NEW SKY WHEEL. Close to most major attractions such as Broadway at the Beach, Carolina Opry, The NEW Pirates Voyage just minutes away. AND DID I MENTION....." NO POA"!!!!!!! Agents call today and make an appointment to bring your clients. Investors did you see no POA and YES it is so close to the ocean your potential investment property can start working for you today.
Myrtle Beach/North Myrtle Beach, S.C., April 8, 2011—WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Southern Coast agents who earned awards for production in 2010 were congratulated at a banquet ceremony held at the Charlotte Marriott Executive Park to honor top producers from three Weichert® Carolinas Broker Councils.
Anna Marie Brock and John D. MacNair stood out as inductees into the Ambassador Club and Nannette Nelson was honored as a member of the 2010 Executive Club. The Ambassador’s and Executive categories are two of the three top awards presented to agents annually by the franchise organization.
Agents who took bows as members of the 2010 Sales Achievement Club were Eric Ness and Sean A. Kort.
MacNair was also recognized by the Weichert® Southeast Coastal Broker Council as the Top Listing Agent Council-wide.
All awards are based on minimum requirement per award category in gross commission income or units earned in 2010. These agents earned their recognition from among more than 7,000 associates in 36 states at year’s end.
WEICHERT, REALTORS® - Southern Coast can be reached in Myrtle Beach at 843-903-4443 and in North Myrtle Beach at 843-280-4445.
