Posts by shannon@highcountryrealtors.org

January 2024 MLS REPORT The High Country Multiple Listing Service began 2024 with solid sales and a healthy median sales price despite a low inventory of residential properties currently in our market. During January, our High Country REALTORS® closed on 124 residential properties in our High Country Jurisdiction of Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, and Watauga Counties.…

December 2023 MLS REPORT During December, the High Country MLS reported 160 residential sales closed in the High Country Counties of Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, and Watauga, that number is slightly up from this same time a year ago. The combined closing total was $100.8 million in sales, up from a year ago when the combined…

November 2023 MLS REPORT The National Association of REALTORS® highlighted from a recent profile of home buyers and sellers report, that FSBOs (For Sale By Owners) regret not using a Real Estate Professional. Nationally FSBOs typically sell for less than the selling price of other homes; FSBO homes nationally sold at a median of $310,000…

October 2023 MLS REPORT The National Association of REALTORS® recently released its 2023 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. The report states, “that reliance on real estate professionals remains strong. Although 100% of respondents said they used the internet in the home search process, a vast majority—89% of both buyers and sellers—said they worked with…

September 2023 MLS REPORT The High Country Real Estate Market was busy in September, as is typical for this time of the year. The High Country market reported 229 closed sales on Residential Properties during the month, totaling over $133 million in sales for Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, and Watauga Counties combined. The combined median sales…

August 2023 MLS REPORT August in the High Country was a time of vacationing before heading back to school, especially with continued summer like temperatures. Fall is in the air and our High-Country REALTORS® are preparing for the busy fall season of real estate. During August, our realtors brought 223 Residential Sales to the closing…

July 2023 MLS REPORT During July High Country Realtors® have been busy. There were 187 closed sales on residential properties for a combined worth of just over $103 million in the four county High Country Association of Realtors® area of Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, and Watauga Counties. The median sales price was $425,000. Those properties’ median…

June 2023 MLS REPORT: A recent report from Showing Time said that the U.S. Real Estate Market is facing mixed trends with an overall decline in existing home sales and a rise in home prices in certain regions. That is true with the market here in the High Country as we see sales down 16.2…

May 2023 MLS REPORT: In the High Country Market of Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, and Watauga Counties we saw 167 sales close of Single Family, Condo / Townhouse properties during the month of May. That combined closing amount was $95 million for the month. The largest sold price was $3.1 million, and the least sold price…

April 2023 MLS REPORT: Quoting Ed Gianos, Founder of Domus Analytics, he says concerning statistics across the country: “In short:  it’s still a market that’s changing rapidly and can’t decide what direction it’s going. Inventory is increasing until it’s not. Prices are falling until they don’t. DOM is increasing until it isn’t. The increasing mortgage…