Cooler weather, Clemson football and one of the best Christmas light shows in the area: fall and the holidays are a great time to be in Anderson. Here are ten things on our calendar this season, from this weekend through the new year.

For a lot of buyers, the dream is simple: coffee on the porch, a boat at the dock and the water right out the back door. Lake Hartwell has some of the best lake living in the Southeast, but there is one thing that surprises many first-time lake buyers. Not every lakefront lot can have a dock, and a dock that is already there does not automatically come with the house.

If you are moving to South Carolina from another state, our property taxes are usually a pleasant surprise. But there is one step a lot of new buyers miss, and it can cost them hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year. Here is how the system works, in plain English.

Here is a quick look at where the Anderson housing market stands heading into the holidays, based on single-family home listings in the city of Anderson on our site as of October 21, 2026.