Friday, January 7, 2005

Strand Real Estate Brings in Buyers

MB area pulls in well-to-do; natives feel price squeeze

By Jenny Burns

The Sun News

Beaches and warm weather are not the only attractions

luring new residents to the Grand Strand.

People like Steven and Doris McCarthy are settling here to

take advantage of one of the best real estate markets on the

East Coast - one that is booming faster than any of its

neighbor cities in Georgia and the Carolinas, even as those

markets also see rapid growth.

"They have so much construction going on [here]," Steven McCarthy said.



The area's new-home market is undergoing unprecedented growth,

making area real estate more valuable, while also making homes

less affordable for some area residents.



Much of that growth was in the new condominium market in

Horry County, which almost tripled this year through the

third quarter compared with the same time last year, according

to Market Opportunity Research Enterprises, a real estate analysis firm.

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