SC home sales up 19% compared to this time last year, demand high
South Carolina REALTORS® (SCR) today released its October 2020 statewide real estate market data. Despite the pandemic, Realtors® continue to set sales records with a 19% increase in closed sales throughout the state compared to this time last year. "2020 has been unpredictable, but the real estate industry has been able to meet surprisingly strong homebuying demand throughout the pandemic, and help lead South Carolina’s economic recovery," said Owen Tyler, SCR president and broker in charge at The
BIA Members Receive Pinnacle Awards
Home Builders, Remodelers Achieve High Honors for State Awards Home building industry professionals were awarded the Home Builders Association of South Carolina’s most prestigious awards in South Carolina. The Pinnacle Awards recognize the craftsmanship of the best home builders and remodelers in the Palmetto State. Thirty-five Pinnacle Awards were given in five categories – new home construction, remodel projects, energy efficiency, subdivision/community and marketing. The Pinnacle Award winners will
Michael Nieri Awarded the 2020 Hearthstone BUILDER Humanitarian Award
The Building Industry Association of Central South Carolina is honored to share that Michael Nieri, Past Chairman of the Building Industry Charitable Foundation, and president, owner and founder of Great Southern Homes has been awarded the 2020 Hearthstone BUILDER Humanitarian Award at the Builder 100 Summit, an annual strategic summit for the industry's top homebuilders. The award recognizes home builders who demonstrate a lifetime commitment to public service. Hearthstone has contributed more than $6
BIA Welcomes New Members
The Building Industry Association of Central South Carolina extends a warm welcome to our new members for October. It is Good Business to Do Business with a Member.Airport Heating & Cooling Bobby Crapps, Jr. 803-926-9527Caliber Home LoansPat Whaley 843-343-1833Capital Kitchen & BathKayce Myers 803-345-5888Carolina Brick Company Robert Coker 803-788-1916Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Carrie Collins 803-788-2811Columbia Builders Matt Varn 803-787-8865Garden State Lumber Products CorpGeorge
Home Building a Leading Sector in the Q3 Rebound
The economy rebounded sharply during the third quarter, as GDP registered a 33.1% seasonally adjusted annual growth rate. This bounce back followed a gradual reopening of the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Prior shutdowns of economic activity had predictably large macro effects, resulting in annualized GDP declines of 5% and 31.4% in the first and second quarters, respectively. This led to an unemployment rate of almost 15% in April. The gains during the third quarter helped reduce the
Get The Facts: Lexington County Stormwater Utility Fee
Quick Links: Lexington County Full PresentationLexington County Fact Sheet County Proposal: Lexington County Council gave First Reading by Title Only on November 10 to an ordinance establishing a new Stormwater Utility Fee. The County’s goal is to solve its stormwater problems and bring its stormwater infrastructure to an acceptable condition over time and with the proper monetary investments.Fee Calculation: A stormwater user fee charges a property based on an estimate of the additional stormwater
BIA Names Corporate Member of the Year and Commercial Contractor Member of the Year
The Board of Directors of the Building Industry Association of Central South Carolina (BIA) have announced that Free Times been named 2020 Corporate Member of the Year and J. C. Wilkie Construction ,LLC has been chosen as the 2020 Commercial Contractor of the Year. The Corporate Member of the Year award was created to recognize an outstanding member company of the association. This award takes into account a company’s contributions on the whole toward the betterment of the association, including financial
CHUMNEY RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
Thom Chumney was re-elected as 2021 President of the Building Industry Association of Central South Carolina (BIA), at the Annual Meeting of the Membership held October 8, 2020. He and all current Members of the Board of Directors have agreed to serve an additional year as a result of the disruptions of Association events and interruptions to the BIA strategic plan caused by COVID-19. Mr. Chumney and his family relocated to Irmo, SC in 1975 from Troy, Ohio. He would attend Irmo High School and then earn
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