The picture for the Ashe County Housing market is similar to the Watauga Market.  A slight increase in new listings, yet sales remaining consistent mean there's a low inventory of homes but the appearance of a typical Spring spike in homes on the market.  Homes are selling at an average of 35 per month with a list to sale ratio of 95%, an...

Even though 'cooler' than a year ago, the Watauga home market continues to be active. As often happens this time of year, the number of new listings [97 in March] and the number of sales are creeping up [see The Buying Pattern chart below]. View the market flowing in The Pond graph below:  for the past 90 days 213 new home ...

  The market definitely continues to transition.Still, the stats this month make a bit more sense.For housing, the number of homes sold increased, as did the number under contract.Neither number is a significant difference from July.Homes have been coming on the market at about the rate as the number selling. The days on the market is down; th...