Canada Helping Myrtle Beach Real Estate Market

The Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce and The Sun News is reporting some good news for real estate sales in Myrtle Beach.

Our US Dollar and the Canadian dollar is almost at an even exchange rate now, $20US to $19.85 Canadian. Fifty-nine percent of the visitors to the Grand Strand are now Canadian, and they are showing more interest in buying Myrtle Beach real estate than we have seen in quite a while.

This Saturday starts off the weeklong Can-Am Days festival, and there will be more of a welcome to our favorite retirees than ever before. Our winter Shag (SOS) week will also coincide with the CanAm festival, which ads even more entertainment to their stay.

The festival will be followed later this month with a visit from 70 Canadian government representatives and David Wilkins, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Canada.

They'll meet with Grand Strand government and economic leaders, including U.S. Rep. Henry Brown, to talk about topics such as tourism, energy and the balance of trade.

"Our goal with those forums is to tie the two countries together on topics that are relevant to both," said Amie Lee, director of special events for the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, which organizes the festival.

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