Ashe Home Market April 2026

The High Country property markets are showing a lot of movement and shifts during April. Much of it is in the direction of the typical market for the mountains – increasing numbers of properties coming on the market, both homes and land, as Spring progresses.

Within that pattern, some changes are unexpected. For instance, less homes sold in both Ashe and Watauga in April than in March. Very few homes in either county left the market unsold. The average sales price in Watauga decreased; the median sales price increased. In Ashe, the both the average and median sales prices increased.  For both counties, the number under contract stepped up. In both counties, the days on the market decreased. The Odds of Selling in both counties is holding steady.

Over all, at this time the signs are indicating we’ll see a typical summer market – increased properties on the market, increased sales, increase in sales values. As a realtor, I appreciate a ‘typical’ market, as I can better help both sellers and buyers understand market values. And while sellers will like to see an increase in value, buyers will not. On the other hand, this remains a buyers’ market.

Below are the Buying Pattern graphs for 2025, followed by the current Buying Pattern graph - this allows you to compare what is happening this year to what happened last year.

Below are the Time to Close graphs - first for 2025, followed by the current Time to Close graph. This allows you to compare how long it is taking to close properties compared to a year ago, and also compared the average closed home values a year ago to current closed home values.