New Featured Listing - 11 Audubon Pond

Located in a very popular area of South Beach, this ocean oriented 4 BR, 4 BA home features an open floor plan with high ceilings and lots of natural light. The foyer welcomes you to a large living room with a cathedral ceiling, skylight and cozy fireplace. The kitchen has been updated with granite counters, stainless appliances and breakfast bar. The family room opens to the deck and private backyard with a beautifully landscaped pool. Perfect area for outdoor entertaining. Great rental property, second home or permanent residence. MLS# 312235 - More Information

Town of Hilton Head Island Acquires 2.27 Acres

The Town of Hilton Head Island today announced the acquisition of an additional tract of land totaling 2.27 acres on William Hilton Parkway in the Chaplin Community from MTR Development, LLC. The property contains 291 feet of frontage along Broad Creek and 166 feet of frontage along William Hilton Parkway. This property is the site of the former Abe's Shrimp House and is adjacent to other Town-owned land. The Town will pay $750,000 for the 2.27 acres. This property will be acquired with proceeds from the Town's 2010 Bond Issue.

Mayor Drew Laughlin said, "This acquisition will provide more land for a possible linear park that will connect Chaplin Community Park and Shelter Cove Community Park and providing public access to Broad Creek. In addition, this parcel is key to precluding further commercial development and traffic congestion along this busy corridor of William Hilton Parkway."

Town Manager Steve Riley noted that this acquisition furthers the goal of the Town's Comprehensive Plan to protect Broad Creek water quality and to provide public access to Broad Creek.

This property is zoned MMU, Marshfront Mixed Use, which would have allowed 15,889 square feet of commercial development, generating 550 PM peak-hour driving trips.

Today's acquisition pushed the program inventory to 134 parcels totaling 1,199.70 acres, with a total expenditure of $161.5 million. Taken together, these parcels have resulted in a reduction of 4.50 million square feet of commercial development, 1,365 motel rooms, 4,597 multi-family and timeshare units, and the preclusion of 41,408 PM peak-hour driving trips.

Multiple Signs Point to Real Estate Rebound

The past few weeks have showcased numerous signals that the real estate market is on the rise. Recently, we have reported statistics pointing to an industry turnaround. More Information

Don't Risk Waiting Too Long to Buy

Question: We are tired of renting and want to buy a home but we are afraid that prices will keep falling. How do we know when it is the right time to dive in?

Answer: If you are emotionally and financially ready to become a homeowner and feel that you have found your dream home, now is a great time to take advantage of the record low interest rates. You can't time the bottom of the market, so don't try. There really are two types of economies: the national economy and your personal economy, and your personal economy matters much more. Don't worry so much about whether the home declines slightly in value. Just focus on finding a place that you want for your family and that you can afford.

(Courtesy Gary M. Singer, Sun Sentinel)

New Featured Listing - 44 Plantation Drive

Well maintained,lightly used as 2nd home, tastefully furnished 3 BR, 3 BA home located on the 8th green of Heron Point Golf Course.Beautifully remodeled kitchen w/granite counters & stainless appliances. Wet bar services a large living room with brick fireplace and dining room which open to a spacious deck with long golf views.The heated pool is designed with privacy and convenience in mind and a great entertaining area.Located within an easy bike ride to Harbour Town, this home is ideal as a rental property, second home or permanent residence. MLS #311055

New Featured Listing - 9 Bald Eagle

Great 3rd row beach house in the desirable South Beach Lane area of Sea Pines beach. Two spacious Great Rooms, up and down, new open kitchen, 2 eating areas, updated interior finishes throughout, upscale furnishings, Lovely screened porch, 2 gas fireplaces, beautiful pool and spa. An ideal vacation property! MLS # 310786 $1,399,000

Summer Tidings

July, 2011

Dear Sea Pines Friends and Neighbors,

Summer is officially here, and the warm and sunny July 4^th weekend was one of the busiest in recent memory. In talking to some of our friends in the rental management business, this weekend was one of the most successful for rental activity in the previous ten years. Since many of our first time buyers come to us as happy renters and vacationers, we are delighted to see so many families enjoying our Sea Pines paradise.

Continuing our reporting of good news, our Island received GREAT news with the signing of the Royal Bank of Canada as the title sponsor, and Boeing as the presenting sponsor, for the Heritage Tournament. Many thanks go out to the Heritage Foundation, the business community, and the local and state politicians, particularly Governor Haley, who made the continuation of our Tournament their number one priority. The pictorial exposure and complimentary commentary that comes with each Tournament broadcast, from players, broadcasters, and PGA officials alike, provide virtually invaluable advertising to all of us who have an interest in seeing our Sea Pines property values appreciate in the future: the comments and incredible visual images turn viewers into renters, and we help turn renters into buyers!

Real estate sales activity continues to be much stronger this year. More Sea Pines homes have sold in the first six months of this year than we have seen since the “go-go” market of 2005: Eighty nine homes have closed in the first half of 2011. Villa sales are stronger too - you have to go back to 2008 to see a higher level of villa sales activity. We continue to receive an ever-increasing number of internet, telephone, walk-in and referral inquiries, and more and more potential buyers who were “waiting things out” are now re-entering the market. When a property is priced correctly, and marketed properly, we are seeing shorter sales cycles than we have seen in the past two years. The inventory levels are going down as well – less than 200 Sea Pines homes are listed for sale; at one point just a little over a year ago, we had more than 280 homes listed for sale in Sea Pines.

At Clark, Cramer and Frank, we are proud that again in 2011, as we have since 2007, we continue to close more Sea Pines property transactions than any other agent or team in the entire Hilton Head MLS. If you would like to discuss the market with us in more detail, and/or talk about your property and the real estate sales objectives that you have, we would be happy to spend some time with you.

We are located at the South Beach Marina village; please stop by any day, or call us on 843-363-4523, or visit our website, www.WeSellSeaPines.com , and click on the “Contact Us” tab on the home page