Good for the sellers of Columbia, South Carolina who are holding out for what their property is worth.  The more the sellers negotiate down, the lower the value of the neighborhood and appraisals go and the cycle continues.  This is how the cycle continues to bring down the market and how we, as the buyers and sellers, are responsible for it.  So if we can bring it down, we can take it back up.  That’s just what they are doing in Richland County in areas like Shandon. 

Columbia South Carolina’s distinctive array of neighborhoods is well represented by Shandon.  A throw back to old time character and charm, these well kept homes are as fresh today as they were in the 1920’s and 1930’s when they were built. 

Shandon is home to three of the top school districts in the state of South Carolina.  Hand Middle School, in fact, is gaining notoriety thanks to a partner in its creative writing classes, Karen Petit.  Karen is the author of the children’s books series “Shandon’s Ivy League”.  Ivy is a dog, an actual Shandon native, who inspired her owner, Karen Petit, to write these fabulous children’s mysteries that are gaining in popularity.  The first book, “The Mystery of the Screecher Creature” revolves around Ivy.  Ivy is a real life hero of Shandon, as well as in the books, having nearly lost her life as a puppy when some “bad guys” were planning on throwing her in the river and drowning her if she wasn’t purchased that day at the flea market.