ENJOY LABOR DAY WEEKEND AT THE MATTHEWS ALIVE FESTIVAL  Labor Day Weekend 2023 is upon us and if you've lived in the Charlotte area for any period of time, you know it's almost time for the annual Matthews Alive Festival.   Starting Friday, September 1st through Labor Day, September 4th, you'll not only have a ton of  fun at the Matthews Alive Festival, you'll be helping the Town of Matthews contribute to local non-profit organizations. 100% of the proceeds from the festival go to local non-profits,  living up to the festival's "motto" of: "good times funding good works." Matthews Alive is true Labor Day Weekend tradition in the Greater Charlotte  area since 1992. $2+ million have been contributed to the local community by the Town of Matthews from funds raised by this festival since 1... 09/01/2023

Deerfield Creek (South Charlotte) Market Report AUG 2023This lovely South Charlotte community offers a variety of home styles, convenient location & lifestyle and excellent schools. If you’re in search of a Charlotte area luxury neighborhood, look no farther than Deerfield Creek.   Although Deerfield Creek has a Matthews address, it is located in southern Mecklenburg County. Deerfield  Creek is a gorgeous community that boasts fabulous neighborhood amenities including pool, playground, tennis courts, an open air cabana, basketball court and more.  You’ll also enjoy wonderful neighbors in this popular South Charlotte neighborhood. Top-ranked school assignments include Providence High School.Now, how’s the Deerfield Creek residential real estate market doing?  Here are the final numbers f... 08/31/2023

Latest news on the Matthews, NC (28105 zip code) real estate market in July 2023... What it means for you... What you need to know...   Key July 2023 "take-aways" about the Matthews area of the Charlotte, North Carolina metro area included: Average home sale prices were flat month-over-month and up year-over-year. Median home sale prices declined month-over-month and increased year-over-year. List to sale price ratio still over 100%. Average days on market declined 35+% from June to 33 days on market, Closed sales declined month-over-month and year-over-year. Housing inventory flat month-over-month, but down year-over-year. With just 2.85 months supply of inventory, Matthews was a seller's market in June. New listings declined 22+% from June and 42+% compared with July one year ago.  Ma... 08/12/2023

Latest news on the Matthews, NC (28105 zip code) real estate market in June 2023... What it means for you... What you need to know...   Key June 2023 "take-aways" about the Matthews area of the Charlotte, North Carolina metro area included: Average home sale prices decreased slightly by 1.62% from May 2023; increased 10.66% from June 2022. Median home sale prices increased 9.88% from May 2023; 28.4% from June 2022. List to sale price ratio increased to 101.6% in June. Average days on market increased both month-over-month and year-over-year. Closed sales declined month-over-month and year-over-year. Housing inventory increased 3.85% month-over-month, but declined year-over-year. With just 2.5 months supply of inventory, Matthews was a seller's market in June. New listings increased from... 07/22/2023

Latest news on the Matthews, NC (28105 zip code) real estate market in May 2023... What it means for you... What you need to know...   Key May 2023 "take-aways" about the Matthews area of the Charlotte, North Carolina metro area included: Median home sale prices increased 15.03% from April 2023; 19.48% from May 2022. Average home sale prices increased 16.43% from April 2023; 20.42% from May 2022. List to sale price ratio increased to just under 101% in May. Average days on market declined 70% from April 2023 to just 18 days. Closed sales increased compared with one month ago, but declined from one year ago. Housing inventory declined for a third consecutive month and at its second lowest level since June 2022. With just 2.32 months supply of inventory, Matthews was a seller's market in ... 06/09/2023

Latest news on the Matthews, NC (28105 zip code) real estate market in April 2023... What it means for you... What you need to know...   Key April 2023 "take-aways" about the Matthews area of the Charlotte, North Carolina metro area included: Median home sale prices increased year-over-year and month-over-month. List to sale price ratio increased to over 100% in April 2023. Average days on market were the highest Matthews has seen in three years. Closed sales declined compared with one month ago and one year ago. Housing inventory declined from March 2023 but is increased year-over-year. New listings declined from March 2023 and April 2022.  Matthews (28105 Zip Code) Housing Market Highlights:AVERAGE & MEDIAN HOME SALE PRICES UP & DOWNAverage sale price in April 2023 was $491,117, incre... 05/25/2023

Deerfield Creek (South Charlotte) Market Report APR 2023This lovely South Charlotte community offers a variety of home styles, convenient location & lifestyle and excellent schools. If you’re in search of a Charlotte area luxury neighborhood, look no farther than Deerfield Creek.   Although Deerfield Creek has a Matthews address, it is located in southern Mecklenburg County. Deerfield  Creek is a gorgeous community that boasts fabulous neighborhood amenities including pool, playground, tennis courts, an open air cabana, basketball court and more.  You’ll also enjoy wonderful neighbors in this popular South Charlotte neighborhood. Top-ranked school assignments include Providence High School.Now, how’s the Deerfield Creek residential real estate market doing?  Here are the final numbers f... 04/23/2023

