11 Ways Parents Can Help Graduates Build Credit

In her 20+ years of experience helping clients establish or rebuild their credit as a lender, Southern First’s…

How Buyers Can Compete in a Hot Real Estate Market

Today’s real estate market is unlike any we have seen in recent history. Low interest rates and a lack of inventory…

How to Approach Recruiting & Retention in 2021

One of the most profound impacts of the pandemic happened within the job market, and it affected employers and…

Economic Update – Clearing Skies

Friends, Welcome to Spring! Now more than ever, here’s to the idea that this is indeed a time of hope, rebirth, and…

Serving Others & Impacting Communities When They Need It Most

At Southern First, one of our core values is to serve others, and our mission is to impact lives in the communities…

Tiny Changes Can Lead to Remarkable Results

When the pandemic hit, our busy day-to-day lives came to a crashing halt, and we were all forced to slow down. As…

Three Things to Know Before Buying a House

With the rapid dip in the "cost of money", we have all seen home buying and re-financing skyrocket. It seems that…

Making the World a Better Place, One House at a Time

Maslow famously identified our physiological needs such as housing, food, and sleep as the very foundational…

Economic Update: Q1 2021

by Cal Hurst, Chief Banking OfficerFriends, we made it.2020 came, saw, left its deep marks, and passed. No…

Taking Charge of Your Finances in a Virtual World

We spent some time speaking with Jessica Whitney, Client Experience Officer in Greenville, SC, learning…

The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs

Here at Southern First, we’re passionate about continuing to learn & grow. And between the holidays and the…

Fraud on the Rise: What We Do & What You Can Do

Imagine this: You receive a desperate, panicked call from a dear grandparent who is in the hospital with…

Reflections

In a year that has been much harder than any of us might have anticipated, we find ourselves coming to what should…

Stories of Hope

Amid so much political, personal, and economic upheaval, with a tumultuous and divisive election around the corner,…

Economic Update: October 2020

These days, it seems that all economics is political.For months now, it has been difficult to see where politics…

Meet our CEO, Art Seaver

“We only have one chance to do it right.” If you’ve spent any time around Art Seaver, CEO and Founder of…

Don’t Give Up on your Dreams: Finding a New Job in a Pandemic

There are few things we tie more closely to our identity than our job. After all, it’s one of the first questions…

PPP Forgiveness Portal Update

Our partner, The Loan Source, has completed an upgrade of the PPP Loan Forgiveness platform and it is now available…

Entrepreneurs Who Lean on Southern First

Fifteen years ago, Carrie Morey took her mother’s biscuit recipe, added a generous helping of ambition and founded…

Making Sense of a Booming Housing Market

While economists and media outlets disagreed on many topics during the initial COVID shut-down, one thing is…