Signs of Life at GatlinburgHomes.com

Although the recent pace of residential sales in Sevier County has been abysmal, there is good news for the future. Last week we recorded the highest number of visitors to our primary real estate site that we have seen since last summer. Here is a chart of our site visitor count by week:

As you can see, our visitor count was up dramatically but that doesn't tell the whole story as there is more good news. The graph below depicts our web site's weekly number of page views. Although not yet above last summer's record levels our site's number of pages viewed by users is trending upward steadily each week:

Does this mean a pending increase in the level of real estate activity in the Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, and Sevierville real estate markets? No guarantees here but this does track with my general perception of increased activity in the number of phone calls and property showings. The proof will be in the number of transactions recorded in future months but this is certainly a very good leading indicator that has proved to be quite reliable in the past as a predictor of transaction volume.

If you are considering purchasing real estate now may be a great time to get a super value. If on the other hand you are desiring to sell real estate in the Sevier County area what better place to feature it than on a website that averages 400-500 viewers per day? If we may assist you in either buying or selling real estate here in the East Tennessee Smoky Mountains please contact us.

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