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Maggie Valley, NC Real Estate News

By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
Erosion and landslide issues are a concern in most mountainous areas, sometimes called to our attention after a disaster occurs. Growth here in Haywood County has been steady, but not without its own hiccups in this regard. The Asheville Citizen-Times published several excellent and informative articles about slope ordinance information and landslides by Jon Ostendorff. The most recent are listed and linked below: Growth continues despite slope law Homes in harm's way on many WNC Slopes Awareness. Local builders, developers, engineers, and real estate brokers are your best defense and best sources of information regarding important considerations and issues inherent in living here in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Keep in mind that professionals, particularly real estate broke...
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By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
Photo taken yesterday afternoon (02/25/09) in Maggie Valley. ©Susie Blackmon Photos Log homes on a creek in Maggie Valley are considered  ‘prime property.’ The beautiful creek pictured above runs parallel with Soco Road in Maggie Valley; it is no surprise there are homes, restaurants and businesses built along the creek, not to mention a few picnic tables. Making an effort to find more information about creeks in Maggie Valley was absolutely impossible because of a ridiculous number of real estate websites that show up when you search for anything related to creeks in Maggie Valley. Boy do I have fodder for another blog post now! See my Photos of the Day. Search the MLS. Broker/(REALTOR®) Original posted on Bucking the Real Estate Trend.
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By Lynda Bennett
(Realty World - Heritage Realty)
http://www.visualtour.com/show.asp?T=182066&prt=10003 This tour has been created to show some of the high lights found in our High Mountain Valley. We have 19 mountains over 6000 feet in elevation - the most East of the Rockies. Come see us! Maggie Valley, North Carolina is a destination with easy access to the Great Smoky Mountains, the Blue Ridge Parkway and entertaining Asheville, NC. WE have a ski resort, golf courses, and convenient location.
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By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
Horses, wet and wild in Maggie Valley (click here). Maggie Valley Winter '08/'09 Video (click here). Maggie Valley Late September '08 Video (click here). Have some mortgage-related questions? Brian Brady (click) is "America's #1 Mortgage Broker." Twitter tidbit - ChirpCity is a new Twitter application that displays tweets by city as well about a city. Could be very handy! Broker/(REALTOR®) Original posted at Bucking the Real Estate Trend.
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By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
I took these photos this afternoon (02/10/09) right in the heart of Maggie Valley. ©Susie Blackmon Photos See my other Photos of the Day. *** Looking for foreclosures? Terrific information here from Joel Burslem: Five Ways to Find Foreclosures IF you are not easily offended, here's one of the hottest techie videos playing in the past few days. If your shorts or panties get wadded up easily, DO NOT WATCH!!! Sony Releases New Stupid ...... Dustin Luther is one of the first speakers I saw several years ago at a NAR Convention in Las Vegas, and he continues to be someone I attempt to learn from every chance I get. Dustin Luther's 4Realz.net *** Search the MLS. Broker/(REALTOR®) Original posted at Bucking the Real Estate Trend.
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By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
Our much-touted ‘arctic blast’ did not produce an extremely heavy snowfall, but the temperature yesterday afternoon in Maggie Valley, when I snapped these photos, was 18 degrees - - arctic enough for me! Deck thermometer read 4 degrees this morning. Don’t these pictures make you want to sit in front of a fireplace and eat barbecue? If it makes you want to ski, here is the direct link to the Cataloochee Ski Area webcam. NOTE:  If you are thinking barbecue - - you must try the Bacon Explosion! Click! ©Susie Blackmon Photos See my other Photos of the Day. Search the MLS. Broker/(REALTOR®)                                             Original posted at Bucking the Real Estate Trend
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By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
Maggie Valley residential sales in January totaled 5 as of January 31, 2009, out of the 35 total sales for all of Haywood County. The average days on the market was 193, with 273 homes remaining on the market in Maggie Valley as of 01/31/09. The most expensive home sold in Maggie Valley in January sold for $215,000, and the least expensive home sold for $72,500. Previous Year. January 2008 numbers: Active Inventory in Maggie Valley one year ago was 223, Sales - 6, and the Average Selling Price was $240,500. Source: MLS. Data deemed reliable but, not guaranteed. Absorption Rate. The inventory/absorption rate of homes presently on the market, based on 5 sales in January, is 54.6 months. *** Haywood County, NC Active Residential Listings as of 01/31/09 Haywood County Homes for Sale - Activ...
