Homes Fort Mill SC

New Fast Food Restaurant in Tega Cay?

I imagine you, like me, are curious about the new fast food restaurant under construction at Gray Stone Crossing Shopping Center in Tega Cay (Hwy 160 between Dam Rd and Stonecrest Blvd). I have not found anyone directly familiar with PDQ. I know the Fort Mill Times sent out a Tweet a while back asking anybody for info on PDQ. Here is what I have been able to find about PDQ via my internet research.

PDQ Fresh Food Fast restaurant is a new concept restaurant developed and owned by the Captiva Restaurant Group together with Robert Basham (co-founder of Outback Steak House). Captiva’s partners Mike Vaughn, Joe Douglas and Chris Carlsen own and operate the small chain of 131 Main restaurants in Cornelius and Charlotte. Their always fresh concept (more…)

The proposed new Fort Mill School District elementary school, currently named “Number 8”, received its first structure. The new sign was recently installed to mark the location of the new school.

The new school site on Gold Hill Drive is at the edge of Tega Cay’s city limits. Mayor George Sheppard in his Fourth of July address made the following statements about the new school;

Maybe you have or haven’t heard about the property that the FM School district just purchased on the other side of the Tega Cay sign (better known as the McCall property). (more…)

Homes sales in the York, Chester, and Lancaster SC counties in February have picked up pace compared to February 2009. As stated by Jason Foster Reporter for the Rock Hill Herald, homes sales are up 10 percent for the tri-county area compared to last year.

Carmen was interviewed recently by Jason of the Rock Hill Herald. Jason’s story was published March 24th. Carmen said;

“It’s definitely a better market right now than it was last year at this time,” said Carmen Miller, a Century 21 First Choice agent in the Fort Mill-Tega Cay area, noting that homes priced below $300,000 are generally performing well.

“It’s a little exciting. You hate to be overconfident, but it’s showing good signs.” (more…)

I thought it might be interesting to recap some of this weeks headlines from national and local news sources to see what the news media mood is related to real estate and the economy. Here is a recap of this week’s real estate headlines:

• Mortgage rates stay below 5%
• Charlotte-area home sales pick up in February (up 3.6%)
• Clear Springs back to development Mixed-use project one of rare starts across the region at Springfield Town Center in Fort Mill

(Charlotte Business Journal) (more…)

North Carolina grants a Job Development Investment Grant to Husqvarna that could be worth up to $2.5 million to the company. In return Husqvarna will move its North American headquarters from Augusta, Ga., to Charlotte. This means approximately 160 new jobs will be created for the Charlotte Metro.

Swedish owned outdoor power equipment manufacturer Husqvarna plans to consolidate its Consumer Outdoor Products subsidiary in Augusta with its Professional Products office in Charlotte to create the North American headquarters. (more…)

Exciting news Tega Cay and Fort Mill!  George and Jan Wallace from Tega Cay are opening a new garden center in Fort Mill in Spring 2010. It took vision and nerves of steel, but Jan and George purchased property on Highway 160 at the border of North and South Carolina and are building a premier garden center. (more…)

Great news for Fort Mill Home Buyers and Sellers.  Congress has passed legislation to extend the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit. But the bill added incentives to current home owners. Here are the details of the extended home buyer tax credit signed by the President November 6,2009.

The new bill:

* Extends the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit of up to $8,000 to first-time home buyers until April 30, 2010.

* Expands the credit to grant up to $6,500 credit to current home owners purchasing a new or existing home between November 7, 2009 and April 30, 2010. (more…)

HomesFortMill.com has had a free home search tool for quite some time for the Charlotte Metro area including homes for sale in Fort Mill and Tega Cay. Fort Mill Realtor® Carmen Miller decided it was time to super charge the home search tool feature on her website. HomesFortMill.com now has a new more powerful free home search tool.

Why the change? Our Fort Mill, York County area is on the border of North Carolina and South Carolina. Some local Realtors® on both sides of the border don’t always list homes and properties for sale in both Multiple Listing services that are available in our area. Carmen Miller’s home search tool now searches for information available on both the Carolina Multiple Listing Service and the Piedmont Multiple Listing Service. Not all local home search tools get data from both services.

Other important features include: (more…)