Topics For Home Owners, Buyers & Sellers
Preparing your home for sale in a buyer’s market can seem daunting, but these five tips will help you get the best price in the least amount of time.

Organizing and cleaning is crucial when prepping a home for sale. Potential home buyers have a more positive reaction to homes [...]

March 2011  Market Update
Gradual progress in the housing market continues at a steady pace without government support. The market has shown remarkable improvement from the initial drop after the expiration of the home buyer tax credit this past July. Although higher-than-normal distressed sales skew the overall picture of home prices downward, inventory continues to shrink [...]

Interest Rates

Mortgage rates jumped above 5% for the first time since April 2009 in January. While rates dipped back to just below 5%, they are expected to continue an upward trend throughout the year. As overall economic recovery remains on track, rates will likely rise to keep inflation in check. Buyers wanting to capture the [...]

The Asheville Chamber of Commerce just launched a new and improved website.  The website is more user-friendly and contains a wealth of information including enhanced research and report data.
Here is the Asheville Metro Economy Snapshot as of December 2010. For Asheville, the number of homes sold was down 8.2% and average home price was down [...]