About Haywood County, NC

Just before the sun disappeared the other day, I took a few photos of our little shopping mall, Market Square. Wore me out... so I had to stop by the ice cream shop at the mall to get the energy to get home.

Market Square is very easy to find on Soco Road (Highway 19), right across from Cabbage Rose, Guayabitos, and the Festival Grounds.

You can find unique gift shops, tee shirt stores, candy stores, coffee shops, scrapbooking supplies, jewelry stores, real estate offices, an ice cream parlor, and a photography shop to have your 'mountain man' photos taken.

(These photos were taken Monday evening, 10/19.)

©Susie Blackmon

By Susie Blackmon

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Original posted on Bucking the Real Estate Trend.

The 2009 Apple Harvest Festival Saturday, on Downtown Waynesville’s Main Street, was festive and very 'crisp,' with people bundled in jackets, carrying umbrellas (umbrellas are scary things when you like to wear wigs), and sampling all the yummy festival food.

Like to eat apples, fudge, sizzling sausages, turkey legs, and Holy Smoke barbecue? I tasted, among other things, the ‘finished’ molasses product extracted by the gentleman in the video feeding sorghum into a press, and would love to have a jar of fresh molasses for myself (he wasn’t selling any). What a difference between ‘fresh’ and store-bought molasses.

I'm in search of the recipe for the blue ribbon winner of the “2009 Apple Bake-Off” (see the video below).

WARNING: You might be very hungry after watching this video.

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Winter's first dusting of snow fell at the higher levels last night. I'm jealous! This photo was taken around 7:00 this morning.

Of Interest from last week:

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©Susie Blackmon

Legends has gigantic burgers, and is a favorite eating spot for locals as well as many return-visitors. How can you NOT love a restaurant with great buns, burgers, and chicken wings -- Bourbon, honey barbecue, teriyaki to name just a few.

They are famous for the size and taste of their hamburgers, and have a delicious menu of burger variations to choose from. The Mountain Burger that I LOVE was delicious… served with coleslaw and chili on top. Shirley Wilde, who was my lunch ‘date,’ loved her Grilled Chicken Wrap.

Legends' new, much larger menu has something for most everyone, whether you want a snack or a meal. They have an extensive beer list and a full bar as well.

Located at 3865 Soco Road, their telephone number is 828-926-9464.

More good food in and around Maggie Valley:

• Get Your Fresh Seafood …
  
• Panacea Coffeehouse in Frog Level ….
• Maggie Valley Restaurant
  
• Sagebrush Steakhouse
• Pasquale’s in Waynesville

Original posted on Bucking the Real Estate Trend.

As of October 17, Haywood County had:

• 24 closings to date in October, MSP $148,450; ASP $184,211; Avg Days on Market 165.
• 1,325 active residential listings (Average listing price = $346,872) (inventory still increasing)
• 1,918 active land/farm listings
• 24 listings in the MLS noted as Foreclosures (10/1-10/17)

Looks like we are heading toward 2004 numbers ... what do you think?

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

More Market Reports:

• Haywood County NC - Land and Farm Sales 5-Yr Comparison YTD - As of 10/14/09.
• Haywood County NC – Residential Real Estate Sales – 5-Yr Comparison.
• Haywood County NC – 2009 Residential Real Estate Sales by Month – As of 09/30.
• Haywood County NC – Land and Farm Sales Comparison – 01/01-09/22 – 2004 thru 2009.
• Maggie Valley NC – 5-Year Residential Real Estate Sales Comparison
• Haywood County NC - 5-Year Residential Real Estate Sales Comparison by Price Range