December 2024 saw 146 closed single family sales in the High Country Association of REALTORS Multiple Listing Service. Of those 146 sales, 120 were in Alleghany, Ashe, Avery and Watauga counties, the area we look at most closely when analyzing High Country Real Estate. Of those 120, 22 were condos or townhomes and 98 were single family detached.
List prices ranged from a minimum of $59,900 to a maximum of $3,650,000 with an average List Price of $675,409 and a median List Price of $527,000. Sold prices went from a minimum of $55,001 to a maximum of $3,450,000 with an average Sold Price of $638,791 and a median Sold Price of $502,500.
Minimum Bedroom and Bath count was 1/1 and the maximum was 5/6 with the average being 3/3 and median also at 3/3. The minimum HLA was 396, the maximum HLA was 5831 and average heated living area was 1948. With condos and townhomes in the mix, of course minimum acres was 0, but maximum was 12.36, average acreage was 1.24 and median was .59 acres…