Asheville Real Estate Blog, Buncombe County, NC: Vacant Land Sales - June 2009 - 07/20/09 11:53 AM
Vacant Land, Lots, and Acreage Sales- Buncombe County, NC - June 2009
Buncombe County includes the cities or areas of Asheville, Leicester, Weaverville, Black Mountain, Arden, Skyland, Candler, and Biltmore Forest.

  
110 parcels of vacant land have been Sold in 2009 in Buncombe County with an Average Sold Price of $98,149>, up from last month.
The first 6 months have started off with a a slower rate of sales, which is not unusual for the first 3 months of year, but by June, sales should be increasing at a faster pace than we are currently experiencing. This would indicate that investors, … (0 comments)

Asheville Real Estate, Buncombe County, NC: Residential ACTIVE Listing Trends/Statistics - May 2009 - 07/04/09 01:42 PM
MAY 2009
Buncombe County is the home of Asheville, NC.
This statement is redundant from the past reports, but: Buncombe County and the surrounding areas of Asheville, Leicester, Black Mountain, Biltmore Forest, and Arden, like the rest of the country, have been experiencing many of the trends that have kept the real estate markets unsettled, higher than normal inventory and lower number of units sold. However, unlike most of the country, our prices have basically held fairly firm with only a modest drop of about 5% in 2009.
For more on that story: The Asheville Citizen Times has the story at Holding Value 
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Asheville Real Estate, Buncombe County, NC: Real Estate Market Report (Sold & Active) - May 2009 - 07/02/09 09:41 AM
Asheville, Buncombe County, NC Real Estate Market Statistics -  May 2009
        

             Active and Sold - May 2009 and 2008 Comparisons
 
Our Active Residential Listings (Inventory) numbers are increasing and are up 2% over this same time last year. 
The Average Asking Price had a decrease (4%), which the slower market influenced, and the Median Asking Price has decreased 7%. That is because of the higher priced homes taking "price reductions".
May sales had a decrease of 42% over May 2008. April 2009 showed a slight increase from the Mar 09 numbers but May was still down below normal, when normally, sales would be … (0 comments)