Hilton Head Monthly Magazine Voice of the Lowcountry 
HILTON HEAD VOTED AS BEST ISLAND
Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2022 named Hilton Head Island as the best island in America. Kiawah Island was second best. The Lowcountry was represented in other awards, including best resort in the South going to Montage Palmetto Bluff. The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa- was the No. 2 best resort in the South. Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport was ranked the top airport in the U.S.
NEW BUSINESSES AND POPULATION GROWTH TO IMPACT REAL ESTATE IN 2023
Affordability for homebuyers continues to be a stumbling block for closing on a dream house or any house that comes close to their dream in the Lowcountry.
COLLINS GROUP REALTY DONATES TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Collins Group Realty’s philanthropy program, 200th Home Sale for Charity, recently rewarded five charities, with River Ridge Academy Foundation, earning the grand prize of $4,000. A total of $10,000 was awarded. Second place winner, Turtle Trackers, was awarded a donation of $3,000.
WEICHERT REALTORS HIRES 2 AGENTS
Terri Cucinotta and Jennifer Burns Hill have been hired at Weichert Realtors as agents.
REAL ESTATE SEES SHIFTS, REBALANCING AND PENT-UP DEMAND
BY DEAN ROWLAND
“People see the news and it’s all doom and gloom, right, but it’s really not the case at all,” said Rick Saba, of COAST Real Estate Professionals brokered by eXp Realty.
COLLINS GROUP REALTY NAMED NO. 1 IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Collins Group Realty was named one of America’s most productive sales teams as a part of RealTrends + Tom Ferry America’s Best Real Estate Professionals, a ranking report produced by RealTrends and Tom Ferry International. The team was ranked the number No. 1 large team in South Carolina for the second year in a row, by sales volume. The real estate group is also ranked the No. 36 large team in the nation, by volume. RealTrends America’s Best Real Estate Professionals ranks over 18,500 residential real estate professionals solely based on their excellence in real estate sales during calendar year 2021.
Leading real estate professionals who produce the highest results year over year share the same characteristics that sets them apart: passion, dedication, personal integrity, professional skills, years of experience and a strong team behind them.
CENTURY 21 DIAMOND REALTY ADDS AGENT
Yessica Fortes has joined Century 21 Diamond Realty as an agent. She is originally from Uruguay, South America, and moved to the Lowcountry at age 12. Fortes has a degree in business management and hospitality.
DEMAND INCREASES FOR WATERFRONT AND BEACHFRONT PROPERTIES
BY DEAN ROWLAND
For the past two years there’s been a real estate boom like an unprecedented 8-foot wave bursting onshore but not receding.
Oceanfront and waterfront properties have been experiencing tidal wave prices because inventory is as dry as sand pebbles.
WEICHERT REALTORS WELCOMES 3 AGENTS
Ryan White, Erika Chapman and Patrea Holmes have joined Weichert Realtors as agents.
White, who will work out of the Beaufort office, was born in Atlanta and raised in Beaufort County where he has lived, went to school, and worked his whole life.
