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Mike and Judy Lee Sell Home with Patton Property Group

pattonpropertygroup — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:35:01 +0000

On May 3, 2012 Mike and Judy Lee sold a home through Patton Property Group at Keller Williams. This is the 43rd home that Patton Property Group has sold this year.

“We got started with Patton Property Group after hearing about a friends great experience with Rowena Patton,” said Lee. “The first person who came to look at the house gave us a full price offer!”

About Patton Property Group: UK-born Rowena Patton is the founder of Patton Property Group (PPG) at Keller Williams. Her background is marketing which lends itself to the marketing focus of the company, driven by new and more effective ways to search for homes for buyers, and a portfolio approach to selling a home for customers. This offers a myriad of ways over and above previous approaches of signs and lock boxes on a home for sellers, and ways to find a home more effectively and in a more enjoyable manner for buyers. Rowena hosts a weekly radio show on News Radio 570am every Saturday 10am-11am. “Plain English Real Estate Show” Patton Property Group is a top 10 KW team in the Carolinas, and is the exclusive representative for HOMES FOR HEROES in the mountains. Rowena was the founder of the Keller Williams Luxury Division in the mountains in 2007, and holds the CLHMS, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist designation. Several PPG team members are in the top 10 agents in the Asheville area. Patton Property Group was just awarded #10 group in the Carolinas for Keller Williams. Contact: For information about Patton Property Group contact 828 419 9115 or 828 210 1648 or email Rowena at rowena@PattonPropertyGroup.com. See Website at www.PattonPropertyGroup.com

Teacher Linda Mitchell receives 25 percent of real estate commission through Asheville’s Patton Property Group at Keller Williams

pattonpropertygroup — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:38:37 +0000

Homes for Heroes is a national organization which assists military personnel, law enforcement officers, firefighters, health care workers and educators save money on real estate expenses. Homes For Heroes Mountain representative, Patton Property Group, helped another Homes for Heroes buyer, Linda Lee Mitchell, by giving back 25% of their commission.

“Homes for Heroes made it easier for us to buy a new home,” said Linda Mitchell. “We are so grateful.”

Homes for Heroes announced their exclusive partnership in Asheville, NC with Patton Property Group at Keller Williams in September 2011. Formed in 2002 to recognize community heroes after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, this partnership assists the Asheville hero community as they buy and sell homes.

“We are very thankful that we were able to successfully support another teacher in the purchase of her home,” said buyer specialist/broker Gwen Bowers. “The Mitchells were wonderful to work with.”

Homes for Heroes is celebrating its ninth year of bringing big savings to everyday heroes. This collaboration of real estate professionals’ sole purpose is to offer savings when buying or selling a home. While the programs genesis and primary concentration originally was intended to serve the Minnesota real estate market, word of the Homes for Heroes benefits unpredictably spread throughout the country and this small-dedicated local effort rapidly spiraled into a growing nationwide program.
Patton Property Group at Keller Williams offers 25 percent off real estate commissions for heroes, buying or selling property.

About Homes for Heroes:
Homes For Heroes aims to help close the gap between the cost of housing and buyers and sellers in the following groups: military personnel, police officers, firefighters, nurses, doctors, surgeons, teachers, first responders, Veterans and others who serve our community and nation.
For more information, please visit: www.homesforheroes.com. For Asheville Homes For Heroes visit: www.MountainHomesForHeroes.com

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About Patton Property Group:
UK-born Rowena Patton is the founder of Patton Property Group (PPG) at Keller Williams. Her background is marketing which lends itself to the marketing focus of the company, driven by new and more effective ways to search for homes for buyers, and a portfolio approach to selling a home for customers. This offers a myriad of ways over and above previous approaches of signs and lock boxes on a home for sellers, and ways to find a home more effectively and in a more enjoyable manner for buyers. Rowena hosts a weekly radio show on News Radio 570am every Saturday 10am-11am – “Plain English Real Estate Show”
Patton Property Group is a top 10 KW team in the Carolinas, and is the exclusive representative for HOMES FOR HEROES in the mountains. Rowena was the founder of the Keller Williams Luxury Division in the mountains in 2007, and holds the CLHMS, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist designation. Several PPG team members are in the top 10 agents in the Asheville area.

