The picture is one of the runners crossing the finish line for the Spooky Duke race on Saturday, Nov. 5.  Spooky Duke is a fund raiser for Parent to Parent, a local nonprofit that offers resources and support to local families with special needs children.  Contact me if you'd like more information about the program.   Is this a cooli...

  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...

The market continues very active in home, condo, and land sales.  The inventory of homes and condos, particularly under $500K, remains small.  Land sales remain strongly higher than they have been since 2007.   Download PDF File Here

In addition to the very welcome sight of new life in the form of daffodils appearing, here's what's been happening in the Watauga single family home and the High Country land markets.     Download PDF File Here

 The Watauga home and land market has been a roller coast ride in 2020.  Due to the pandemic, buyer interest and sales dipped in March and April, began to pull out in May and June -- then doubled in sales starting in July and continuing through December.  Here's the full report:   Download PDF File Here

​Put aside any thought that the real estate market has become inactive due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  As of today, the market remains active.   Download PDF File Here

2019 has been quite a ride in the real estate world.There have been stunning changes in the home market moving rapidly for both sellers and buyers in the direction we say in 2018, and far different from our many recession years.The land market has shifted as well, not as dramatically but definitely in the direction many sellers would like to see. I...