Latest news on the Matthews, NC (28105 zip code) real estate market in March 2023... What it means for you... What you need to know...   Key March 2023 "take-aways" about the Matthews area of the Charlotte, North Carolina metro area included: Median home sale prices increased year-over-year, but declined month-over-month. List to sale price ratio remained steady at almost 99% compared with February 2023, but was down year-over-year. Average days on market were the highest Matthews has seen in three years. Closed sales increased month-over-month, decreased slightly by three homes year-over-year. Housing inventory increased both month-over-month and year-over-year. New listings almost doubled from February 2023, but were down year-over-year.  Matthews (28105 Zip Code) Housing Market Highl... 04/16/2023

Deerfield Creek (South Charlotte) Market Report MAR 2023This lovely South Charlotte community offers a variety of home styles, convenient location & lifestyle and excellent schools. If you’re in search of a Charlotte area luxury neighborhood, look no farther than Deerfield Creek.   Although Deerfield Creek has a Matthews address, it is located in southern Mecklenburg County. Deerfield  Creek is a gorgeous community that boasts fabulous neighborhood amenities including pool, playground, tennis courts, an open air cabana, basketball court and more.  You’ll also enjoy wonderful neighbors in this popular South Charlotte neighborhood. Top-ranked school assignments include Providence High School.Now, how’s the Deerfield Creek residential real estate market doing?  Here are the final numbers f... 03/16/2023

Latest news on the Matthews, NC (28105 zip code) real estate market in February 2023... What it means for you... What you need to know...   Key February 2023 "take-aways" about the Matthews area of the Charlotte, North Carolina metro area included: Average and median home sale prices increased month-over-month and year-over-year in February. List to sale price ratio was high at almost 99%, but decreased year-over-year. Average days on market  were the highest Matthews has seen in three years. Closed sales increased month-over-month, but decreased year-over-year. Housing inventory was down month-over-month, but up year-over-year. Except for December 2022, February's new listings were the lowest we've seen in Matthews since January 2021.  Matthews (28105 Zip Code) Housing Market Highlight... 03/11/2023

 Latest news on the Matthews, NC (28105 zip code) real estate market in January 2023... What it means for you... What you need to know...   Key January 2023 "take-aways" about the Matthews area of the Charlotte, North Carolina metro area included: Average and median home sale prices decreased month-over-month. Year-over-year median home sale prices increased, while average home sale prices decreased. List to sale price ratio held its own month-over-month, but decreased year-over-year. Average days on market increased 10 days from December 2022 and 22 days compared with January 2022. Days on market were the highest Matthews has seen since February 2020. Closed sales in January 2023 were at the lowest level in three years. Housing inventory was down from December 2022, but up year-over-ye... 02/15/2023

Deerfield Creek (South Charlotte) Market Report FEB 2023This lovely South Charlotte community offers a variety of home styles, convenient location & lifestyle and excellent schools. If you’re in search of a Charlotte area luxury neighborhood, look no farther than Deerfield Creek.   Although Deerfield Creek has a Matthews address, it is located in southern Mecklenburg County. Deerfield  Creek is a gorgeous community that boasts fabulous neighborhood amenities including pool, playground, tennis courts, an open air cabana, basketball court and more.  You’ll also enjoy wonderful neighbors in this popular South Charlotte neighborhood. Top-ranked school assignments include Providence High School.Now, how’s the Deerfield Creek residential real estate market doing?  Here are the final numbers f... 02/09/2023

Deerfield Creek (South Charlotte) Market Report JAN 2023This lovely South Charlotte community offers a variety of home styles, convenient location & lifestyle and excellent schools. If you’re in search of a Charlotte area luxury neighborhood, look no farther than Deerfield Creek.   Although Deerfield Creek has a Matthews address, it is located in southern Mecklenburg County. Deerfield  Creek is a gorgeous community that boasts fabulous neighborhood amenities including pool, playground, tennis courts, an open air cabana, basketball court and more.  You’ll also enjoy wonderful neighbors in this popular South Charlotte neighborhood. Top-ranked school assignments include Providence High School.Now, how’s the Deerfield Creek residential real estate market doing?  Here are the final numbers f... 01/22/2023

