Seabrook and Kiawah Island Real Estate the bright spots in the real estate market. Charleston’s newspaper the Post and Courier quoting the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors, reported that home sales fell 37% in July. The group attributed the drop to the first time home buyers $8,000 tax credit expiring. The Association also said that the median sales price rose to $196,573 in July verses $181,889 a year ago. They attributed the increase in sales price to an increase of sales volume on Seabrook and Kiawah Islands. During the last six months ( Feb. 11- Aug.11) forty homes and eighteen villas have sold on Seabrook.

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Charleston County will announce the results of its Johns Island traffic study today, August 12th. This study is expected to announce that a Sea Islands Greenway is one option for improving traffic. The Town of Seabrook Island and the Seabrook Island Property Owners Association, in addition to neighboring Kiawah organizations, support this Greenway as the best option for making Johns Island roads safer. The proposed Greenway would run from the intersections of Maybank Highway and River Road directly to Betsy Kerrison Parkway. Although the proposed Greenway is not a part of the I-526 extension project, it would should it be adopted, connect near the terminus of I-526 making the travel time to and from the interstate much faster. To allay concerns that the Greenway would prompt further residential development on Johns Island the Greenway would have no exit ramps along its route. The full Charleston County Council will review this proposal at its meeting on Tuesday August 17th.

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