Gatlinburg Real Estate Blog

The good news is that my family enjoyed a much needed vacation and for the first time in my life we took a consecutive full two weeks off. The bad news is that I totally forgot about posting to this blog and didn't notice my error until now because we've been really busy since my return to work on Monday (also good news!!). June was indeed an excellent month: Four consecutive months of solid gains above pretty good numbers last year puts us 80 units ahead of 2014's strong results. July 2014 will be a very difficult month to surpass as it was the single best month in a good year but 2015 as a whole seems pretty solidly ahead of our pace last year which was the best since 2007. My hope is that we will surpass 2007 this year and that hasn't happened since the go-go market we had in 2005-2006. Gatlinburg area real estate is looking up indeed!!!

The good news is that my family enjoyed a much needed vacation and for the first time in my life we took a consecutive full two weeks off. The bad news is that I totally forgot about posting to this blog and didn't notice my error until now because we've been really busy since my return to work on Monday (also good news!!). June was indeed an excellent month: Four consecutive months of solid gains above pretty good numbers last year puts us 80 units ahead of 2014's strong results. July 2014 will be a very difficult month to surpass as it was the single best month in a good year but 2015 as a whole seems pretty solidly ahead of our pace last year which was the best since 2007. My hope is that we will surpass 2007 this year and that hasn't happened since the go-go market we had in 2005-2006. Gatlinburg area real estate is looking up indeed!!!

In the Smoky Mountain real estate market, it seems like every agent is a million dollar producer and it is hard to tell who really is proficient at selling Sevier County real estate. In an effort to publish the good news of our long term success, please pardon me while I brag just a little... Having been in the Smoky Mountain real estate business for nearly 20 years, we've seen our share of competitors come and go. The key to long term success in the real estate industry, and particularly in our Gatlinburg area is simply to treat people like you want to be treated. By following this rule, and by working hard, we've had quite a successful run through good and not-so-good real estate markets. In fact, over the last 6 years, I have personally listed 664 properties that have sold and that's an average of just over two sales a week without even counting the sales of other agent's listings that have been made! Don't take my word for it - Here's the official report f...

In the Smoky Mountain real estate market, it seems like every agent is a million dollar producer and it is hard to tell who really is proficient at selling Sevier County real estate. In an effort to publish the good news of our long term success, please pardon me while I brag just a little... Having been in the Smoky Mountain real estate business for nearly 20 years, we've seen our share of competitors come and go. The key to long term success in the real estate industry, and particularly in our Gatlinburg area is simply to treat people like you want to be treated. By following this rule, and by working hard, we've had quite a successful run through good and not-so-good real estate markets. In fact, over the last 6 years, I have personally listed 664 properties that have sold and that's an average of just over two sales a week without even counting the sales of other agent's listings that have been made! Don't take my word for it - Here's the official repo...

Don't have time to write about it yet,  but  this is VERY good news!!!!

Don't have time to write about it yet,  but  this is VERY good news!!!!

Although the final number of residential sales in the Gatlinburg area will be higher (as they always are), 2013 already is more than 7% above the total for 2012 and the best year since the boom years of 2005-2007. Looking forward to 2014!!!

Although the final number of residential sales in the Gatlinburg area will be higher (as they always are), 2013 already is more than 7% above the total for 2012 and the best year since the boom years of 2005-2007. Looking forward to 2014!!!

Although our Smoky Mountain real estate market showed great volume in November, prices haven't yet risen. In fact, in November, we actually had the lowest average sales price in recent memory for our Gatlinburg area according to our Great Smoky Mountain Association of Realtors MLS database. The new low wasn't dramatic, as it was just below the average sales price that we saw in April of 2011. If December's sales volume is good, we will have four of the last six months showing positive comparisons to the values from a year ago. That is particularly noteworthy when you consider that during the first half of the year, five of the six months were in negative territory. Hopefully the improvement in volume will lead to higher prices but it hasn't started just yet. Here is a chart of the average sales prices for residential sales in our Gatlinburg area real estate market: No bell will sound indicating that our Gatlinburg area real estate bear market has become more bullish. I...

Although our Smoky Mountain real estate market showed great volume in November, prices haven't yet risen. In fact, in November, we actually had the lowest average sales price in recent memory for our Gatlinburg area according to our Great Smoky Mountain Association of Realtors MLS database. The new low wasn't dramatic, as it was just below the average sales price that we saw in April of 2011. If December's sales volume is good, we will have four of the last six months showing positive comparisons to the values from a year ago. That is particularly noteworthy when you consider that during the first half of the year, five of the six months were in negative territory. Hopefully the improvement in volume will lead to higher prices but it hasn't started just yet. Here is a chart of the average sales prices for residential sales in our Gatlinburg area real estate market: No bell will sound indicating that our Gatlinburg area real estate bear market has become more bullis...