April 14, 2025 • 35 mins
Western North Carolina's real estate market remains steady despite economic fluctuations, with the George Real Estate Group reporting 54 new listings and 47 homes under contract in Henderson County within just the past week. These statistics reaffirm that regardless of market conditions, real estate transactions continue to happen around life's inevitable transitions.
Special guest Phillip Trees, a top agent with the firm and community fixture, brings a unique perspective from his decades of local involvement. From his family's purchase of the iconic Alley Cat restaurant in the 1970s to his leadership at Feed and Seed—a century-old building housing both church services and a beloved bluegrass music venue—Phillip's deep community connections mirror the relationship-focused approach of the George Real Estate Group.
The upcoming "To Helene and Back" benefit concert scheduled for April 20th at 7pm marks six months since Hurricane Helene devastated the region. This event, featuring the renowned Sons of Ralph band, demonstrates how community members continue supporting neighbors in need long after initial recovery efforts fade. As Phillip notes, "People tend to forget" after the initial outpouring of support, making these ongoing fundraising efforts vital for sustained recovery.
Market analysis reveals fascinating trends: first-quarter home sales increased 7.6% compared to last year, new listings rose 12%, while days on market extended by 21%. The average single-family home price in Henderson County currently sits at $544,000—a slight decrease from previous peaks but still indicating a robust market.
Phillip shares a powerful parallel between his recent backcountry skiing adventure and navigating real estate transactions: both require guidance, perseverance, and the willingness to face challenges step by step. As Phillip reflected, "If you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go further, go with someone."
Whether you're buying your first home, selling a property, or exploring investment opportunities, the George Real Estate Group brings over 100 years of combined experience to serve as your guide. Reach out at 828-393-0134 or visit realestatebygregcom to discover how their expertise can help you navigate your next real estate journey.
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bringing you positive news aboutyour local real estate market
and community.
So grateful to be here with you.
Happy Monday.
We're halfway through the monthof April.
We're already past the firstquarter of 2025.
Wow, life's flying by and Iheard it's even going to get
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warm today.
But I mean, what a swing.
They said where else can youhave all four seasons in one day
but Western North Carolina?
But just again, so thankful tobe here with you.
Thank you for spending timewith us this morning.
I want to also say we continueand we're so grateful for the
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We know radio works because wekeep people calling and then we
ask where they heard about usand they're like, oh, we heard
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listeners and, again, gratefulto serve the community through
real estate.
You know the Georgia RealEstate Group.
We have over 100 years combinedexperience on our team.
We are quickly approaching over$380 million worth of real
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This is my 20th year with myreal estate broker's license and
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community, helping our neighborswith their real estate needs.
Again, it could be yourpersonal home, residential home,
it could be selling raw land,it could be selling a commercial
piece, it could be selling aninvestment property or your real
estate portfolio.
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I mean, there's so manydifferent scenarios with real
estate, but we have anincredible group of agents, we
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thinking about a career in realestate, we're growing, we're
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our podcast.
We podcast all of our radioshows.
We have multiple radio showsthat we do each week.
Actually, I started my firstradio program in 2011.
So I've been doing that for anumber of years.
Combined with it.
I mean it's wild to look back.
I mean, like I said, my 20thyear in real estate.
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I joke that I'm an overnightsuccess.
It's taken 20 years of showingup every day, but we keep
showing up every day.
We keep helping our clients.
We're passionate about helpingour clients navigate through.
Keep showing up every day.
We keep helping our clients.
We're passionate about helpingour clients navigate through
life, and life happens andtherefore real estate happens.
I mean, the market's the market,the interest rates are the
interest rates, the economy'sthe economy, but we know real
estate is happening.
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You got to be careful with thenews that's out there.
I mean I just even saw anarticle recently.
Again they're basically sayingthe sky's falling and all these
concerns.
And again you got to be carefulwhat you're listening to, what
you're thinking about, becauseagain the numbers are the
numbers here.
Certainly the market hasshifted and adjusted, but I mean
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just in the last seven days inHenderson County there's been 54
new listings.
There has been 53 price drops.
I mean I will say that thenumber of homes with price
reductions, that's continuing tohappen, but the market's steady
.
I mean there was 47 homes gounder contract, single family
homes went under contract inHenderson County just in the
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last seven days.
I mean the market's moving Nowthere's been 28 closings.
This is just a seven-daysnapshot and we'll dive into the
numbers.
But the market's the market.
The interest rates are theinterest rates.
But we know real estate happensaround life and we're
passionate about helping ourclients navigate through buying
and selling.
Give us a call 828-393-0134,828-393-0134.
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Find us online atrealestatebygregcom and, again,
follow us on social media.
We're glad to connect and we'rejust grateful to serve the
community through real estateand we'll dive more into the
numbers, but I'm so grateful tohave one of our actually our top
real estate agent on our team,phillip Trees.
A number of years with our teamand you might recognize
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Phillip's name, not just fromreal estate but, philip, you've
been in the community obviouslyyour entire life, but um all,
over eat now like yes yes, alleycat cat subs with the secret
recipe.
Secret recipe Phillips familywas in the 70s, late 70s, late
70s Phillips parents purchasedthe alleyey Cat restaurant.
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Well, first we went to a realestate office.
The first thing you did was goto a real estate office Off the
interstate.
Was that there was Habitat?
Speaker 3 (05:34):
you told me Bryson.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Oh, bryson, they're on Church on the right.
That was your very first realestate company you went to and
your parents did in the 70s.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
The company you went to and your parents did it in
the 70s, off the interstate.