Contact:
Press Contact, not for publication: For information about the Homes For Heroes and Patton Property Group contact 828 419 9115 or 828 210 1648 or email Rowena at rowena@PattonPropertyGroup.com. See Website at www.PattonPropertyGroup.com, www.MountainHomesForHeroes.com
Heroes Contact, for publication: If you are a hero selling a home, email at Showings@PattonPropertyGroup.com, and if you are buying a home, email Request@PattonPropertyGroup.com with Homes for Heroes in the subject line

Veteran receives 25 percent of real estate commission through Homes for Heroes

pattonpropertygroup — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:36:30 +0000

Homes for Heroes is a national organization which assists military personnel, law enforcement officers, firefighters, health care workers and educators save money on real estate expenses. Homes For Heroes Mountain representative, Patton Property Group, helped another Homes for Heroes buyer, Betty and John McEvoy, by giving back 25% of their commission.

“I qualified for Homes for Heroes because I served in the Georgia Army National Guard for 28 years and also served active duty during Operation Desert Storm,” said John McEnoy. “When we realized we qualified for Homes for Heroes, it was a great feeling.”

About Patton Property Group:
UK-born Rowena Patton is the founder of Patton Property Group (PPG) at Keller Williams. Her background is marketing which lends itself to the marketing focus of the company, driven by new and more effective ways to search for homes for buyers, and a portfolio approach to selling a home for customers. This offers a myriad of ways over and above previous approaches of signs and lock boxes on a home for sellers, and ways to find a home more effectively and in a more enjoyable manner for buyers. Rowena hosts a weekly radio show on News Radio 570am every Saturday 10am-11am – “Plain English Real Estate Show”
Patton Property Group is a top 10 KW team in the Carolinas, and is the exclusive representative for HOMES FOR HEROES in the mountains. Rowena was the founder of the Keller Williams Luxury Division in the mountains in 2007, and holds the CLHMS, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist designation. Several PPG team members are in the top 10 agents in the Asheville area.

Patton Property Group’s Homes for Heroes Program Continues to Flourish

pattonpropertygroup — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:29:30 +0000

Homes for Heroes is a national organization which assists military personnel, law enforcement officers, firefighters, health care workers and educators save money on real estate expenses. Homes For Heroes Mountain representative, Patton Property Group, helped another Homes for Heroes seller, Bill Sbrocco, by giving back 25% of their commission.

“I qualified for Homes for Heroes because I served 20 years in the US Marine Corps,” said Sbrocco. “It’s a great program, and I got a substantial back. It’s great to feel appreciated.”

“It has been a pleasure helping the Sbrocco family divest their investment property,” said Rowena Patton. “This family has been such a pleasure to work with, when listing a recent investment home, I asked Bill what I could do to get them to stay in the area, and was happy to hear that they wanted to take their main residence off the market and stay here! My goal as an agent is to help people meet their long-term life goals, this is what is most satisfying.”

About Patton Property Group:
UK-born Rowena Patton is the founder of Patton Property Group (PPG) at Keller Williams. Her background is marketing which lends itself to the marketing focus of the company, driven by new and more effective ways to search for homes for buyers, and a portfolio approach to selling a home for customers. This offers a myriad of ways over and above previous approaches of signs and lock boxes on a home for sellers, and ways to find a home more effectively and in a more enjoyable manner for buyers. Rowena hosts a weekly radio show on News Radio 570am every Saturday 10am-11am – “Plain English Real Estate Show”
Patton Property Group is a top 10 KW team in the Carolinas, and is the exclusive representative for HOMES FOR HEROES in the mountains. Rowena was the founder of the Keller Williams Luxury Division in the mountains in 2007, and holds the CLHMS, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist designation. Several PPG team members are in the top 10 agents in the Asheville area.

Jill Wilcox and Mary Ann Brackett Sell Home with Patton Property Group

pattonpropertygroup — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:21:02 +0000

On April 13, 2012 Jill Wilcox and Mary Ann Brackett sold a home through Patton Property Group at Keller Williams.

