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Archive for April, 2008

Haywood County NC – Market Report Update for April 2008.

Haywood County Real Estate Buzz for April 2008. Waiting for the sizzle!

Looking at April 2008 by itself, while we won’t know the ultimate selling prices of the homes in escrow for a little while, we do know that it took an average of approximately 6 months to ’secure’ a contract on the Haywood County, NC homes that are presently in escrow. Wow. Could it be the pricing?

Source: MLS. Data deemed reliable but, not guaranteed.

See YTD Comparison Report as of 04/28/08.

See First Quarter 2008 Statistics for Haywood County, NC.

See Haywood County, NC Real Estate Market Archive.

Search the Haywood County, NC MLS.

Haywood County, NC – Market Report – 04/28/08 Comparison.

According to our Haywood County MLS this morning, we have 1,076 homes on the market today, an increase of 42 homes on the market since March 28, 2008.

• Maggie Valley has 254 active listings.
• Waynesville has 517 active listings.
• Canton has 147 active listings.
• Clyde has 134 active listings.
• Lake Junaluska has 21 active listings.
• 3 miscellaneous active listings.

The comparison Market Report below compares where we are today to where we were at the same point in 2007. In a nutshell, our sales for the year are down 30.83% and it is taking longer to sell homes this year. Not good when you have a 24-month inventory, but not unique when looking at nationwide numbers. While location, location, location is always important, in this market pricing, pricing, pricing is key.

Source: MLS. Data deemed reliable but, not guaranteed.

See First Quarter 2008 Statistics for Haywood County, NC.

See Haywood County, NC Real Estate Market Archive.

Search the Haywood County, NC MLS.

One-Hour Artistry at Waynesville Gallery Association’s 2008 Benefit.

The Seventh Annual Quick Draw Benefit supporting Art in Haywood County Schools, sponsored by the Waynesville Gallery Association, was held last night (April 26th) at the Waynesville Country Club. Local artists set up shop and were given one-hour to create a fresh piece of work while those in attendance were able to wander and watch the works in progress.

Benefit Events.

The Silent Auction began at the same time the QuickDraw Hour began, followed by an extravagant dinner buffet outside, presented on tables featuring beautiful flower arrangements and mounds of edibles, artistic creations in their own right. I enjoyed artistically dripping chocolate sauce all over my fresh strawberries and an apricot bar.

The Silent Auction results and Live Auction bidding were held after dinner in the Blue Ridge Room, and a great time was had by all, including Mayor Gavin Brown, who stood guard behind his wife, monitoring the rise and fall of her bidding arm.

Mark your calendars for Quick Draw 2009, Saturday, April 25, 2009!

Bear Alert in Cherokee, NC!

Last week I drove ‘over the mountain’ from Maggie Valley, NC to Cherokee, NC, which takes between 15 to 20 minutes, and is quite a spectacular drive, climbing up, around and through the winding roads carved precipitously out of the mountains, right down into Cherokee.

Driving past Harrah’s Cherokee Casino, on the way to ‘mine’ for gold and rubies (always on the lookout for a Dairy Queen), there were bears everywhere! I did not find all of them due to time constraints, but click here for the story of the Bear Project in Cherokee, NC to go along with my slideshow (below) of some of the beautiful bears that were in my direct path.

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

While in Cherokee, be sure to visit the Museum of the Cherokee Indian.

On your way back to Maggie Valley, visit Ghost Town in the Sky which reopens for the Season on May 2nd!

Rotary Club of Waynesville Event Makes The Mountaineer!

As previously reported, it was my pleasure to spend several hours with members of our Rotary Club of Waynesville Tuesday morning (Earth Day), giving out 1,000 free ‘green’ reusable bags at Ingles Grocery Store in Waynesville, NC to replace the plastic bags that end up littering our streets, communities, highways and waterways.

This morning the story about our ‘Earth Day Reusable Bag Giveaway’ was featured on page 2 of our local newspaper, The Mountaineer. There is a nice article to go with the photo which is not posted on the paper’s website yet, but I photographed the featured picture for posting… and not just because I was in the picture!

Read Tuesday’s Rotary story here.

Please read more about our Reusable Bags Project on the Waynesville Rotary Club’s website.

Read the Citizen-Times April 21 article.

If you would like more information about the reusable bags, please visit ReusableBags.com.