Asheville Real Estate-February's Preliminary Numbers

Preliminary Feb. 2010 vs Feb. 2009
Number Homes Sold	-14.72%	226
Total Dollar Volume	-14.90%	53,312,597
Average Listing Price	+1.70%	254,600
Average Sale Price	-0.22%	235,896
Average Days on Market	+23.61%	178

Per the WNCRMLS as of 03-02-2010. Number of homes sold and total dollar volume will tend to go up for a few more days as transactions clear thru the system.

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Asheville Real Estate-October 2009

We have now had 2 months in a row where the number of homes sold for the month increased when compared to the same month the previous year.

Numbers are from WNCRMLS as of 11-18-09.

October	2009	2008	%Change
Homes Sold	462	426	+8.5%
Dollar Volume	111,981,061	115,106,339	-9.6%
Avg. List Price	$260,482	$288,109	-9.6%
Avg. Sale Price	$239,420	$270,203	-11.4%
% Diff. Sale/List	91.9%	93.8%	-2.1%
Days on Market	147	135	+8.9%
Inventory	8979	9174	-2.1%
Months of Inventory	19.4	21.5	-9.8%

Oct 2009 Asheville Real Estate Reports

sales_history_report- 5 year Asheville residential sales history.

sales_trend_report- Asheville residential sales trend indicator.

sales_medians_report_by_type- 5 year Asheville residential median price by type.

active_listings_report- Asheville active listings report.

percent_sold_report- Asheville Listings sold divided by listings active as of month end.

sales_history_report by type- 5 year Asheville residential inventory history by type.

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closed_listings_spreadsheet_for October_2009

North Carolina Association of REALTORS Existing Home Sales Report - this report comes out near the end of the following month. Current report is for August 2009.

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Asheville Real Estate-Sept. 2009 Preliminary Numbers

Encouraging news: for the first time in 36 months the number of homes sold for the month is higher than the same month one year ago.

Preliminary Sept. 2009 vs Sept 2008
Number Homes Sold	+9.29%	435
Total Dollar Volume	-17.04%	107,432,089
Average Listing Price	-5.96%	267,153
Average Sale Price	-7.31%	246,970
Average Days on Market	+13.33%	153

Per the WNCRMLS as of 10-05-09

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Asheville Real Estate-early numbers for August

Early numbers for August 2009 vs August 2008
Number Homes Sold	-14.7%	413
Total Dollar Volume	-29.2%	94,174,654
Average Listing Price	-22.5%	228,561
Average Sale Price	-22.2%	214,033
Average Days on Market	+11.3%	148

Per the WNCRMLS as of 9-3-09

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Asheville Real Estate-Early Numbers for June 2009

The early numbers indicate homes sold in June were down 12% from the previous year after 4 of the last 5 months had seen sales down over 30%. When compared to May numbers were up 40%. The number of homes sold in June compared to May over the last several years: +11%(2005), +13%(2006),+8%(2007), -7%(2008). Maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Preliminary June 2009 vs June 2008
Number Homes Sold	-12.40%	431
Total Dollar Volume	-20.19%	100,915,797
Average Listing Price	-7.97%	249,099
Average Sale Price	-8.89%	234,143
Average Days on Market	+22.00%	142

Per the WNCRMLS as of 7-3-04

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Asheville Real Estate-The Total Market Overview 5-29-09

Asheville Real Estate Market Overview Report 5-29-09
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Asheville Real Estate Market Overview

Asheville Real Estate Market Overview Report 5-18-09



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Asheville Real Estate-April's Early Numbers

The preliminary numbers for the Asheville Real Estate market indicate that the bottom wasn't reached in March. The average list and average sales prices dropped along with total volume for April 2009 compared to April 2008.

Preliminary April 2009 Asheville NC Real Estate Sales Numbers

Number Homes Sold_____-38%____295
Total Dollar Volume_____-46%_____68,015,662
Average Listing Price____-13%_____247,334
Average Sale Price______-11%_____230,562
Average Days on Market_+22%_____154

Numbers are from the WNCRMLS as of 5-04-09. Total Sales for: SingleFamilyResidential/Condo/Townhouse/Preconstruction

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Asheville Real Estate-The Total Market Overview Report 4-30-09

Asheville Real Estate Market Overview Report 4-30-09

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Asheville Real Estate Market Overview Report 4-02-09

Asheville Real Estate Market Overview Report 4-02-09

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Preliminary March 2009 Asheville NC Real Estate Sales Numbers

The preliminary numbers for the Asheville Real Estate Market indicate that although the total volume numbers continue to drop the average list and average sales prices remained stable compared to March 2008.

