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March 23, 2021

CENTURY 21® System’s DOUBLE CENTURION®

Rick Andrews, a Realtor with Century 21 Black Bear Realty recently earned the CENTURY 21® System’s DOUBLE CENTURION® Producer Award for sales production.

The 2020 DOUBLE CENTURION Producer award is given to agents based on sales production within a calendar year. It is one of the most prestigious …

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March 12, 2021

Spring Time Reminder

Feb. 12, 2021

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Feb. 4, 2021

Why Owning a Home Is a Powerful Financial Decision

In today’s housing market, there are clear financial benefits to owning a home: increasing equity, the chance to build your net worth, and appreciating home values, just to name a few. If you’re a renter, it’s never too early to think about how homeownership can propel you toward a …

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Jan. 18, 2021

2020 Mountain Market Update

2020 was an exceptional year for real estate in the mountains. Both home and land sales were up in Clay County (Brasstown, Hayesville & Warne), Towns County (Hiawassee & Young Harris) and Union County (Blairsville & Suches). Between COVID and the unrest in the cities folks flocked to the mountains.

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Jan. 14, 2021

Why Right Now May Be the Time to Sell Your House

The housing market made an incredible recovery in 2020 and is now positioned for an even stronger year in 2021. Record-low mortgage interest rates are a driving factor in this continued momentum, with average rates hovering at historic all-time lows.

According to the latest Realtors Confidence Index …

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Oct. 28, 2020

Buyer Interest Is Growing among Younger Generations

The demand for homes this year is extraordinary as record-breaking numbers of hopeful buyers continue to shop for homes. In a normal year, the peak homebuying season comes to a close by early fall. However, 2020 is anything but a normal year, and the housing market is no exception. …

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Sept. 29, 2020

Experts Forecast a V-Shaped Economic Recovery

Sept. 28, 2020

Housing Market on Track to Beat Last Year’s Success

Back in March, as the nation’s economy was shut down because of the coronavirus, many were predicting the real estate market would face a major collapse. Some forecasts called for a 15-20% decline in transactions. However, six months later, it seems as though the housing market has fully recovered.

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Sept. 22, 2020

The Cost of a Home Is Far More Important than the Price

Housing inventory is at an all-time low. There are 39% fewer homes for sale today than at this time last year, and buyer demand continues to set records. Zillow recently reported:

“Newly pending sales are up 25.5% compared to the same week last year, the highest year-over-year …

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