Well, the time has finally come. After much speculation and months of rumors, the tight lipped Sea Island Company has finally disclosed that they have filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in Federal Court in Brunswick. Sea Island had hired Goldman Sachs Group in February to assist in finding a buyer for the troubled resort and [...]
Melissa Hallman has decided to make Chapman Hall Coastal her home. Melissa was previously licensed with our sister company Chapman Hall Realtors in Atlanta, GA. Melissa has only been a full time resident of St. Simons for a short time but she is not new to the area. She really enjoys calling St. Simons her home and knows [...]
Our parent company, Chapman Hall Realtors in Atlanta, was awarded the # 2 spot in Atlanta’s Top 25 Residential Real Estate Offices in gross residential sales volume. Chapman Hall Realtors was founded in Atlanta in 2000 by John Hallman III and myself with a goal of providing the most advantageous commission splits in the industry, all the while, offering [...]
Two weeks ago my wife and I had her father and brother join us for a terrific day of offshore fishing. A windy morning had the seas a little choppier than I had wished. However, we were four people that really wanted to catch some fish and none of us had plans of returning home just to go eat [...]
Good news has been hard to come by lately in the Coastal Georgia housing market, however, it seems sunlight is finally shining on Golden Isles real estate. There have been some very positive numbers that have come out recently. First of which is existing inventory has declined and is now the lowest it’s been since October 2008. [...]
Janice Adams, ABR, ASR has decided to call Chapman Hall Coastal her home. Janice was originally licensed in 1983 in Thomaston Georgia where she sold land and residential properties, and she now plans to focus on St. Simons real esate . She has earned the Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR®) designation which is designed for real estate buyer [...]
President Obama has signed the Homebuyer Tax Credit into law. (The Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009) http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:5:./temp/~c111OX8AYa This new tax credit not only extends but expands the previous tax credit which was due to expire on November 30 of this year. The new tax credit will now expire on April 30, 2010. [...]
Hello from Chapman Hall Realtors Coastal! My name is John Hallman IV and I am the Broker of Chapman Hall Realtors Coastal. We have just launched a new website and blogging platform through WordPress. I will be blogging frequently with information on new property listings, real deals in the real estate market, and informative articles to keep [...]
The St Simons lighthouse is probably the most well known landmark of the area and it is temporarily being turned off for repairs and major restorations. The This is the first time it has been turned off since WW II. The lighhouse is at the southern tip of the island near the village and pier and stands [...]
