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Searching for Asheville Real Estate

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Details for How to Search Our Site to find your next home:
There are several ways to search for properties on our site.  From the homepage, we have featured listings on the right hand side.  Here you will also find a link for all the luxury listings in our area which are homes for sale in [...]

Looking for Asheville Real Estate like a Pro (part 2): How to use the new Buncombe County GIS

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Part 2: How to use the new Buncombe County GIS web site to look for Asheville real estate.

Last fall, Clark posted an article about how to use the Buncombe County GIS website to search for properties in Buncombe County.  The county has launched a new version for online searching the GIS system.  So, here is [...]

Designing a great Asheville real estate search tool

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Looking for property in the Asheville MLS (Multiple Listing Service) can be frustrating.  We wanted it to be easy, and we wanted more people to actually find what they were looking for during an Asheville real estate search.   Since the launch of our new site and the Asheville MLS search feature this summer, we’ve [...]

How To Use the Asheville Steep Slope Map Tool

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Recently, our group came across an interesting website with mapping tools for determining if a parcel is subject to a steep slope ordinance.  The tool covers Asheville and Buncombe County real estate.  According to the website homepage, “mapWNC is a unique collaboration between the City of Asheville, Buncombe County, The University of North Carolina-Asheville, and [...]

How NOT to write a Craigslist For Rent ad

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

It happens that I occasionally write “for rent” ads.  Whenever I do, I see poorly written ads.  How can homeowners and landlords with thousands of dollars in rent at stake afford to advertise so poorly?  For the second article in our “how to” series, I’m going to explain how to write a better Craigslist for [...]