“I thought everything went very smoothly,” said Wilcox. “They were very good about getting the forms to us. It went a lot faster than we excepted it to.”

It has been a pleasure helping market 603 Rose Hill,” said Rowena Patton. “The buyer mentioned that they saw my home tour video which attracted them to the home. It’s good to know that the additional marketing that we do gets homes sold. As realtor’s, we have to do more these days than putting a sign out and a lock box on the door. I was glad we could get their home sold. At Patton Property Group, we have a great team of buyer agents. This property adds to the 47 we have closed or have pending this year so far, hopefully this is a great sign for property sales in 2012.”

Patton Property Group is a top 10 KW team in the Carolinas, and is the exclusive representative for HOMES FOR HEROES in the mountains. Rowena was the founder of the Keller Williams Luxury Division in the mountains in 2007, and holds the CLHMS, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist designation. Several PPG team members are in the top 10 agents in the Asheville area.
Patton Property Group was just awarded #10 group in the Carolinas for Keller Williams.

Contact:
For information about Patton Property Group contact 828 419 9115 or 828 210 1648 or email
Rowena at rowena@PattonPropertyGroup.com.
See Website at www.PattonPropertyGroup.com

Ten Reasons To Visit Asheville NC

pattonpropertygroup — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:26:33 +0000

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Jeremy Brett Carter is a special correspondent for Pop Candy and lives in Asheville NC. He is a popular blogger. Thanks for the great article that we can share with people who are thinking of moving to Asheville, Jeremy.

The Pop Traveler: Ten reasons to visit Asheville, N.C.!

Updated 2012-03-26 11:48 AM

Note: In the Pop Traveler, readers name their city’s favorite pop-culture hot spots/events. Wanna write about your town? Holler at popcandy@usatoday.com.

By Jeremy Brett Carter, Special Correspondent for Pop Candy

Asheville, N.C., consistently receives accolades for its quality of life. In the past 10 years alone, it has been named the “Happiest City in America” by Self magazine, “Best Mountain Destination” in Southern Living, “Best Southern Town” inOutside magazine and among the “Most Beautiful Places in America” by Good Morning America. If you find yourself heading this way, here are a a few pop-culture-themed ways to check out our city:

1. Live music. Asheville’s music scene has gained a national reputation. For starters, The Orange Peel Social Aid & Pleasure Club was named one of the best rock venues in the nation byRolling Stone. Smashing Pumpkins did a nine-day residency there, and other acts have included Bob Dylan, Beastie Boys,Blondie, Ice Cube and Cyndi Lauper. The Avett Brothersrecorded Emotionalism at Echo Mountain Recording Studio, which also has hosted Dierks Bentley, Band of Horses and other acclaimed musicians.

Beyond that, Asheville has loads of local musicians who not only play regularly at venues throughout town, but also tour the USA and abroad. You’ll discover everything from gypsy punk (Sirius.B) to noir pop (stephaniesid) and garage pop (The Mad Tea) to psycho-cabaret (Hellblinki).

2. …And even more live music. Electronic music pioneer and Moog synthesizer inventor Bob Moog lived in Asheville for many years until his death in 2005. Last year Moog Music, which he founded, moved into a newly renovated building downtown. In addition, the Moogfest electronic music festival draws the genre’s top names to town. In its first two years, it hosted acts such as Moby, Brian Eno, The Flaming Lips,St. Vincent, Girl Talk and Massive Attack.

3. Hollywood in the mountains. Hollywood has visited the area area several times, most recently to film a little movie called The Hunger Games. The massive 250-room French château-inspired home at Biltmore Estate has served as a filming location for many movies, including Hannibal, Richie Rich and — my favorite — 1980′s Private Eyes, starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts. The climax of Last of the Mohicanswas filmed at Chimney Rock Park, while Dirty Dancing was filmed at Lake Lure.

