Brevard North Carolina Real Estate Blog

During the winter months here in the mountains of western North Carolina, buyers and bears hibernate. In fact, up around where we live, after Thanksgiving you probably stand a better chance of seeing a bear than you do a buyer. This year, because of the slow down in the economy it was even quieter than usual.

We used the time to work on our business and it has payed off in spades. Like any business, you have to plant the seeds of success, then give them what they need in order to grow big and strong. So we worked on our website, fine tuned some proceedures, researched some things, and dug deep to make sure we would be ready when the market returned.  A few weeks ago I wrote about the records we have been setting with our website and our internet marketing and those records have now been surpassed with new numbers.

Seems this increase in website traffic is a pretty good indicator. This past week, we had one closing, wrote an offer on another deal, juggled multiple offers on one of our listings, fielded phone calls from two new buyers who asked us to help them find a home, and have two listing appointments scheduled for this week. Plus we had several showings on a couple of our listings which tells me that maybe other agents are also seeing an increase in business.

All of this leaves me hopeful for the spring and summer season. Just like our native white squirrels, we do most of our work during the months from Easter to Thanksgiving and if  this week is any kind of barometer, we'll be plenty busy.