Friday, February 24, 2012

Just Listed - 329 Mill Ridge Drive

Stunning Arts & Crafts Home
329 Mill Ridge Drive
Mills River, NC 28759 
 
$689,000
MLS # 513460
 
Stunning Arts and Crafts home in desirable Mill Ridge community. Fantastic open layout with over 3300 SqFt, 4 Bedrooms, 3 Full Baths, and spectacular long range views. HUGE 3 car garage with partially finished bonus room on the second level. Chefs kitchen with a huge island, Dacor gas range/oven and microwave, walk in pantry, and beautiful built in cabinet buffet. Incredible foyer leads into inviting and bright home. Custom finishes throughout!

Thursday, February 23, 2012

One of Asheville's Finest Custom Homes - Just Listed!

168 Anderson Oaks Drive
Fletcher, NC 28732 

$1,100,000
MLS #513288

 One of South Asheville/Fairview's finest custom homes featured in House Beautiful, Kitchen & Bath and American Dream Home magazines. Nestled on 4 private, level acres, this home boast a true gourmet kitchen w/ Thermador and Sub-Zero appliances. Great huge room w/ massive stone fireplace w/ amethyst inlays. Views!



Wednesday, February 8, 2012

January a good month for Asheville-area home sales

Warm weather, economy are credited
9:40 PM, Feb. 7, 2012
Asheville Citizen-Times
Warm weather and a warming economy boosted sales of existing homes in Buncombe County last month 44.4 percent over January 2011.

Other area counties also saw substantial increases, according to N.C. Mountains Multiple Listing Service. January sales were up 17.2 percent in Haywood County, 35.3 percent in Henderson County and 53.3 percent in Transylvania County.



Snowy weather kept potential buyers at home during December 2010, people in the industry say, depressing sales figures for January 2011 and making it easier for last month’s total to exceed the previous total.



“You can’t show property in the snow,” said Jon Corbin, head of The Buyer’s Agent of Asheville.


A few weeks typically elapse between the time when a buyer makes an offer and when a sale closes and is recorded in MLS figures, so slow shopping in one month means slow sales the next.



The more long-lasting factors behind the increase are probably low interest rates and gradually growing confidence in the economy and the housing market, said Corbin and Terry Horner of Preferred Properties of Asheville.


“I think it’s a continuation of what we’ve seen ... (in) 2011, which is a stronger market in general,” Horner said.


Sales for the year were up 3.3 percent in Buncombe County, and results were generally strongest during the second half of the year.

Things looking up

Monthly figures often bounce up and down, and both Corbin and Horner cautioned against making too much of the January results. “It is just a month,” Corbin said.



But both said views of the market appear to be turning more positive.



“I think people in general are a bit more optimistic about things,” Corbin said, “The (buyers) we’re talking to may have been sitting on the fence for the past couple of years.”



Buncombe sales were down 17 percent from December to January, but that is nothing out of the ordinary. January is usually one of the weakest months for sales.



The median sale price — the point at which half were higher, half lower — for homes sold in Buncombe County last month was $203,250. That’s up from $191,500 in January 2011.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Help Support Kids Against Hunger with Carolina Mountain Sales


Are you looking for a fun activity for this Saturday? Come join Carolina Mountain Sales this Saturday as we pack meals for Kids Against Hunger. Group size is limited to 18 to 25 children/adults, so please let us if you would like to join us and what time.  Packaging occurs on the lower level of Mission Children's Hospital's Reuter Children's Outpatient Building at 11 Vanderbilt Park Drive in Asheville, NC. 

We will be packing from 9:30-12:00 on February 11, 2011. If you are not available to pack meals, but would like to donate to Kids Against Hunger, please drop a check off at our office written to Kids Against Hunger prior to February 10th, at Carolina Mountain Sales, 1550 Hendersonville Road, Suite 210,  Asheville, NC 28803 
Kids Against Hunger (KAH) is a nonprofit organization that seeks to reduce the number of starving children in the world. Mission Children's Hospital is the only facility of its kind to have a KAH Chapter. It is overseen by a volunteer committee that is part of Mission Healthcare Foundation. The committee recruits youth and adult groups from throughout Western North Carolina to package dry meals.

The packaged meals are given to organizations that distribute them locally and worldwide to feed hungry children. About one third of the food is sent home on weekends with local children in need, via MANNA Food Bank's "MANNA-Pak" program. The remaining pallets are sent to the Congo, Haiti, and Honduras through organizations such as Samaritan's Purse and Shoulder to Shoulder.

The KAH Committee raises funds to pay for the dry meal ingredients. We encourage volunteer groups to make a donation of $20 per person to help pay for these ingredients. A group of 18-24 can typically package about 5,000 meals in one 2.5 hour session. At a cost of only 25 cents per meal, supplies for one packing session cost $1,250.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Just Listed - Premier Merrimon Avenue Lakefront Home

1215 Merrimon Avenue
Asheville, NC 28804 

Offered at $450,000
MLS #512184

Premier Merrimon Avenue Lakefront Property! Enjoy open, one-level living with large living areas, 3 spacious bedrooms, 2 fireplaces, and a beautiful array of outdoor decks, covered patios, decorative gardens and picturesque views of Beaver Lake. This move in ready home offers a full unfinished basement ready for an in law conversion, home office or hobby room. Enjoy lakefront living and use of Beaver Lake dock, trails and boat slip.