 Latest news on the Matthews, NC (28105 zip code) real estate market in December 2022... What it means for you... What you need to know...   Matthews housing market saw a decline in closed and pending sales in December 2022, signaling a softening in the market. Listing inventory increased by over 50%, but new listings coming on the market dropped year-over-year and the months supply of inventory remained low at 1.6 months. Days on market were increased year-over-year an month-over-month. Home prices increased in December 2022, year-over-year and month-over-month.  Matthews (28105 Zip Code) Housing Market Highlights:December 2022 versus December 2021 HOME SALE PRICES INCREASED IN MATTHEWS YEAR-OVER-YEAR & MONTH-OVER-MONTHAverage sale prices of homes increased 19.9% year over-year to $496... 01/10/2023

 7 Hot Matthews, NC (28105 Zip Code) Neighborhoods To Watch In 2023 Matthews homes sold in 2022 at an average sale price of $523,000. In the past two years, the average sale price of a Matthews home has increased by approximately $162,000. Despite a shifting and softening market in the latter part of 2022, the housing market in Matthews was strong with a list to sale price ratio of over 100% and days on market of only two weeks.  Seven neighborhoods topped the Matthews "sales charts" in 2022 with more than 15 sales each during the year. Each of these neighborhoods saw a considerable average sale price increase over the prior year and all had average and median list to sale price ratios of 100% or more.   BRIGHTMOORBrightmoor remained a "hot" selling neighborhood in Matthews with 29 home... 01/08/2023

Speechless Sunday - Liam's First Visit with SantaOkay, so I gave it away with the title but, boy-oh-boy, was today ever special!My mother-in-law owns a 'condo' in an upscale retirement facility and today was a day that we had seen announced for a few years but, had never participated...until this year! We have a great-grandma in the facility and FINALLY have a grandbaby so, today was so exciting for us. We've actually looked forward to it for weeks!While Liam didn't originally take too well to Santa, our son walked him around Santa and shared the excitement of other little ones sitting on Santa's lap with Liam until he was finally comfortable. He actually enjoyed himself thoroughly when he ultimately sat on Santa's lap. What a special day...at least for this Mimi!© Debe Maxwell, CRS | T... 12/18/2022

 Latest news on the Matthews, NC (28105 zip code) real estate market in November 2022... What it means for you... What you need to know...   Matthews housing market saw a significant decline in closed and pending sales, as well as a decrease in home prices in November 2022, signaling a softening in the market. Listing inventory increased, new listings coming on the market dropped year-over-year, the months supply of inventory remained low under two months. Days on market were flat year-over-year and down month-over-month.   Matthews (28105 Zip Code) Housing Market Highlights:November 2022 versus November 2021 HOME PRICES DOWN IN MATTHEWS YEAR-OVER-YEAR & MONTH-OVER-MONTHAverage sale prices of homes decreased 13.1% year over-year to $384,105. Compared with November 2020, average home pri... 12/11/2022

Deerfield Creek (South Charlotte) Market Report DEC 2022This lovely South Charlotte community offers a variety of home styles, convenient location & lifestyle and excellent schools. If you’re in search of a Charlotte area luxury neighborhood, look no farther than Deerfield Creek.   Although Deerfield Creek has a Matthews address, it is located in southern Mecklenburg County. Deerfield  Creek is a gorgeous community that boasts fabulous neighborhood amenities including pool, playground, tennis courts, an open air cabana, basketball court and more.  You’ll also enjoy wonderful neighbors in this popular South Charlotte neighborhood. Top-ranked school assignments include Providence High School.Now, how’s the Deerfield Creek residential real estate market doing?  Here are the final numbers f... 12/04/2022

 Latest news on the Matthews, NC (28105 zip code) real estate market in October 2022... What it means for you... What you need to know...   Matthews housing market continued to see low months supply of inventory at 1.6 months, keeping it a seller's market in October. Listing inventory did increase, but new listings coming on the market dropped year-over-year.  Days on market increased considerably both year-over-year and month-over-month providing credence to a slowing market. Home prices also increased in October 2022, year-over-year and month-over-month  Matthews (28105 Zip Code) Housing Market Highlights:October 2022 versus October 2021 HOME SALE PRICES INCREASED IN MATTHEWS YEAR-OVER-YEAR & MONTH-OVER-MONTHAverage sale prices of homes increased 16.8% year over-year to $503,375. They... 11/12/2022

Deerfield Creek (South Charlotte) Market Report NOV 2022This lovely South Charlotte community offers a variety of home styles, convenient location & lifestyle and excellent schools. If you’re in search of a Charlotte area luxury neighborhood, look no farther than Deerfield Creek.   Although Deerfield Creek has a Matthews address, it is located in southern Mecklenburg County. Deerfield  Creek is a gorgeous community that boasts fabulous neighborhood amenities including pool, playground, tennis courts, an open air cabana, basketball court and more.  You’ll also enjoy wonderful neighbors in this popular South Charlotte neighborhood. Top-ranked school assignments include Providence High School.Now, how’s the Deerfield Creek residential real estate market doing?  Here are the final numbers f... 11/06/2022