Everyone is talking about the real estate market and in recent years it’s not what anybody wants to hear. We wanted to share some of our observations on what is happening here in Brevard and the raw facts on Transylvania County. Now you can be in the know and not just regurgitating the national evening news statistics.
2010 Home sales:
| YEAR | # HOMES SOLD | AVERAGE SELLING $ |
| 2007 | 430 | $339,217 |
| 2008 | 278 | $305,186 |
| 2009 | 240 | $297,200 |
| 2010 | 251 | $270,267 |
The number of home sales are up in 2010 compared to 2009 but the prices are down. Great news for buyers, but not so good for sellers who are being forced to reduce prices and the inventory levels in all price ranges are still high.
Average sales price on homes is down from $339,217 in 2007 to $270,267 year to date 2010 (Jan 1st -Nov 30th) that represents a 20% reduction in price. Table below is compiled using single family homes only
| Price range | number sold in 2010 | active listings as of Dec 2010 |
| Under $100K | 36 | 42 |
| $100-200K | 92 | 151 |
| $200-300K | 52 | 164 |
| $300-400K | 28 | 100 |
| $400-500K | 17 | 51 |
| $500-$1M | 21 | 136 |
Property over $1,000,000 has been hardest hit with only 5 sales in 2010 and 69 active lists per wncrmls.
2010 Land sales:
| YEAR | # OF LAND SALES | AVERAGE SALES $ | AVERAGE DAYS | AVERAGE SIZE |
| 2007 | 394 | $143,135 | 254 | 3.77 acres |
| 2008 | 129 | $91,628 | 222 | 3.58 |
| 2009 | 91 | $107,381 | 221 | 6.34 |
| 2010 | 73 | $86,250 | 250 | 2.91 |
The big sales months were January with 10 transactions, April with 9 transactions and September leading with 11 transactions. Needless to say land sales are low mainly due to the fact that many banks are not willing to lend on raw land and investors are still cautious.
Land prices have started to come down, mainly on lots in subdivisions with some foreclosures. Average sales price in 2007 was $143,135, in 2008 $91,628, in 2009 $107,381.00 and 2010 down to $86,250. 2010 we have only had 5 sales of 10 or more acres with the largest sale being 23 acres,
Here are a few observations when looking at the land data:
2007 51 lot sold in a new development (Mountain Brook) with an average sales price of $155,252
2009 A number of large land transactions increased the average size of a transaction: 76 acres partially complete development bank owned sold , 107 acres sold to the State and was added to Gorges State Park and 56 acres sold near DuPont Forest.
