Blue Ridge Parkway

In our 4th episode of Beverly-Hanks TV we explore how the Blue Ridge Parkway, which traverses the region, enhances the lives of residents and visitors alike. With more 460 miles of scenic roadways it provides the perfect venue for enjoying the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina by bicycle, foot, or vehicle.

People come from around the world to enjoy, but some are lucky enough to have this incredible resource in their backyard. If you would like to learn more about living near the Blue Ridge Parkway, contact an agent at Beverly-Hanks & Associates or go to beverly-hanks.com. Whether you have an interest in greater Asheville, Waynesville, or Hendersonville we can help you find the home that will let you live the live you choose in Western North Carolina.

This past week the Asheville Citizen-Times interviewed Neal Hanks, President of Beverly-Hanks & Associates, Realtors on trends occurring to homes for sale in the greater Asheville, Hendrsonville, and Waynesville areas. Neal spoke with reporter Dale Neal from the beautiful Rose Hill community located in Leicester, North Carolina.

Watch The Interview

While speaking with Dale, Neal offered some valuable insight into the housing market trends affecting the pace of home sales and affordability in the Asheville MSA (Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, and Madison Counties). This coming Sunday the Asheville Citizen-Times will feature an in-depth interview with Neal on these and other trends affecting the Western North Carolina realty markets.

To read more about the Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, and Madison county real estate markets visit the Beverly-Hanks Quarterly Market Report.

To search for homes for sale in the mountains of North Carolina  and to learn more about Rose Hill and the Leicester communities visit beverly-hanks.com.

TCBY, the country’s best yogurt, is taking care of Beverly-Hanks & Associates clients at this year’s Ramble Run. Any past, present, or future Beverly-Hanks client who stops by the Real Estate Discovery Center at Biltmore Park on May 12th between the hours of 9:00-11:30am can enjoy a FREE dish of frozen yogurt compliments of TCBY.

To receive your complimentary yogurt simply stop by the  Real Estate Discovery Center and mention you are a Beverly-Hanks client. THANK YOU TCBY for providing a little incentive to finish the Ramble Run just a little faster!

Click here for more information on the 2012 Ramble Run 5k, 12k, and kids fun run.

Click here for more information on  Biltmore Park Town Square.

Recently, Neal Hanks, President of Beverly-Hanks & Associates joined fellow industry leaders in Colorado to discuss the latest trends and strategies for the ever developing real estate industry. While participating in the Real Trends, Trendsetters group several of the participating CEOs offered their thoughts on the direction of their respective real estate markets.

To learn what Neal Hanks had to say about our greater Asheville, Hendersonville, and Waynesville houses for sale and the general state of the real estate markets in Buncombe, Henderson, and Haywood counties watch this video. It is most enlightening to hear how the regional Western North Carolina housing markets compare with those in other parts of the country.

If you would like more detailed information on the local real estate markets, check out the latest edition of the Beverly-Hanks & Associates, Quarterly Market Report, 2012Q1.

Neal Hanks, President of Beverly-Hanks & Associates and Tom Tveidt, research economist for SYNEVA Economics recently sat down for a discussion on how the regional economy is driving the greater Asheville, Waynesville, and Hendersonville real estate markets.

You’ll be surprised to learn some welcomed good news about Western North Carolina’s regional employment, in-migration, and housing affordability.

Asheville was recognized as being known for being very health-conscious and conducive to a healthy lifestyle by greenerideal.com.  Whether you’re planning a vacation or a move to the western part of North Carolina, consider checking out Asheville if you’re looking to be surrounded by people who understand the importance of not just physical health, but also the health of the environment and how one affects the other.

To learn more about why Asheville was picked click here.

If you would like to more about Asheville and the rest of the Western North Carolina area visit Our Area and if you would like to read a copy of our regional “Welcome” magazine online with detailed explanations of what it is like to live in each of Asheville, Waynesville, and Hendersonville’s many communities visit beverly-hanks.com.

You can make the bleakness of District 12 your own by purchasing this North Carolina property that is only 70 miles from Asheville, NC.Did you see the bleakness of District 12 in “The Hunger Games” and want to make it your own?

The entirety of Henry River Mill Village - where parts of the movie was filmed - is for sale for $1.4 million. Located about 70 miles from Ashville, N.C. near Hildebran, the 72-acre plot of land was the site of a mill that burned down in 1977. There’s 20-plus remaining buildings, including a company store, giving it a distinct ghost-town feel.

