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Got just a moment to share the latest information about market conditions in Anderson, Oconee and Pickens Counties in Upstate SC: Anderson County Market Report for the Week Ending 1-6-2012 Oconee County Market Report for the Week Ending 1-6-2012 Pickens County Market Report for the Week Ending 1-...

Good morning! Beautiful day and we warmed back up nicely. Supposed to be in the 60's today and it is sunny. Perfect weather for looking at homes..... I hope it is this nice tomorrow. My wife and I are going to see my Mom tomorrow and take her out to lunch for her birthday. I think we are going to...

Happy Hump Day! I was able to make it to the office early this morning and was going through my emails and I got one that I must write about. I had someone respond to one of my listings and they asked a question: How Much Are the Payments? It amazes me how often I get questions such as this that ...

Who is ready for spring? I know I am because this colder weather is NOT to my liking. Of course, there will be plenty of people complaining once summer comes and the temperature is in the high 90's for weeks on end. Yet that is part of the beauty of having 4 seasons in South Carolina. Super nice ...

First day of a New Year and here I am asking you to look at what happened in real estate in Upstate South Carolina during the last week of 2011: Anderson County South Carolina Market Report for the Week Ending 12-30-2011 Oconee County South Carolina Market Report for the Week Ending 12-30-2011 Pi...

Ready to say good bye to 2011 and hello to a New Year? I am sure many people are looking forward to a New year since 2011 had many problems with the economy and high unemployment. But overall it has been an excellent year for Silver Star Real Estate and we have experienced tremendous results for ...

Well you know the year is almost over when you start seeing news stories or articles that are lists of the Top 10 Whatever It is That Does Not Amount to a Hill Of Beans But We Will Talk About Anyway.... Yet these kind of posts must be popular considering how many of them we see. Or maybe they are...

Bright and sunny out today but it is pretty chilly if you ask me. Still what do you really expect the temps to be the week after Christmas? So how does this Hump Day find you? I am busy and will have to run and pay our property taxes in just a little while. Not looking forward to standing in line...

Looks like we are in for a rainy dreary day in Upstate South Carolina. I hope you will be careful while out driving to exchange or return gifts or use the gift cards you may have received for Christmas. And try to be polite.... It seems that too many people have forgotten the reason for the seaso...

Good morning! I hope you got everything on your wish list for Christmas. I have been trying to figure out what to do with this big lump of coal this morning..... Not exactly what I wanted Santa to bring me..... I think last week or the week before I talked a little about what I wanted for Christm...