Kate Wheeler's (countryhomesnc) Blog

               The Tarheel community in Murphy, North Carolina offers the best of  mountain living  with the convenience of being only minutes from schools,  restaurants and shopping.  Bordered by thousands of acres of US Forest Service and Lake Hiwassee to the north, Tarheel is home to many loca...

  I spent last weekend enjoying one of the biggest reasons to move to the mountains of Murphy, North Carolina. During an overnight trip to Asheville- another great destination that's only 2 hours from Murphy  I was treated to an incredible display.  The oldest mountains in the world covered in v...

                                    Looking for a great fall color tour?  Why not join over 800 classic cars cruising through the oldest mountain range in the world?  The 10th annual Cherokee Fall Rod Run takes place next weekend, October 30-November 1 along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Western Nort...

On Tuesday morning, Oct. 21, Barbara Corcoran spoke with Matt Lauer on the Today Show about the latest statistics in the housing market nationwide.  By examining several variables, she concluded that the answer is "NO" for the country as a whole. I decided to apply her checklist to the housing ma...

    WE'VE  LISTED OVER $5 MILLION  OF REAL ESTATE                        IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS    WITH OUR FLAT FEE LISTINGS IN MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA              YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE SAVING  OVER              $175,000 IN COMMISSIONS      And many of them are getting MORE than they did from thei...

                           Have you ever dreamed of living in a log cabin in the mountains?  Like so many Florida snowbirds who are drawn back to the comfort of a place with four distinct seasons, I came to the mountains of Murphy, North Carolina with the image of a cozy log cabin, complete with ...

                      SALE PRICES HAVE FALLEN...                                                                                   ADVERTISING BUDGETS HAVE BEEN SLASHED...                                           WHY SHOULD YOU STILL PAY FULL COMMISSION ?  These are tough times for sellers in Mu...

Murphy, North Carolina and Cherokee County pending home sales for the first half of October are already almost at the level of homes sold for August and September of 2009, according to statistics from the Mountain Lakes Board of Realtors.  There are 27 pending sales reported from October 1-15, eq...

                               I've gardened in 3 very different climates over the years, from Northern Michigan where we got 20 FEET of snow in the winter to subtropical Key Largo, Florida, where chunks of limestone took the place of garden soil.  Here in the mountains of Western North Carolina,...

Last week I had the emotional roller coaster ride of my life and this Activerain community provided the high point.  Monday morning I was notified that my bank refused to rewrite documents for a commercial loan that mistakenly included my home as part of the collateral.  If I didn't sell enough l...