Sparkling ocean views! Breathtaking scenery! Long walks on almost endless soft, sandy beaches! Live entertainment and an exciting night life! Over 100 golf courses! If you are looking for reasons to check out Myrtle Beach homes for sale, you don’t have to look very far. Myrtle Beach is a top vacation destination, and many home buyers are attracted to our area for the same reasons that bring so many tourists to the area.

Reasons for Buying Myrtle Beach Homes

Myrtle Beach homes are a top pick for those who are looking for an exhilarating lifestyle and a community that offers a high quality of life. We offer the best golfing in the South, numerous cultural venues, historic sites, specialty boutiques, and plenty of opportunities for fine dining. Thrilling water sports are a big drawing card, and the some of the best freshwater, ocean, and deep sea fishing anywhere is found right here. In spite of all of this excitement, life in Myrtle Beach moves at a slower pace, creating a perfect environment for enjoying family life. If you come to play here, there is a good chance that you will stay here! The idyllic location and top-notch amenities all serve to create a permanent demand for Myrtle Beach homes.

The Market for Myrtle Beach Homes

We all know that the housing markets across the country are strongly slanted towards home buyers, and the market for Myrtle Beach homes is no exception. The inventory of MLS real estate listings is broad and eclectic, and price are low. If you are thinking of buying right now, your timing could not be better.

However, this market won’t last forever. In fact, there are many indicators that suggest that the bottom of the market for Myrtle Beach homes may have passed. Prices have increased, lender-mediated inventory levels have stabilized, and sales numbers are stable. The sales volume for the first half of 2010 is markedly higher than what was measured for the first half of 2009. Mortgage rates can only go up, especially now that the Fed will no longer be purchasing mortgage-backed securities. If you are contemplating the purchase of Myrtle Beach real estate, this is not the time to dawdle. This is the best buyers market for Myrtle Beach homes that you may ever see.

Astute South Carolina real estate investors and many first-time home buyers know that this opportunity is too good to last, and they are scooping up properties under $150K at a fast clip. Renters are discovering that the net cost of owning a home is actually less than that of renting. Real estate investors are picking up Myrtle Beach homes for cash flow and future value.

New Myrtle Beach Homes for Sale

Until recently, home builders have been extremely tight and inflexible when entertaining purchase offers. This is no longer true. Bargain prices on new Myrtle Beach homes are found everywhere. Notable builders like DR Horton and Ryland Homes have been very active, and custom builders have been erecting spec homes on the high end.

Featured Myrtle Beach Communities

The Myrtle Beach, SC real estate inventory is broad and eclectic, and there is truly a house out here for every type of home buyer. Here are a few communities that are particularly noteworthy:

The Farm

This is a newer DR Horton community of Myrtle Beach homes that enjoys a superb location in Carolina Forest, just west of the waterway. You are minutes from the ocean on the north end of Myrtle Beach, in a great school district with outstanding amenities, and lower home insurance costs. Over 65 Myrtle Beach homes sold in the last year but there are still great deals on foreclosures or short sales starting around $150,000. This is an incredible opportunity for first time home buyers to purchase a newer Myrtle Beach, SC house at an affordable price.

Carolina Forest is a series of neighborhoods containing a total of about 25,000 Myrtle Beach homes of all descriptions. Carolina Forest is more of a township than a development, and boasts shopping, banks, churches, a U.S. Post Office, public golf course, and its own fire station. Carolina Forest is becoming more and more self contained, and even has plans for building its own hospital.

Other notable neighborhoods in Carolina Forest include Plantation Lakes, offering quality custom built homes on single family lots, with prices starting at about 300K. Waterford Plantation is a neighborhood containing a golf course, trails, pools, sidewalks, and brick and stucco homes with quarter to half-acre lots. Springlake is a fully-developed Centex neighborhood crisscrossed with nature trails and dotted by Myrtle Beach homes priced in the$100’s.

The Million Dollar Mile

Million Dollar Mile is a stretch of oceanfront containing only single family Myrtle Beach homes. Upscale real estate listings on Million Dollar Mile go from $1.5M to $4.9M, and are in high demand as residential, second home, or rental properties.

Myrtle Beach Homes in Surfside Beach and Garden City Beach Area

If you are looking for more affordable oceanfront Myrtle Beach homes, you will find a few real estate listings with asking prices under $800,000. If you want to make a small investment in South Carolina beachfront real estate, you can find ocean view Myrtle Beach condos that start under $50,000.

Seasons

This Murrells Inlet neighborhood by Dock Street Communities is the most upscale 55+ community in the Myrtle Beach real estate market. This gated community is located south of Myrtle Beach in Prince Creek, home of the TPC Golf Course. They have sold 19 of these properties in the last two months and the builder is constructing more in the $200-300,000 price range. Amenities include indoor and outdoor pools, exercise room, meeting /party facilities and tennis courts. Email with name and address for a package of information.

Your Myrtle Beach Real Estate Agent

Buying or selling Myrtle Beach, SC real estate requires some of the most important financial decisions you will ever make. Whether you are buying your first home, or you are a seasoned real estate investor, my goal as your Realtor is to provide you with the best information available so you can make the best possible decisions. After 12 years of experience with real estate in the area, I know the neighborhoods, the schools, and even the builders. I take the time to listen to you so I can help you discover the Myrtle Beach property that most closely meets your needs.

If you are selling your home, my mission as your Myrtle Beach Realtor is to ensure that you obtain top dollar for your property, in the shortest time possible, with the least amount of inconvenience to you. I spare no effort to accomplish this, and employ the best high tech and traditional marketing tools to sell your home.

Thanks for stopping by to visit. If you can serve you in any way, or if you just want to chat about Myrtle Beach real estate, I would love to hear from you. I am here to help!

Very Truly Yours,

Paul Lawlor