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By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
Trees are notoriously bare and naked during winter (some of them)! Yesterday I drove up the side of one of the mountains in Maggie Valley looking for a piece of property, and these photos illustrate the view from about half way up to ‘the top.’ We have some bare naked trees mixed in with the evergreens right now, and snow is forecast for Tuesday. See my other Photos of the Day. Search the MLS. Broker/(REALTOR®)                                          Original posted at Bucking the Real Estate Trend.
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By Lynda Bennett
(Realty World - Heritage Realty)
0 % Financing is a new concept we are trying in the Katua Community in Maggie Valley, NC. It is a resort sales area so we are attempting to grab the interest of people that do not 'need to buy' but may want to get a good investment with great terms and while prices are very competitive. Has anyone tried 0% financing to promote properties? The CPA said the tax consequences include that the amount of a 'normal interest rate' would be deducted from the sales price and categorized as interest earned on the tax return. That is not too big of a negetive. Any other ideas, suggestions & comments on how this might be marketed or any pit falls in your experience. See Katua www.MountainHeritage.com
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By Lynda Bennett
(Realty World - Heritage Realty)
The USDA loans are available for the time being. These low interest rate, low down payment loans are a source of funding for my 'rural' area. This loan source is allowing some people to enter the market that might not otherwise have a loan source. Derrick Prickett of Action Mortgage has been a great help in geting approvals for these loans. Below is a house that just got an offer with a USDA loan.
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By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
Image via CrunchBase Maggie Valley’s local mountain folk hero, [Moonshine] Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton, author of Me and My Likker, is scheduled for sentencing Monday in Greeneville, TN after pleading guilty to, among other things, charges of illegal production of distilled spirits.  (See article on link below.) Dang, why did that still blow up?? LET HIM OUT ON TIME SERVED!!! If you want to support the effort to get the ‘feds’ to leave ‘Popcorn’ alone, please click the blue Facebook icon and join the Leave Popcorn Sutton Alone! group on Facebook. Related articles: Today’s Citizen-Times Article (01/24/09) Popcorn Sutton in the News Again Likker by the drink Broker/(REALTOR®)                                        Original posted at Bucking the Real Estate Trend.
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By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
©Susie Blackmon Photos Haywood County and Western North Carolina’s weather has been in the news the past few days (see Winter storm blasts WNC!), and so has the Inauguration of President Obama. I took the photo above yesterday on Inauguration Day from my deck, which was surrounded by birds and a beautiful coat of fresh snow! My thermometer read 8 degrees at 5 a.m. this morning. Update to Recent Local Landslide Story and Pictures Slope debate after mudslide. Maggie Valley mudslide photos. Residential Real Estate Health Report Residential sales for the month in Haywood County total 21as of today’s date, with an average listing price of $277,948, an average selling price of $248,000, and taking an average of 162 days to sell. Highest and lowest priced homes sold so far in January are $582...