Of all the locations, the Henry River Mill Village has a backstory that’s nearly as colorful as the plot of the movie. The mill, which opened in 1905, produced fine yarn. The village was designed as a planned community with company stores, walkways and green spaces. In 1966, a sheriff was shot and killed in the village by a mill worker. By the time owner Wade Shepherd, 83, bought the town, three years after the mill closed, there were Thursday night poker games on the street, “and by Sunday afternoon, they were all drunk and shooting.”

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/buy-entire-district-hunger-games-1-4-million-article-1.1056127#ixzz1rBSPSvf3

To learn more about real life in Western North Carolina visit beverly-hanks.com.

Affordable doesn’t have to mean boring. Byrdcliffe is a beautiful new home community located in East Asheville, only minutes to downtown. These Arts & Craft style homes with land/home packages starting at $150,000 have more than 10 floor plans from which to choose. All homes are site-built and completed in approximately 120 days.

Standard features include fiber cement siding, heat pump, covered front porches, concrete driveway, 9′ ceilings on the main level, hardwood, carpet and tile floors, mountain views, city water and sewer, street lighting and more. This community qualifies for 100% USDA financing.

“Byrdcliffe offers the most affordable, highest quality new construction in Buncombe County,” says agent, Darcy Wilson-Varney. “Finally, local families can have a beautiful, elegant home for a reasonable cost.”

Since 2006, King Land Development has been designing neighborhoods and building homes.  Having built over 50 homes, they have found their niche as Asheville’s most affordable new home builder.

To learn more about Byrdcliffe’s floorplans and pricing go to our website. Or to discover what makes Byrdcliffe homes so attractive visit our model home, open each Saturday from 1-5 pm and Sunday 1-4 pm. Come see for yourself a community that harkens back to yesteryear.

On May 12, 2012 (Mother’s Day Weekend) it’s expected that over 1,000 runners and walkers will once again participate in this exciting race. The 2nd annual “Ramble Run at Biltmore Park” will offer both 12K and 5K races organized by the Asheville Track Club and presented by Mission Sports Medicine.

Runners will follow Schenck Parkway in Biltmore Park through The Ramble’s south gate to the 5K turnaround at Overlook Park. The 12K course continues through The Ramble past Longmeadow Park, along the paved Dingle Creek trail, over Bow Bridge and back to Biltmore Park Town Square. See the course map.

For more information on the Ramble Run.

To learn more about living in Biltmore Park and The Ramble Biltmore Forest.

Stop by and visit us at our Real Estate Discovery Center located right in the middle of Biltmore Park Town Square.

After attending two conferences in recent weeks, speaking with industry leaders, and CEO’s from around the country, one thing is clear; real estate markets around the country are rapidly gaining steam and candidly, faster than most anyone had expected.

This is great news for an industry that has been ailing for almost four years. In many markets, increased sales have already brought inventory levels back to historically normal levels, prices have stabilized and are actually beginning to increase again.

Housing values are dependent on three factors, supply, demand and interest rates. Over the past 36-48 months, much attention has been paid supply and demand. Diverse sources believe that supply levels are peaking and we know from reports across the industry that written business is spiking.

Savvy real estate experts are now turning their attention to interest rates. Currently at historic lows, many in the industry believe it is very possible that rates are poised to rise. Dan Green of the Daily Market Reports recently stated:

“The Fed sees growth coming faster than originally expected. There is suddenly less chance that the Federal Reserve will intervene to help keep mortgage rates low. Absent Fed intervention, mortgage rates are apt to rise and Wall Street is now betting that the Fed has bowed out. With no stimulus, mortgage rates will rise.”

Depreciated home values and artificially low interest rates are temporarily combining to push home affordability to it’s most advantageous levels seen in decades. To learn more about the home affordability index published by the National Association of Realtors, click here.

History has shown that when rates rise, it often happens quickly. When they do, mortgage rates will still be good, but not the great rates we have in place now. Savvy buyers are realizing this and moving now to secure the real estate buying opportunities of a lifetime.

To obtain information on home sales and values in the Asheville, Hendersonville, and Waynesville regions view the Beverly-Hanks Quarterly Market Report.