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4. Celebrity spotting. Speaking of Hollywood, celebrity sightings are such a regular occurrence that #ashevilleTMZ is a popular, tongue-in-cheek hashtag among local Twitterers.Andie MacDowell is a resident and active with several local charities, and it’s not uncommon to bump into her at the grocery store or a restaurant. Warren Haynes of The Allman Brothers Band and Gov’t Mule spent his childhood here, and each year his Christmas Jam sees an amazing array of musicians playing together at the civic center in a benefit for Habitat for Humanity.

Other celebrities spotted on occasion include residents Gladys Knight and Harry Anderson; native Paul Schneider;Zach Galifianakis, who was born in Wilkesboro; and James Franco, who’s in a Master’s program at Warren Wilson College. There also are regular reports of celebrities in town either for work or pleasure, with recent examples includingColin Farrell, Sandra Oh and Dave Chappelle.

5. Beer City, USA. Asheville has been named Beer City, USA three years in a row. The area is home to 11 craft breweries, and Chico, Calif.-based Sierra Nevada recently announced plans to open a brewery just south of Asheville. One of the best ways to try the local brews is via the Brews Cruise, which takes guests on a bus to area breweries for behind-the-scenes tours and tastings. If you’re in the Southeast, you can likely find our beers in restaurants and stores. Keep an eye out for brews by Highland, French Broad and Pisgah brewing companies.

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6. Literary Asheville.Thomas Wolfe‘s childhood home is now a museum in downtown Asheville, Zelda Fitzgerald died in a fire in a hospital here, and O. Henry is buried in Riverside Cemetery. Contemporary authors with Asheville ties include Water for Elephants author Sara Gruen, who lives here; Special Topics in Calamity Physics author Marisha Pessl, who grew up in Asheville; and Ron Rash, a professor at Western Carolina University whose novel Serena is being adapted for the big screen, with Bradley Cooper andJennifer Lawrence attached to star.

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7. Downtown. Downtown Asheville is the epicenter of all that makes this such an amazing place to be. In warmer months, Pritchard Park is home to a Friday-night drum circle that draws hundreds of people for hours of dancing to improvised beats. On any day you’re likely to see a street-corner musician playing an accordion, stand-up bass, fiddle or virtually any other instrument, and keep your eye out for a living statue or street musician. One of the best ways to experience downtown Asheville is on the LaZoom Comedy Tour, which rolls around town in a swanky purple schoolbus populated with characters such as “Sister Bad Habit” and “Augusta Wind.”

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8. On the wall. Asheville is consistently named among the Top 25 Small Towns for Art by AmericanStyle, and last year it took home top honors. The city has dozens of art galleries and hosts bi-monthly art crawls from April through December. Be sure to check out ZaPow!, which is billed as the only gallery in the Southeast specializing in illustration and pop-culture art. The newly revived River Arts District is where you’ll find warehouses that have been converted into studios, and studio strolls are held on a regular basis here. Back downtown, the city has commissioned many pieces of public art, and are artists also have created elaborate murals on the sides of buildings and even on the Interstate underpass.9. On the stage. Asheville has a vibrant theater scene, with several amateur and professional companies lighting their footlights on a regular basis. North Carolina Stage Company‘s 2011-2012 season has included Hedwig and the Angry Inchand sci-fi tribute Fight Girl Battle World. Asheville Community Theater produces top-notch shows that include classics and world premieres. Down in the River Arts District, The Magnetic Field is a combination restaurant, bar and performance space that only produces original works, including plays, musical, stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, music and more.

10. Food. Asheville has a remarkable culinary scene, with talented chefs from all over the world settling here to open restaurants, and many of them are committed to using local ingredients whenever possible. President Obama has visited12 Bones Barbecue on two of his three visits to the city, whileAnthony Bourdain held a private reception at Cúrate Tapas Bar on a recent visit. If you like chocolate, you can’t go wrong with French Broad Chocolate Lounge, which offers handmade truffles, liquid truffles, caramels, chocolate bars and more. For more info on local independent restaurants, check out Asheville Independent Restaurants.

Over the past few years, the food-truck craze has caught on, with mobile kitchens serving up Korean barbecue tacos (El Kimchi), crepes and empanadas (Ceci’s Culinary Tour), Lebanese street food (Gypsy Queen Cuisine) and more. You’ll find these food trucks all over town, at several of the breweries, and at the new food truck lot downtown.

