Lake Keowee Real Estate Expert Tween Times

The Lake Keowee area real estate market is still pumping right along, even through the time I like to think of as the “Tween Time”. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas that is when not much happens, right?…WRONG! That may have held some credence in previous years but starting last year and continuing into this one the Tween Time has been super busy. We here at Top Guns Realty, your Lake Keowee real estate experts, are pushing hard to add listings (just added a $5.8M dollar one) to our stable so that you buyers will have something to buy for Christmas (sellers, think of all of the Christmas presents you could buy with that money you have tied up in Lake Keowee real estate… we can help!!!). Santa’s elves’ work is never done!

Over the past week, even though it was Thanksgiving, we were able to close on a couple of waterfront Lake Keowee lots. We also expect to close on two more here shortly. Someday things will slow down, but it doesn’t appear to be anytime soon. As we continue to deal with variants of the virus along with a robust economy, people’s penchant for Lake Keowee waterfront real estate continues to be high. The only issue we have with continuing this incredible run is a lack of sufficient inventory.

You sellers think hard. As I said above, nothing lasts forever. Now is a great time to sell EVEN in the winter, for a change, as the number of buyers in the market remains high. No great market stays great forever. If it did, great would be average (a deepish thought for you to ponder…you’re welcome).

How to Sell Your Home For The Highest Price Possible

Here’s how to avoid mistakes that could cost hundreds, even thousands of dollars, when you sell your home.

The old notion of caveat emptor – “buyer beware” – has been turned on its head. Lately, with all of the talk about “buyers’ markets” and “changing real estate values,” as well as the myriad complexities and legal ramifications of today’s real estate transaction, a more appropriate sentiment may be “seller beware.”

Carefully Evaluate Your Property

As objectively as possible, take a walk through and around your house, trying to look at it as a potential buyer would.

Make a list of all the things you would want to change or repair if you were going to remain living here.

You may not wind up doing all of these things, but start taking care of the small and inexpensive repairs and make sure your home is as clean and attractive as possible even before contacting a real estate broker to list your property.

Their first impression of the general appearance of your home will color an agent’s conclusions about how easy or difficult your home will be to sell and about the right price for your home.

If you make your home more inviting, the agent will be more eager to bring buyers through to show it off.

By making the broker’s selling job easier, you increase your chances of getting the price you want – or at least a price closer to it.

More next week….

Check out the Lake Keowee Real Estate numbers for the year

Absorption Houses and Lots December 2021

Year End Numbers 11 30 21

Lake Keowee Area News Corner

FOLKS awarded grant to create habitat in Keowee

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FOLKS volunteers and South Cove County Park staff assemble Mossback SafeHaven XL fish habitats purchased with a previous grant. Duke Energy awarded FOLKS another grant to install 108 more habitats at county parks around Lake Keowee. (Special to the Journal)

BZA tables Seneca subdivision proposal amid tiff

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Approximately 120 people were in the audience at an Oconee County Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on Tuesday to hear a variance request for a proposed 19-home subdivision on Ellenburg Road in Seneca. (Lauren Pierce | The Journal)

Subdivision proposal draws ire of local business

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A meeting notice for tonight’s Oconee County Board of Zoning Appeals is posted outside a proposed Lake Keowee development on Ellenburg Road in Seneca. (Riley Morningstar | The Journal)

Parade season starts next week

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Santa Claus waves to the crowd from his sleigh during last year’s Seneca Christmas parade. The city will once again kick off the area’s parade season with its annual event set for Monday. FILE

A look at getting dressed for cold-weather fishing

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Dressing in layers will help keep you warm and dry on the water in cold weather. (Phillip Gentry | For The Journal)