Lowcountry homebuyer resources

Homebuyer Guides

Every year, millions of dollars in homeownership assistance move through South Carolina: down payment grants, subsidized loans, tax credits, forgivable second mortgages. Every year, a large share of the families that money was built for never learn it exists.

Not because they don't qualify. Because nobody told them.

Start with the free excerpt and specialty guides below. For the complete homebuyer roadmap, continue with The Right Lane, available on Amazon.

Whether you are comparing down payment assistance in Charleston, SC, an SC Housing homebuyer program, first-time home buyer assistance in South Carolina, USDA loans in Berkeley County, affordable housing in the Lowcountry, or Section 8 homeownership in South Carolina, start with the resource that fits your situation.

Cover of The Right Lane by Corwyn J. Melette
The complete published book

The Right Lane, 2026-27 Edition

Written by Corwyn J. Melette. The complete 106-page guide to major homebuyer assistance programs in Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester counties: what each is worth, who it is built for, and what it asks of you afterward. Includes four real Lowcountry transactions walked through from start to finish.

106 pages · Kindle and paperback
Section 8 homeownership

Your Voucher Might Buy You a House

A Housing Choice Voucher can be used to buy a home, not just rent one. What voucher holders in the Lowcountry are almost never told.

10 pages · Free
Families living with disability

The Housing Program With No Income Limit

South Carolina has a homebuyer program for families living with disability that has no household income ceiling, and the disability doesn't have to be the buyer's.

8 pages · Free

Questions about any of this?

Corwyn J. Melette · Broker/Owner, EXIT Realty Lowcountry Group

843-364-3095 · corwyn@corwynmelette.com

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