Of course, this is just the beginning of what there is to do here. Whether you’re here for a few days or a week or more, you’re guaranteed to fall under the spell of a city that’s often called called “The Paris of the South.”

Asheville-based writer and actor Jeremy Brett Carter blogs atwww.revengeofthewordnerd.com.

Top 25 Small Cities, Asheville NC #1

pattonpropertygroup — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:13:38 +0000

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Home » Issue 72 » Top 25 Small Cities
Top 25 Small Cities

May 2010 | BY Jennifer Clary | Issue 72, Summer 2010

Asheville, N.C.’s new signage program features work by city artists—more than 300 signs were produced with the help of local glass and metal artists. Credit: Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau

1. Asheville, N.C.

Readers flew “the Land of the Sky” into the top spot in the Small Cities category for the first time this year. A walk along the streets of Asheville will prove why it deserves this honor, from the Art Deco buildings seen all over the city (including the town’s city hall) to the more than 50 galleries representing every medium. Reader Mark Flowers, of Alexander, N.C., explains, “Asheville’s creative scene runs from the visual art, the handmade craft arts, the music arts, down to the amazing small brewery arts. It’s a total package that brings me downtown whenever I am near.”

With two new public arts programs, Asheville is undergoing a downtown renaissance. In the city’s historical center, known as Pack Square, a new park opened this spring. Along with lush green space, Pack Square Park features an interactive water fountain (aptly named “Splashville”), an amphitheater decorated with handmade tiles, and original works of art by local artists.

Local artists also inspired the new Asheville signage program. More than 300 signs direct visitors and residents to almost 90 attractions, but what makes these signs special is in the details. The city’s artists were commissioned to create unique sign elements in the form of blown glass, bronze and wrought iron.

Homes for Heroes Recipient Tom Drolen Discusses Recent Home Purchase

pattonpropertygroup — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:59:48 +0000

Homes for Heroes is a national organization which assists military personnel, law enforcement officers, firefighters, health care workers and educators save money on real estate expenses. Homes For Heroes Mountain representative, Patton Property Group, helped another Homes for Heroes buyer on April 9th, Tom Drolen, by giving back 25% of their commission.

“Working with Katharina was wonderful, the deal would not have happened without her,” said Drolen. “It went very well and I’m happy the process is over.”

“One does not get many chances in life to really give back and make a difference,” said Broker and Buyer Specialist Katharina Johnson. “Helping Tom through the Homes for Heroes program has been a very rewarding experience.”

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About Patton Property Group:
UK-born Rowena Patton is the founder of Patton Property Group (PPG) at Keller Williams. Her background is marketing which lends itself to the marketing focus of the company, driven by new and more effective ways to search for homes for buyers, and a portfolio approach to selling a home for customers. This offers a myriad of ways over and above previous approaches of signs and lock boxes on a home for sellers, and ways to find a home more effectively and in a more enjoyable manner for buyers. Rowena hosts a weekly radio show on News Radio 570am every Saturday 10am-11am – “Plain English Real Estate Show”
Patton Property Group is a top 10 KW team in the Carolinas, and is the exclusive representative for HOMES FOR HEROES in the mountains. Rowena was the founder of the Keller Williams Luxury Division in the mountains in 2007, and holds the CLHMS, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist designation. Several PPG team members are in the top 10 agents in the Asheville area.

Patton Property Group Sells 33 Properties in 2012

pattonpropertygroup — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:48:26 +0000

Patton Property Group at Keller Williams has 53 homes closed or pending sale in 2012. On March 30, 2012 Erick Lovo bought a home in Asheville, NC.

“I met buyer specialist Nick King he helped me out a lot. We looked a several houses, and it was not long before we found one that I liked,” Erick Lovo. “Nick help me bid, and we got it!”

“I had such a great time working with Erick! When we first met he told me he was determined to find a great house for a great deal, and we stuck to that standard throughout our search process,” said Nick King, Broker, Buyer Specialist. “After weeding out many houses, we finally found a great deal on a bank owned property in Arden. I appreciated Erick’s tenacity and great attitude throughout the process, and had a great time working with him!”

