"Welcome 2018 RBC Heritage Classic Volunteer". This title brings wonderful emotions and great memories from golf tournaments past. My earlier days of volunteering were as a young girl in the 1970s. I was a Standard Bearer and proudly carried the score sign for many notable golfers of that era. I enjoyed it so much, that I continued as a standard bearer while I was a student for four years at The University of South Carolina. I was paid $15 a day for my 'job' back then. Don't tell them, but I would have done it for free. We young volunteers would ride our bikes to the course first thing in the morning and stay all day. We would gather at the finish of 18th to gather autographs and collect golf balls given to us by the pros. Fast forward many years and…

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by Susan Oschner

Oysters

What we used to know as the Carmines Seafood Festival eleven years ago and held on one day at the Hudson’s Seafood Restaurant, has now become the Hilton Head Island Seafood Festival and is a week long event! It was started to fund the David M. Carmines Memorial Foundation, which now helps raise money for other non-profit organizations around Hilton Head Island.

 This year’s event will be held February 19-25 and includes events such as a Low country Seafood Experience on the Water, A day afield: An afternoon with fun or rod, followed by and evening with chef, famer and family, Celebrity Chef Demonstration with Ryan Prewitt of Péche, New Orleans, LA, Celebrity Chef Demonstration with Chef Martin Rios, Restaurant Marin, Santa Fe,…

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by Loni Lueke

That is the response after asking residents: “What brought you here?”

I am deeply impressed about the stories from people who were on vacation with their parents when the lighthouse wasn’t even built. And I am keen to get to know how did they discover this place.

You may know that the history of Hilton Head Island goes a long way back and was named after Captain William Hilton in 1663 but I am thinking about how this Island became

the # 1 island in the USA and the #2 in the world. The success of Hilton Head Island starts with Sea Pines and the story of Sea Pines starts with Charles Fraser.

In 1950 Hilton Head Island had only one paved street and nothing else, not even electricity.

Charles Fraser saw potential in the dense…

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by Lynne Anderson

Sea Pines Real Estate at the Beach Club

Welcome 2018! Out with the old and in with the new is the mantra as a brand new year kicks everyone into high gear. Home searches and real estate activity will also catch fire, according to Trulia, so here’s a tip: Prices for all categories of homes drop to their lowest list prices of the year during January. While that may be great news for Buyers, if you’re looking, act fast - this is only a month-long phenomenon.

As you pack up the stockings, sweep up the confetti and search online for the perfect place at the beach, peruse these TOP TEN REAL ESTATE PREDICTIONS & TRENDS for 2018 to know what to expect.

  1. Inventory shortages will continue to drive the market in the…

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Sea Pines Southern Tip

I'm delighted to report, Hilton Head Island's real estate market for 2017, was healthy and posted positive sales numbers year-over-year. We had more buyers falling in love and following through on their dreams than we've seen in years, resulting in an 8.8 percent increase in homes sold island-wide. The irresistible draw of the island's active lifestyle raised the median price for a home on Hilton Head by 3 percent to $535,000.

Several of our oceanfront communities had outstanding years with double digit gains to their median home values. They include Sea Pines, Shipyard, Palmetto Dunes and Folly Field.  

Island-wide, the villa market had a successfully busy year with a 19.3 percent increase in sales transactions. The median price of a villa rose…

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Photo by David Love: Sea Pines Forest Preserve Wildflower Meadow

There's a wonderful thrill in being emotionally ready to purchase real estate on Hilton Head Island and disappointment in seeing your dream property sell to another before you could harness your intentions. With our inventory as tight as it's been lately, this is becoming the challenge for buyers in our market. As this trend continues to unfold, there are 3 tips you can take to avoid this situation from happening to you:

Tip 1: Establish a good working relationship with a local Realtor

Buying real estate on Hilton Head Island is a process of discovering your options, within your price point, and matching your desires to the area of the island that has the most meaningful activities and amenities for you and your family to enjoy. Our gated and…

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Sea Pines Home

After more than 30 years, and using the latest technology available, FEMA has finally updated and released their highly anticipated preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Beaufort County showing how a 100-year flood event is likely to impact your property. As a result, big changes are in the making for flood insurance requirements on a number of properties around Hilton Head Island, including Sea Pines Plantation. Homes that are presently required to carry flood insurance for mortgage purposes will no longer have that requirement if they're located in FEMA's newly created Zone X (Shaded and Unshaded).

Homes in Zone X (Shaded and Unshaded) are being reclassified onto higher ground with a moderate to minimal risk of flooding. This creates…

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There's an old axiom to purchasing real estate, "location, location, location." That's exactly what folks have in mind when purchasing a villa or townhouse in Turtle Lane Club at The Sea Pines Resort.

Turtle Lane Club is a private gated oceanfront enclave of 13+ acres nestled in the heart of Sea Pines Plantation. It's located only steps away from the extraordinary top-shelf amenities offered by two of The Sea Pines Resort's finest attractions.

The first is the fabulous Sea Pines Beach Club, where you can embrace the ocean while dinning either indoors or on the seaside patio at Coast. You'll also discover the island's finest libations are served upstairs with endless views of the Atlantic Ocean at the sophisticated Ocean Lounge.

The Plantation…

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By the time Hurricane Irma passed across Hilton Head Island it was downgraded to a tropical storm and behaved much like a typical winter nor'easter. 

The winds were blustery and persistent and they gusted above 60 mph during the heaviest rain bands but none of this caused any real damage. Our problems came from the storm surge created by the massive size of Irma as she drifted north over the west coast of Florida and pushed a 4 foot wall of water up the east coast from Jacksonville to Charleston. This happend exactly as we were having an 8 foot king tide. The tidal gauge at Fort Pulaski recorded Irma's high water mark to be 12.24 feet which was just shy of Hurricane Matthew's record of 12.50 feet.

Our beaches took the same hit as they did during…

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Life can take on a certain splendor for you and your family when purchasing your oceanfront home in Sea Pines Plantation. Whether you become a full time resident, a seasonal owner, or for use as an investment property, you'll discover the peace and tranquility along our 5 miles of pristine beach to be deeply satisfying to the soul and life affirming. 

Sales of our oceanfront homes have been moving at a clip in 2017 and we're on pace to have one of our best years in the last decade. We've already sold 3 homes and we have another 4 homes under contract that are scheduled to close before the end of the year. In 2016 we sold 5 homes and in 2015 we sold 3 homes. In a good year, we'll sell an average of 6-7 oceanfront homes. With a great variety of…

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