Archive for the 'Asheville market reports' Category

Is the market for luxury real estate coming back to life?

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

According to a recent article by Steven M. Sears in The Wall Street Journal, this might be the case.  With summer just around the corner, Barron’s sized up the market for upscale second homes.  Barron’s 10 Best Places for Second Homes
Criteria for selection: gorgeous houses, spectacular views, world-class golf, fishing and skiing, fine dining and [...]

Has the market stabilized?

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

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Daily, we receive questions about what houses are selling for in the Asheville area, if our real estate market has stabilized, and what the current real estate trends are for Asheville. 
You may be wondering this too. So, whether you are looking to purchase [...]

How is the Asheville Local Economy?

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

           
The Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County now has a new online tool for the current state of the Asheville metro economy/EDC efforts.  Click the video above or you may click here to watch the local economic update video.

The Chamber’s Senior Vice President of Economic Development, Ben Teague, reports on our local economy.  This report [...]

Is 2009 the time to buy a second home? Insightful article at RIS Media.

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Curtis Seltzer has written an interesting analysis of real estate values in rural and smaller second home markets, and he mentions Asheville NC real estate as one area that may contain good buying opportunities during the year ahead.  The whole piece is a good read.
“Vacation-home prices have also held up better than metropolitan housing, which [...]

Asheville Real Estate trends: Median priced homes looking pretty good, the high end is hurting.

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

Tom Tveidt at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce knows his stuff, and he was interviewed recently for a story on November home sales that ran in the Asheville Citizen Times.   It’s worth reading alongside Don Davies November Asheville market reports.  The two sources, taken together, show that the Asheville real estate market is holding up [...]