About Patton Property Group:

UK-born Rowena Patton is the founder of Patton Property Group (PPG) at Keller Williams. Her background is marketing which lends itself to the marketing focus of the company, driven by new and more effective ways to search for homes for buyers, and a portfolio approach to selling a home for customers. This offers a myriad of ways over and above previous approaches of signs and lock boxes on a home for sellers, and ways to find a home more effectively and in a more enjoyable manner for buyers. Rowena hosts a weekly radio show on News Radio 570am every Saturday 10am-11am. “Plain English Real Estate Show”

Patton Property Group was just awarded #10 group in the Carolinas for Keller Williams.

Contact:
For information about Patton Property Group contact 828 419 9115 or 828 210 1648 or email
Rowena at rowena@PattonPropertyGroup.com.
See Website at www.PattonPropertyGroup.com

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Patton Property Group teams with Wilde Law Firm for Short Sales in Asheville NC

pattonpropertygroup — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:44:17 +0000

In North Carolina, real estate agents may not negotiate a short sale; this is deemed the practice of law.

Patton Property Group at Keller Williams engages the Wilde Law Firm after meeting with a client that may find themselves in a short sale situation. It is becoming more common for a listing to start out as a regular listing, and then an offer comes in that pushes the property just south of the amount owed on loans. When a seller needs to sell at that time, we can discuss what it means to sell the property as a short sale. Most often, a short sale is discussed when we discover that today’s market value of the property is below the amount owed to the lien holders. At that point, we will cover what is means to sell your home as a short sale, and engage the specialist short sale management services of Wilde Law Firm.

One thing that has remained consistent in the land of Short Sales is the ever changing battleground. Wilde Law Firm has grown from a local solo practice in Asheville to a firm of five attorneys licensed in four states. They are now actively facilitating and negotiating Short Sales throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. Steve Wilde has taught workshops in North Carolina and CE classes in South Carolina as well as serving as a guest writer for real estate publications and appearing as a panelist for special events. Wilde Law Firm has also been invited to consult and provide opinions on the new North Carolina Short Sale Addendum.

Through it all we have learned that the short sale is a true collaborative process. Wilde works with Sellers, Buyers, Listing Agents, and Selling Agents who all play an integral role in the efforts with obtaining the bank’s short sale approval letter. All parties have a desire for the Short Sale to close successfully and have interests that Wilde Law Firm negotiates with the bank(s). The firm has created a new Buyer/Seller engagement letter and a new policy, for use by both Short Sale Seller and Buyer Clients.

An additional wrinkle that we have all been dealing with lately is a lack of understanding of the North Carolina Real Estate Commission’s requirements in a multiple offer Short Sale scenario. To resolve this issue, Wilde Law Firm has crafted a Multiple Offer Addendum. This addendum is to be executed by all Sellers and Buyers, regardless of whether there is any other offer pending at the time of execution. Where Wilde Law Firm is engaged to manage the short sale process, you may notice language such as this on the MLS:

“Wilde Law Firm, PLLC will be retained by both the Buyer and Seller to facilitate and negotiate the short sale. Free Buyer consultation and engagement required prior to acceptance of offer by Seller.”

Short sales are available at every different price point. See short sales available in the area from $14,000

Do you work in the Healthcare industry, Teaching, Police Force, as a Firefighter, or in the Military, retired or active? We will give you 25% off – whether you are Selling or Buying a home! This is equivalent to up to $1,500 on a $200,000 home! See MountainHomesForHeroes.com

There are many great Asheville area homes for sale. Click here to perform full home search, or if you’re thinking of selling your home, click here for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today’s market. You may also call me at (828) 210-1648 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

Sincerely,

Rowena Patton
Broker/Owner
Patton Property Group – TOP TEN in the Carolinas
Keller Williams Professionals
86 Asheland Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 210-1648
Buyers: Request@PattonPropertyGroup.com
Sellers: Selling@PattonPropertyGroup.com