Homes Fort Mill SC

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…)

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…)

Are you a high school football fan? Fort Mill High School and Nation Ford High School in Fort Mill start their 2009 football season in August 2009.  Carmen Miller Realtor® is a proud supporter of the Fort Mill School athletic program. Here are the 2009 high school football schedules for both Fort Mill HS varsity football teams: (more…)

It’s back to school time and Century 21® First Choice in Fort Mill, SC. is sponsoring a “School Supplies Give-A-Way”.

The “School Supplies Give-A-Way” is Monday, August 17 from 7am -1pm at the Fort Mill Century 21® First Choice office at the corner of Hwy 160 and Gold Hill (206 Rockmont Dr. Fort Mill, SC 29708). We are giving away school supply starter packs to children in our Fort Mill community!

To receive a bag, (more…)

The Carmen Miller Real Estate Team from Century 21 First Choice is having a huge open house event this Saturday June 20th 2009. You are invited to view 3 spectacular homes for sale in Tega Cay SC, one in Rock Hill SC , and another home in Hamilton Place which is a community in the Fort Mill Township. The following is the 5 open house schedule for this Saturday June 20th.

• 1450 Finsbury- Lake Shore- 12:00- 2:00 (more…)

Local Fort Mill Chef Herb aka Herb Tesh along with the help of Bob Bowman opened up a new BBQ restaurant last week. It’s called Fort Mill BBQ Company.

If you look at ChefHerb Production’s website, Herb says he is a certified Chef with over 20 years experience as an executive chef for large hotels and restaurants. He has a passion for southern cuisine especially BBQ pork, ribs, brisket, and chicken. Besides catering, Herb enters several area BBQ contests and teaches cooking classes.

Carmen and I went to the Fort Mill BBQ Company’s new restaurant last week and enjoyed the food and hospitality. The restaurant is located in the Stockbridge Commons shopping center where Lowe’s Foods is located at the corner of Highway 160 and Gold Hill Rd. they took the spot that used to be Sonny’s Dutch Mill Restaurant. (more…)