Columbia, SC Real Estate

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QUESTIONS?

READY TO RELOCATE/BUY?

Mel Coker has the resources and professionalism to help you.  I sell Columbia, Lake Murray, Chapin, Irmo, Prosperity, Lexington, and West Columbia.   I am a life-long Columbia area  resident and have over 500 real estate closings.

Call (803) 318-2007

email: melcoker@remax.net

Click to SEARCH MLS   or   http://tinyurl.com/LakeMurrayMLS

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Mel Coker   www.melcoker.com

Realtor, CRS, ABR, GRI, SRES, e-PRO, MilRES
RE/MAX Real Estate Consultants
Chapin, SC

Happy New Year - Columbia, SC Real Estate

Is this the year you move to Greater Columbia, including Chapin, Lexington, Irmo and Lake Murray?  Columbia is a GREAT place to call home.  Make your SMART move in 2015... move to Greater Columbia and contact MEL COKER for real estate professionalism.

SEARCH Columbia & Lake Murray MLS for homes

Contact Mel Coker
RE/MAX Real Estate Consultants
(803) 318-2007
email Mel Coker

HGTV & RE/MAX The Right Home Sweepstakes

Be sure to enter the RE/MAX & HGTV TheRightHome Contest.
The contest runs thru September 18th and you may have one entry per person, per day.

So, enter the contest now:  #TheRightHome Sweepstakes
Anyone can enter!

Choose Mel Coker for Your Columbia and Lake Murray Realtor

When you're READY to BUY or SELL, remember to call Mel.

Mel Coker
Realtor, CRS, ABR, GRI, SRES, e-PRO, MilRES
RE/MAX Real Estate Consultants
(803) 318-2007
Columbia / Lake Murray MLS Search

Contact Columbia & Lake Murray Realtor

Need to contact a professional, friendly and innovative Columbia, SC Realtor?
Contact Mel Coker - a lifelong Columbia area resident and RE/MAX Realtor:


NEWEST & Coolest way to contact Mel - send a video email:

EYEJOT Video email

Telephone:  (803) 318-2007

email:  melcoker@remax.net

Internet:  MelCoker.com

Columbia / Lake Murray MLS Search:  Mel.BestLakeMurrayHomes.com


I would be pleased to assist you with relocation, buying or selling.


Mel Coker
RE/MAX Real Estate Consultants - Chapin, SC
Click Here for my Resume'

Columbia, SC Realtor - Contact Mel Coker

I am a REALTOR for all of your Columbia, SC real estate needs. Believe it or not, not all real estate agents are Realtors. Call Mel Coker to buy or sell in Columbia, Lexington, Irmo, Chapin and at Lake Murray.

NOT ALL REAL ESTATE AGENTS ARE THE SAME!

Mel Coker can assist you with buying or selling in Columbia, SC.  
Call (803) 223-6214
Visit my Columbia MLS Search Site

Mel Coker
RE/MAX Metro Associates
Columbia, SC 
email

2009 Real Estate off to a Great Start!

Mel's first 2009 home sale!

Congratulations to Steve & Rebecca Sansonetti for purchasing a home in Lexington's Wellesley subdivision. This beautiful new home was built by Shumaker Homes. The Sansonettis's got a great deal on this beautiful new home and are going to get a LOW mortgage rate (4.5% or lower). NOW really is a great time to buy a home! I even temporarily named the waterfall in the community "Sansonetti Falls."

The most exciting "deal" in this new home is that the home is a Green Certified home. The home is built for energy efficiency and comfort. The community too is a great deal... great location, great schools and great amenities. Want to know more about this community and prices? Call Mel Coker.

I had "blogged" about this wonderful community back in August 2008. Click here to read my blog.

Shumaker Homes - Wellesley

Wellesley Subdivision

Environments for Living Certified Green Program

When you're ready to buy a home in Wellesley or ANY OTHER home community in Lexington, Irmo, Columbia, Chapin, Blythewood or at Lake Murray, be sure to contact Mel Coker at RE/MA Metro Associates.

Call (803) 318-2007

Mel's Columbia SC real estate website

Search Columbia (SC) MLS

Tips to Sell Your Home in a Slow Market

HOME SELLING 101:

Selling in a buyer's market, with an oversupply of homes and/or falling home values, does not occur often, but certainly presents challenges. My top ten tips listed here should help you and most tips are applicable in any home selling environment. Homes SELL because they exhibit great VALUE!

1. Prepare yourself for market conditions - Be prepared for fewer showings and longer "days on the market"
2. Make a good first impression - That first few seconds in front of a home can make or break a possible sale
3. Prepare your home for showing - make your home look like Mr. & Mrs. Clean live there
4. Hire an inspector - Very few sellers do it, but, a home pre-inspection may be of great assistance to you in determining what's wrong and what needs to be repaired in your home
5. Make repairs - Make repairs that are profitable or will be necessary for the sale of your home (for example, the Buyer will need to have "clean" heating & air and termite inspections
6. Special touches inside the home - eliminate odors, add seasonal touches or flowers, turn on lights or open blinds for showings, etc.
7. Select the best selling agent - Your choice of a Realtor IS important! Call Mel Coker.
8. Set a competitive price - Your home is in a competition... to SELL! An example... if you have a home to sell at $175,000 (close to the average home price in Columbia), you have 524 other homes for sale within 10% of $175,000 (that's just in the most sought after school district areas too). That's a lot of competition!
9. Offer a home warranty - buyer's agents will typically negotiate for this anyway and a home warranty gives buyers additional confidence in a real estate transaction
10. Be flexible and patient - use feedback and suggestions from your Realtor to make adjustments

Click Here for Mel Coker's Home Selling Tips web page (you can also obtain a Lowes 10% off coupon)

Contact Mel Coker when you're ready to sell your home in the Columbia area. I would be happy to offer a FREE market analysis, answer questions and explain my extensive marketing plan. Your choice of a Realtor IS important!

Internet: www.ColumbiaSouthCarolina.com/homes

Telephone: (803) 749-5800

email: melcoker@remax.net

Community Spotlight - SpringHaven

My community spotlight this time is SpringHaven in the St. Andrews area of Columbia, SC. Springhaven is a gated garden home (patio home) community in a great location near Irmo, Interstates 26 and 20, Lake Murray and downtown Columbia.

New homes feature open floor plans, most with downstairs master bedroom suites, garages, backyard privacy fencing, and a host of available update options. The reasonable monthly HOA fee ($93) covers security monitoring, front yard maintenance, annual power washing and entrance and common area maintenance. These homes are built by Mungo Homes, a Columbia builder since 1954. Mungo Homes holds the Master Builder Certification. Homes are low maintenance vinyl construction with brick fronts available. Homes sites may be chosen to build from a choice of available plans or choose an existing "spec" home.

This community has been very popular with retirees. The community is quiet and peaceful with the entire front area of the community walled. It's convenient to great shopping, Columbiana Centre Mall, dining, hospitals and medical offices.

Closed home sales in this community have ranged in price from $125,095 to $160,000. Current homes for sale range in price from $119,900 to $139,990. The average home price is approximately $139,600. Home sizes range from about 1100 square feet to 1657 square feet (2-3 bedrooms).

For more information or for emailed home listings from this community or to set an appointment to see SpringHaven garden homes, please contact your Columbia Realtor, Mel Coker. Call Mel toll-free at 888-528-2258. Click here to visit Mel's Columbia Real Estate website.