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By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
There’s still a bit of color to find in Maggie Valley, even with the temperatures below 20 degrees, but you have to look. These photos were taken a block off the main drag in Maggie Valley. Cattle operations are actually one of the largest contributors to Haywood County’s agricultural income, according to the Haywood County Cooperative Extension Center. ©Susie Blackmon Photos ***** Visit my new horse website, almost ready for official launch: Horsealicious.com ***** Sure wish we had cutting horse operations in Haywood County! Here’s why: See my Photos of the Day. Search the Haywood County, NC MLS. Broker/(REALTOR®)
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By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
Yesterday I drove to Pioneer Village again to enjoy the grounds and the beautifully renovated cabins in the heart of Maggie Valley, and they are just as charming as the last time I visited. The creek running along the Village property was bubbling with rushing water (picture below), and it would have been fun to sit on one of the porches off the creek with a Cowboy! Read More about Pioneer Village. ©Susie Blackmon Photos Love this! Einstein the Intelligent Bird! See my other Photos of the Day. Search the Haywood County, NC MLS. Broker/(REALTOR®)
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By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
Yesterday I was looking for photo opportunities in Maggie Valley that offered a color other than brown, and I found this red-ribboned deer on a swing... irresistably cute! Snow is forecast for this weekend, but that’s hard to imagine with temperatures in the 50’s this rainy morning. ©Susie Blackmon Photos Blog Candy: Best of 2008 Online Visibility   See my other Photos of the Day. Search the Haywood County, NC MLS. Broker/(REALTOR®)
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By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
Driving up Sheepback Mountain Friday evening for dinner with Al and Shirley Wilde and their daughter Viola, Santa darted in from of my vehicle, obviously anxious to head back to Florida! Confused by the brown ground cover and the number of homes on the market in his price range, he said he would be back when it warmed up to find his mountain hideaway. He left a few presents behind: From Business Week: Mortgages: What You Need to Know in 2009. From Forbes: Who Saw the Housing Bubble Coming? Top Twitter Tools in 2009. Here’s the Best of 2008 from Smoky Mountain News. See my Photos of the Day. Search the Haywood County, NC MLS. Broker/(REALTOR®)
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By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
Maggie Valley, NC recorded only 2 residential real estate sales in December 2008 (see details in chart below), and it took an average of 132 days to sell those homes. Ouch! Absorption Rate. Considering that a 6-month absorption rate/inventory level is considered ‘normal,’ our 'off the charts' absorption rate is huge, but I have to add that historically sales are slow during this time of year. Maggie Valley has a higher percentage of second homes than most of Haywood County. Source: MLS. Data deemed reliable but, not guaranteed. See the Maggie Valley, NC Archive of Market Reports . See previous Haywood County Market Reports. See my Photos of the Day. Search the MLS. Broker/(REALTOR® PHONE:  828-550-3767 BUCKING the REAL ESTATE TREND (Blogging website) COLDWELL BANKER Kasey & Assoc. Maggi...
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By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
©Susie Blackmon Photos (taken in Maggie Valley 12/23/08) Just in case one of your New Year's resolutions (aside from not drinking around family next Christmas!) is to blog (or blog more!) in 2009, or get on the social media train, here are a few free links for you... some related and some not related! Please note the Twitter links below the blue Twitter Birdie if you are a Twitter fan: FAVRD, TweetGrid, and TweetBars. 100 Free WordPress Themes! A Fireside Chat with Bill Gates Fortune's 10 Worst Real Estate Markets in 2009 100 Things I've Learned About Photography by Martin Gommel Most favorited Tweets on Twitter found on FAVRD TweetGrid Here's A Twitter Tweat - TweetBars Twitter Tools for Community and Communications Professionals See the ice-covered Maggie Valley Festival Grounds Foun...
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By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
Late yesterday, after visiting friends on Sheepback Mountain, I drove by Tube World Maggie Valley to check the ’snow making’ progress. Wow! They have been busy making snow during the past 24 hours! (Below) Photo taken late afternoon on December 22nd! ©Susie Blackmon Photos If snow skiing is your thing, the ski area is just a mere 3 minutes away… here is a link to the Cataloochee Ski Area, which is just a mile or so up the mountain from Tube World Maggie Valley. Santa seen at Legends in Maggie Valley (click here)! Search the MLS. SUSIE BLACKMON (Broker/(REALTOR®) PHONE:  828-550-3767 BUCKING the REAL ESTATE TREND (Blogging website) COLDWELL BANKER Kasey & Assoc. Maggie Valley, Waynesville, Canton, Clyde, North Carolina  28786
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By Susie Blackmon, Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing
Sunday afternoon I drove past Tube World Maggie Valley to see if they were open yet. As you can see, they are not open but, according to their website, December 24th is the ‘target date,’ weather permitting. It’s hard to believe that it is 10 degrees outside on my deck this morning, but there is no snow on the ground. If you are interested in skiing, here’s the link to the Cataloochee Ski Area which is just a mile or so up the mountain from Tube World Maggie Valley. See I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas in Maggie Valley. ©Susie Blackmon Photos Search the MLS. Broker/(REALTOR®)   SUSIE BLACKMON (Broker/(REALTOR®) PHONE:  828-550-3767 BUCKING the REAL ESTATE TREND (Blogging website) COLDWELL BANKER Kasey & Assoc. Maggie Valley, Waynesville, Canton, Clyde, North Carolina  28786
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