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        <description>Hilton Head Island SC Real Estate Blog by Rick Turner & Associates. Understand Hilton Head & Bluffton SC Real Estate Trends. Explore and view all MLS listings with multiple photos and mapping software. Your Realtors representing Hilton Head Island So</description>
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            <title>When the Prophet Says Buy. BUY!</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ John R. Talbott, previously a Goldman Sachs investment banker, is a bestselling author and economic consultant. When it comes to the housing market he is also a prophet. When housing prices started to skyrocket in 2003, he published The Coming Crash in the Housing Market, correctly warning us that a real estate bubble was forming. Then in January 2006, he called the abolute peak of home prices in the US by releasing a new book, Sell Now! The End of the Housing Bubble.Mr. Talbott, the person who ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:55:21 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>HILTON HEAD ISLAND-BLUFFTON REAL ESTATE - #1 IN SOUTH CAROLINA</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ The latest stats are in. Through November the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton area is again the #1 real estate market in South Carolina. And it has been #1 for 21 straight months. &nbsp;
According to the South Carolina Association of Realtors, the number of our real estate transactions is up 8.2% over last year, which is twice the increase of the #2 market, Charleston. In fact, sales in the Hilton Head area are at the highest level in five years.
One of the axioms in real estate is, &quot;All real... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:11:36 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>BE THE FIRST TO KNOW WHEN FORECLOSURES COME ON THE MARKET</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Starting today home buyers have a new tool in their toolbox as they search for the area&rsquo;s best buys: www.HiltonHeadBankOwnedHomes.com. This website created by our team here at Rick Turner and Associates provides home buyers with up-to-the-minute listings of all bank-owned, foreclosed homes, villas and lots presently on the market &hellip; as well as all short sale listings.
And better yet, you can choose to be immediately notified by email each time a new bank-owned foreclosure or short s... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:53:20 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>rick@hiltonheadrealestatesearch.com (Rick Turner)</author>
            <title>MONEY'S NEVER BEEN CHEAPER</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Amazingly 30-year fixed rate mortgages on Hilton Head Island and Bluffton, South Carolina, have been hovering around 4.8%. Our local rates track with the national averages. The chart above displays the historic proportion of today&rsquo;s rock bottom interest rates with graphic clarity. MIND-BLOWING. The interest rates of the last 16 months are below all previous records tracked by Freddie Mac. Mortgage money has never been &ldquo;cheaper&rdquo; at a time when home prices couldn&rsquo;t be more ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 20:43:20 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>HILTON HEAD/BLUFFTON REAL ESTATE SALES SOAR 26% TO HIGHEST LEVEL IN 3 YEARS!</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ While real estate in much of the country languished, sales in the Hilton Head Island and Bluffton MLS have surged above 2008 and 2009 levels for 10 months straight. Through October 2010 total sales surpassed 2009 by 26%.Further evidence of this &quot;charged up&quot; market is that Beaufort County, home to Hilton Head Island and Bluffton, was the hottest market in South Carolina for the 10th straight month as well.Last In, First OutFor decades local Realtors have observed that the Hilton Head ar... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:13:47 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER SOUTH CAROLINA BESTS FLORIDA AND ARIZONA</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ For the 1st time in the history of tracking Baby Boomer's preferences, the Carolinas have become the #1 retirement destination of Boomers, according to newly released &ldquo;2010 Baby Boomer Survey&rdquo; conducted by Del Webb, America&rsquo;s largest builder of active adult communities. Though Florida and Arizona remain top contenders, the Carolinas have emerged as the preferred destination for retirement.&nbsp;Both younger and older Baby Boomers ranked either South or North Carolina first as t... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:23:19 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>rick@hiltonheadrealestatesearch.com (Rick Turner)</author>
            <title>HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU GET A SECOND CHANCE IN LIFE?</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ While you were vacationing in Hilton Head so many of you passed through our Gateway Real Estate offices in recent years disappointed you did not purchase something earlier or discovering you had been priced out of the real estate market because of increasing prices. How many times did you say ... &ldquo;If I would have known, I could have bought, I should have done it then.&rdquo;Would-a! Could-a! Should-a! Now is your chance again! We are being revisited by so many fortunate people who are disc... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:41:03 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>rick@hiltonheadrealestatesearch.com (Rick Turner)</author>
            <title>HAS THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND REAL ESTATE MARKET STABLIZED?</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ The numbers are in. The results in the Hilton Head area MLS show that real estate sales in the first quarter of 2010 have increased 59% over the first quarter of 2009. In the first quarter of 2009 there were 366 real estate purchases versus 583 in the first quarter of 2010.A huge indicator of market stabilization is the chart below, showing that since June 2009 the Hilton Head MLS has averaged over 200 transactions per month. The market bottomed out in November 2008 through March 2009 where the ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 21:39:02 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>rick@hiltonheadrealestatesearch.com (Rick Turner)</author>
            <title>HILTON HEAD REAL ESTATE MARKET - #1 HOTTEST IN SOUTH CAROLINA</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Wow! For the third month in a row the Hilton Head Island and Bluffton real estate market is the #1 market in South Carolina.&nbsp;MLS sales of homes and villas in the first quarter of 2010 are&nbsp;up 63.8% from the first quarter of 2009.&nbsp;No other market in the state even came close.&nbsp;Transactions increased from 320 in 2009 to 524 in 2010. The next two best markets in SC are the Coastal Carolina's (Myrtle Beach) which is up 44.4%, and Beaufort and Aiken markets&nbsp;(tied)&nbsp;which ar... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:06:09 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>rturner@topproducer.com (Rick Turner and Associates)</author>
            <title>THIS AIN'T YOUR MAMA'S REVERSE MORTGAGE</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Let's assume you own your home free and clear or you have a small mortgage.&nbsp;If you are over 62, you can get a new and vastly improved reverse mortgage on your current home and use the proceeds to purchase a Hilton Head Island or Bluffton, South Carolina,&nbsp;home or villa. The best part is that you have no payment EITHER home!&nbsp; For example if your&nbsp;existing home&nbsp;is worth $650,000, a local bank here will give you up to $325,000, half the value of your home, as one of these new... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:05:40 -0500</pubDate>
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