Posts by shannon@highcountryrealtors.org

May 2024 MLS REPORT The High-Country Real Estate Market of Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, and Watauga Counties saw sales and inventory alike inching up during the month of May. For the month of May there were 170 closed sales on single family, and condo/townhouse properties. That combined closing total came in at $86.5 million for the month.…

April 2024 MLS REPORT The High-Country Real Estate Market of Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, and Watauga Counties saw a productive month in April. High Country REALTORS® closed on 145 single family, and condo / townhouse properties during the month with a combined closing total coming in at $88.4 million. The combined median sales price for the…

March 2024 MLS REPORT The High-Country Multiple Listing Service reports131 local Residential Sales including both single family and condo/townhouse properties during March for a combined closing total of $65.6 million for the month. That combined local median sales price was $432,500, and the median days the properties stayed on the market was seventy-six days. Sales…

February 2024 MLS REPORT REALTORS® in the High Country Association Jurisdiction of Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, and Watauga Counties are anticipating a busy spring. During February, there were 121 residential properties that sold for a combined total of $80.7 million for the month. The combined median sales price for the counties for the month was $399,000.00…

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…