Kate Wheeler's (countryhomesnc) Blog

Year-end results are in for home sales in the mountains of Murphy, North Carolina and Cherokee County.  Despite the economic downturn, home sales are on the rise with a 12% overall increase in sales over 2008.  The last 4 months of 2009 were especially strong, showing a 43% gain in total sales ov...

Are your real estate activities creating problems in your life and the lives of those you love?  Are you borrowing money to pour into advertising, spending evenings in the office instead of at home?  Are you addicted to the real estate business?  If so, you need Gary Keller's 12-step program, out...

This year I've been living in "A Christmas Carol." First there was the Ghost of Christmas Past - my mother.  Seeing her again has allowed me to recover the best memories of my early years, unhampered by grief and pain.  I'm finally able to separate the "her" from the "me."  As a transplanted Yank...

Okay, you've learned how to drive traffic to your website.  You're connected to all the Social Media sites by invisible wireless chains.  You email monthly market reports to all your prospects.  But none of that is going to close a sale.  There are thousands of tech-savvy former agents out there....

It's a fairly common miracle that happens thousands of times every day - fairly common, that is, until it happens to you and your family.  A new life came into this world.   You don't have a name yet, but your big sister is rooting for something that starts with "Princess."  I don't have a magic ...

   We woke up to a winter wonderland here in the mountains of Murphy, North Carolina!    This is the earliest snow I've seen since I moved to the mountains.  Just enough to dust all the evergreens with a touch of white before sunrise - and just in time for today's Christmas parade downtown. It su...

            Home sales in Murphy North Carolina and Cherokee County continued to remain steady as interest rates inched even lower during the month of November in the mountains.  There were 26 closed sales and 31 pending contracts during the month.  With the first time buyers tax credit extended ...

At the Thanksgiving dinner table yesterday, I said to my 17 year old son "You'll be telling your kids and maybe your grandkids stories about how bad things were when you were a teenager and millions of people were losing their jobs and their homes.  Middle class families found themselves living i...

                           Today my youngest daughter and I made mountain memories.  We took a break from baking pies and chopping vegetables to wander through the garden, collecting the last of Nature's bounty to create a centerpiece for our holiday table.  The knockout roses are still blooming,...

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