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Charleston County is finally taking action to help Mount Pleasant address its overcrowded schools. Recently cited as the fastest growing municipality east of the Mississippi and the 10th fastest growing in the nation, the Town of Mount Pleasant has been in dire need of support from Charleston County Schools to handle the massive...

Based on recent home sales data from the Charleston Trident MLS, the gap continues to widen between single family residential real estate prices in the City of Charleston and the Town of Mount Pleasant. Mount Pleasant has been an attractive destination for many thousands of families over the years and that is reflected in the growth of the town, which was recently cited as being the fastest growing municipality East of the Mississippi. Existing planned communities such as Park West, Carolina Park,...

Mount Pleasant Neighborhoods | How Trader Joe's vs Whole Foods Grocery Store Competition affects Real Estate Value in 29464

In the never ending search for neighborhood value in the booming Mount Pleasant real estate market, we bring you this gem from Realty Trac. The graphic purports to show how a neighborhood's proximity to either Trader Joe's or Whole Foods relates to the increase in neighborhood property values within the same zip code. According to a national study by real estate...

The Heart & Soul of Mount Pleasant
Almost every town has a heart and soul, an emotional nexus that seems to draw the native’s energy and buzz. Though it is not centrally located within the town, the Coleman Boulevard corridor has been the place that serves as Mount Pleasant’s favorite meet up spot, the place that brings the townspeople together for celebration and fellowship....

Before Charleston’s coastal neighborhoods were overrun by the kudzu-like spread of post-war brick ranch-style homes built by the likes of JC Long, one of the most popular styles of new construction was the classic southern bungalow. Derived from the Arts and Crafts movement, this southern “cottage” was adapted largely from pattern books like this Sears Roebuck catalog, which featured the British-designed Indian bungalows then in vogue throughout the country. It became a desireable style of...