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The Downing Group Blog

Making a Move? Check out Lake Murray

  Here’s what it’s like to live on Lake Murray. For those of you who are considering making a move, whether you’re a local or transplant, today I’ll discuss what it’s like to live on Lake Murray. I’ve personally lived in the area since 2014, and my team and I have become the best agents… Read more »

Navigating Multiple Offers

Here are a few things to know about multiple offers in our present market. As most of you know, our real estate market is super hot, along with many others in the country. Within two days or fewer, homes have multiple offers on them and are often receiving more than asking price. Right now we’re… Read more »

Your Latest Columbia Market Update

Here’s all the latest data and info from our Columbia real estate market. What’s going on in the Columbia, South Carolina housing market? Our real estate market is even nuttier than the last time I made a market update. We currently have 0.7 months of inventory, meaning if there are 10 buyers in the market,… Read more »

Headlines You May See in 2021

The real estate headlines you may see in 2021 and why they’re untrue. What will the real estate headlines say for the rest of 2021? Today I’m sharing how our market is doing now and where we expect it to go throughout the rest of the year. I’ll also be discussing why you might see… Read more »

How Buyers Can Find Success in Our Market

If you’re a buyer, here’s what you need to know about our market in 2021. What do buyers need to know about our Columbia real estate market? For one thing, inventory is as crazy as ever and stands at just 0.9 months. It’s a feeding frenzy out there for every type of home that’s decently… Read more »

Staging Your Home for a Top-Dollar Sale

Our resident home stager Kyleen Jackson shares some pro staging tips. Today we’re joined by special guest Kyleen Jackson, our amazing resident home stager. She’s helped stage hundreds of homes throughout her career, enabling sellers to attract top-dollar offers and sell quickly. Now that we’ve officially entered the busy spring selling season, it’s more important… Read more »

Why Isn’t My Columbia, SC Home Selling?

Here are the four main reasons your home may not be selling in this market. In the Columbia market, we have very low inventory, and we currently only have about a month’s supply, which is an all-time low. Interest rates are also at historic lows, so it’s a feeding frenzy out there. We’re commonly receiving… Read more »

Lake Murray’s Winter Drawdown

Here’s the latest on the winter drawdown of Lake Murray and our hot market. As of January 25, the date of this recording, Lake Murray was 354.5 feet above sea level (sea level is used scientifically as a fixed point to base lake levels). That said, maximum operating conditions—“full pool,” as they call it—for Lake… Read more »

Q: Where Are Interest Rates Headed in 2021?

Here’s what you can expect from the mortgage world in 2021. Today I’m joined by Brian Prahl of Palmetto Mortgage Group to give a 2021 interest rate forecast and talk about the refinance savings you can take advantage of. Brian says the mortgage industry has been crazy lately, but in a good way. COVID obviously… Read more »

Q: What Will Our Market Look Like in 2021?

Here’s our predictions for what may be in store for our 2021 market. Thanks to a certain virus that blindsided the entire world (have you heard about it?), everyone who had made predictions for 2020 found themselves shrugging their shoulders this spring—no one could have foreseen the market behaving the way it did this year…. Read more »

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