Preliminary March 2009 Asheville NC Real Estate Sales Numbers
Number Homes Sold______-28%____329
Total Dollar Volume_______-29%____79,034,839
Average Listing Price____no change___252,633
Average Sale Price________-0.5%____240,227
Average Days on Market___+21%_____149

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National Association of Realtors Existing Home Sales Report

The National Association of Realtors released their existing home sales report today. Nationally sales for February were up 4.4% compared to January 2009 but were still down 3.6% from February 2008. To see the NAR report and home sales data for the Asheville Real Estate Market go to Asheville Home Sales Data.


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Asheville NC Real Estate Market Report 3-20-09

Asheville Real Estate_The Total Market Overview Report 3-20-09



Number active listings, number pending listings, pending ratio, closed listings, days on market, average list price, average sold price, ect. It is all broken down by price ranges.



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Asheville Real Estate_The Total Market Overview Report 3-16-09

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Asheville Existing Home Sales Down

The North Carolina Association of REALTORS released their existing home sales report today.

The most unexpected part of the report had Asheville's existing homes average sale price rise 8% to $309,770.





More in line with what we have come to expect lately was the number of existing homes sold fell 49% to 90.

And the total dollar volume dropped 45% to $27,879,361.

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Asheville Real Estate Market continues to drop

The Asheville Real Estate Market continues to drop. 3-1-2009.
An early look at the numbers for the Asheville Real Estate Market for February 2009 shows that the total number of homes sold and the average sale price continues to drop year over year for February.

Total Number Homes Sold___________-29.1%____________242
Total Dollar Volume________________-33.4%_______6,423,517
Average Listing Price_______________-4.75%_________247,979
Average Sale Price_________________-5.66%_________233,155
Average Days on Market______________118_____________142

Numbers are from the WNCRMLS as of 3-1 09.
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Asheville Real Estate ranks 49th

Asheville ranks 49th of the 292 Metropolitan Statistical Areas in percent change of house prices according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency report released today. Asheville had a +.58% change for the final quarter 2008, +1.31% change for 2008, and +46.49% change over the last 5 years. To see the full report click Federal Housing Finance Agency report.

Excerpt from the report:

RECORD HOME PRICE DECLINES IN FOURTH QUARTER; ISOLATED POCKETS OF STRENGTH

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. home prices posted record declines in the fourth quarter of 2008 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s House Price Index (HPI). The FHFA seasonally-adjusted purchase-only house price index, based on data from home sales, was 3.4 percent lower on a seasonally-adjusted basis in the fourth quarter than in the third quarter. This decline was greater than the 2.0 percent decline in the third quarter and the largest in the purchase-only index’s 18-year history. Over the past year, seasonally-adjusted prices fell 8.2 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007 to the fourth quarter of 2008.


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Asheville Real Estate Report January 2009

Asheville Home Sales Report January 2009

Data is from the 5 county WNC Regional MLS system and represents total home sales in Buncombe, Madison, Haywood, Henderson and Transylvania counties.

-------------------------------Jan 08----Jan 09 -------Difference

Single-Family Homes Sold____302_____187_______ -38%

Average Days on Market_____118_____146_______ +24%

Average Selling Price_____271,642___252,661_______ -7%

Median Selling Price_____215,000___195,000_______ -8%

Average List Price______289,983____283,838_______ -2%

Median List Price______226,000____209,700_______ -7%

Tot. Sales Price Vol___82,035,879__47,247,599____ -42%

"Home Sales" and "Total Sales" both refer to single family homes ranging from one to more than 4 bedrooms.

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Asheville Real Estate Market Report November 2008

Asheville Real Estate Market Report
November 2008

Homes Sold -51%
Avg Days on Market +15%
Avg Selling Price -3.4%
Median Selling Price -6.2%
Total Selling $ Volume -52%

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Data is from the 5 county WNC Regional MLS system and represents total home sales in Buncombe, Madison, Haywood, Henderson and Transylvania counties.
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