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As the GoldenIsles News reports, The name Hodnett Cooper Real Estate has long been a mainstay in the Golden Isles real estate market. But in the spring that will change. The company will join Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, part of the HSF Affiliates LLC family of real estate brokerage franchise networks. In the spring, the company will officially begin operating as Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Hodnett Cooper Real Estate. The family-owned brokerage,...

Have you heard? HGTV 2017 Dream Home is on St. Simons Island! HGTV is no stranger to St. Simons featuring our small but beautiful island on many of their shows throughout the years. St Simons was featured on Island Life, where a couple and their children from California move across country for a slow paced, more relaxed coastal lifestyle. One of Hodnett Cooper’s very own, Lisa Wilson was the Real Estate agent featured on...

Hodnett Cooper is excited to announce Catherine Maybank has joined the team as Director of Marketing. Catherine brings a wealth of knowledge from her previous experience in hospitality management, real estate marketing, and management at Frederica. In addition to her business experience Catherine holds a Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Georgia and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of North Florida. She is a Licensed Real...

On October 3, 2014, the Wall Street Journal released an article titled “Bargain Mansions: Luxury for Less” detailing markets where luxury buyers can find high-end homes in affordable cities. The homes profiled were in St. Louis, Detroit, Toledo and Brunswick, Georgia. As the WSJ author Adam Bonislawski says, “It isn’t news that money goes further in some real estate markets than others. Just how much further, though, can be striking.”...

St. Simons Island has been filling up our trophy case lately! Travel + Leisure readers named St. Simons Island “America’s Favorite Beach Town” in their annual America’s Favorite Towns Survey. Coastal Living Magazine ranked St. Simons Island among “America’s Happiest Seaside Towns.” Travel + Leisure readers also named St. Simons Island “America’s Most Romantic Town.” While our destination is enjoying the limelight, Hodnett Cooper has some great news to report as well. Our locally-published magazine, Elegant Island Living, conducts...

In a recent article in Barron’s, the financial magazine reports that luxury home sales and construction are picking up in some markets. Overall, the media sales price of $1 million-plus homes dropped 3.6%, but several markets saw substantial increases. Barron’s identifies Sea Island, Georgia as the top luxury second home market. With median prices that increased 31.8% over the previous year, the Sea Island improvement bested other luxury markets like Palm...

The south end of St. Simons Island is unique with characteristics that appeal to people near and far. Known as “S1” in the Glynn County MLS, the south end of St. Simons Island is close to the beach, unique shopping and locally-owned restaurants. Today, ownership opportunities range from condominiums in the low $100s to a 6 bedroom, 7 bathroom waterfront home at $3.9 million. With vacation rental programs offering income-producing...

Hodnett Cooper Real Estate, Inc. is pleased to announce that Missy Lane Neu has joined the leadership team as Vice President of Business Development and Associate Broker. With over twenty years in the real estate industry in the Golden Isles, Neu is a Life Member of the Golden Isles Association of Realtors Circle of Excellence and was the “Realtor of the Year” in both 2001 and 2006. Neu served as...

On November 29, Business Insider released its list of the 15 Best Housing Markets for the Next Five Years. Using Fiserv Case-Shiller data, the Top 15 Cities are ranked by the projected annualized change in home prices between Q2 2012 and Q2 2017.Brunswick, Georgia ranked based on the following data: Annualized expected growth from 2012 – 2017: 7.9 percent Home prices in Brunswick have tumbled 32.3 percent since their Q4 2007 peak. It has a...