About Haywood County, NC

Here are some recent photos and links to information about the February 5, 2010 landslide in Maggie Valley on Rich Cove Road, close to Ghost Town in the Sky.

Monday's (02/08) post with videos is here.

Great landslide photos from the Asheville Citizen-Times.

Maggie Valley residents recall horror of landslide.

Maggie Valley residents escape massive mudslide.

Local coverage from ‘The Mountaineer’ ~ area critically “fluid and unstable.”

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Original posted on Bucking the Real Estate Trend.

It was shocking to see this home under construction in Maggie Valley! Long time no see construction. I noticed it Friday evening, down close to the Ghost Town in the Sky end of town. Progress I am sure has been hampered with all the snow, ice and rain we have had here in Maggie Valley, but it is nice to see something new being built.

Ironically, a couple of hours after I took this photo Friday afternoon, there was a "massive landslide" on Rich Cove Road just across Soco Road from this home, displacing at least 4 homes and quite a few families.

© Susie Blackmon

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Original posted on Bucking the Real Estate Trend.

Maggie Valley Club Cottage by Susie Blackmon

As I was driving by the Maggie Valley Club and its snow-covered golf course the other day, on Moody Farm Road, I noticed how naked the beautiful mountain homes at the top of the mountains were, even without a telephoto lens. The homes are way off in the distance in the first photo.

The photo below is a 'close up,' relative speaking, of the homes on the mountain above the Maggie Valley Golf Club course.

Maggie Valley Golf Course in Spring:

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Original posted on Bucking the Real Estate Trend.

Land numbers for Haywood County NC are anorexic ~ and waiting to post them won’t make them any prettier. Haywood County includes Maggie Valley, Waynesville, Clyde, Canton and Lake Junaluska.

The chart below shows numbers for LAND sales in 2009, compared to the previous 5 years. Obviously our transactions are way down, along with dollar volume.

Source: MLS. Data deemed reliable but, not guaranteed.

• There are 1,612 active land listings today (02/02/10).
• The 1,612 active land listings have been on the market an average of 438 days. Ouch.
• There have been 9 land closings this year, through 02/02/10, with an Avg Sell $ of $57,333.

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Original posted on Bucking the Real Estate Trend.

Here are preliminary numbers for January 2010 in comparison to the 5 previous years. These numbers answer the very common question, “How is your real estate market?”

• It continues to take longer to sell a home than in the previous 5 years.
• The number of homes sold during January 2010 (as of 01/31) was the lowest number sold in January during the last 5 years.
• At this point, January 2010 (as of 01/31) is the only year the Avg Sell $ is lower than the Med Sell $.
• The dollar volume in January 2010 (as of 01/31) is 70.6% down from 2007, the highest dollar volume year in this reporting period.
• The dollar volume in January 2010 (as of 01/31) is 33.4% down from 2009.

Source: MLS. Data deemed reliable but, not guaranteed.

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