Wow Went straight to the realestate and said do you have a
little sandwich shop or a littlerestaurant for sale?
And they said, well, we got one.
Possibly, possibly, so, maybeunder contract, but calls back
in a week, two weeks.
My father was down here andfound the Alley Cat, just like
that.
So it's an amazing story.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
That's wild Talk about full circle.
How old were you, by the way?
I was 12.
You were 12 years old and yourparents pulled off the highway
and the first thing they did waswent to a real estate agent's
office.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Just to ask, my dad had a Dunkin' Donuts shop up in
Chicago area.
Dunkin' Donuts franchise yes,24-7, open 24 hours, seven days
a week In Chicago and 77 was oneof the worst blizzards up there
when it was 40 below and 3 inthe morning.
Baker doesn't show up.
Have to go and make the donutslike the commercial.
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Dad and Mom said we got to headsouth.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
That was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
So you head to Florida.
Somebody a friend, has told usabout the four seasons of
Hendersonville.
That sounds good.
Rather than just a coupleseasons, four Seasons sounds
great, and so we pulled in onFour Seasons Boulevard Of the
irony.
Went into town, turned intoBryson Realty, dad said, is
there a little restaurant?
Because that was his businessrestaurant he owned.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
I mean, that's what he knew, yeah but not 24-7.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Six days a week, normal hours.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
By the way, he was probably thrilled to have six
days a week.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
For sure, we all were .
Speaker 1 (07:11):
And you shut down at lunchtime.
We all were.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
And the rest is just a little History, Beautiful
history, so honored to grow upin this wonderful and still here
.
So that's just yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
What a story.
Yeah, and it's still here, sothat's just.
Yeah, what a story.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Yeah, great little story.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
So again, decades in the community and the Alley Cat
restaurant, I mean amazing for anumber of decades.
And you think about the littlerestaurants that we have, the
mom and pop restaurants that wehave in Hendersonville, is what
makes it Amazing, amazing, andso my heart was years later.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
I was helped years ago.
If I can help someone now thesame way, I was helped and it
truly changed my life.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Yeah, real estate can and it does change lives.
I mean, it's one of thosethings.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
It can put you in a new place, a new community.
You fall in love with it andraise your family.
It's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
And give back and get involved.
Yeah, Now then your storycontinued, but in the last, I
mean, has it been 20 yearsyou've been doing.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Feed and Seed Since 2007.
2007.
We're approaching, so 18 years,approaching 20 years, feed and
Seed, which a lot of peoplemight.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
You might know the Feed and Seed in Fletcher from.
I mean, it's a multifacetedchurch in addition to a venue
and live music and an incrediblecommunity center.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
That building is just .
It's a treasure 100 years old100 years old 1920 build.
It's right there next to Lulu's, which is the old Chevrolet
dealership.
So everything on that side ofthe 25 there is the old original
buildings when it was just anold, probably gravel, road
coming up, it might have beenthe old Buncombe Turnpike to get
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up from South Carolina.
Asheville was that old way up,and so it's a great Fletcher's
just wonderful to be there.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
And Fletcher.
The growth that Fletcher'sexperienced is incredible,
unreal.
But Feed and Seed is a veryspecial venue and very special
community and very specialchurch.
But you guys have been doing Imean live music and I mean the
music scene that you've helpedgrow and foster in the community
is incredible.
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I mean the local bands plus theother bands you've had in and
just the singer-songwriters, allof it that you've been doing.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
The niche has been bluegrass, because when you're
in a 100-year-old general store,feed and seed building.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
The acoustics.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
And then what kind of music you're going to do.
You're going to do bluegrass,which is again blue ridge,
mountains, the music's thatthat's native this area and and
so it was an obvious.
I didn't know.
I didn't know anything aboutbluegrass, but I'm a quick
learner, had to be and so lovedhaving the bluegrass bands.
So I asked a bluegrass band.
I begged them to come in forthe first time in 2008 on a
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Saturday night.
Red Eye Ramblers begged them tocome in.
We saw them at a playing at alittle Mexican restaurant.
Begged them to come in.
Well, they were very hesitantbecause we were church on
Sundays, but would you comeSaturday and play bluegrass?
Very hesitant because theydidn't know if it was a hook and
bait.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Yeah, bait and switch , no.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
But so they came in and they played for an hour.
They said, well, can we playfor another hour?
Well, sure, and can we comeback in two weeks?
And I haven't had to ask a bandsince, basically Wow After that
, because they came in and theyjust loved it, the acoustics and
we're about the bands there andwe're about giving them all the
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money in the bucket for thedonation.
It all goes to them.
So it's a great thing for thebands.
They love being featuredbecause a lot of bands and a lot
of musicians know this.
A lot of times you get invitedto a venue, to an event and the
band's kind of off in the cornerand people do everything.
They may listen to the band alittle bit, but the bands are
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playing their hearts out andit's 95 degrees and they've
hauled all their equipment thereand they got to haul their
equipment back and they're kindof in the corner.
But this is for hometown bandsto be on the stage with lights
front and center, lights anddancing and it's all about them.
So it's powerful.
Oh, they can't wait to go back.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
And the community has really come around and
literally hundreds of concertssince 2008.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Every weekend we do a season now from spring to
Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Well, and that was part of the evolution and change
.
You know, covid hit Right right, which you know, just changed
things with live music and so,but you guys, you have some
upcoming events coming up right.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Right.
Actually, we're starting thisSaturday as our big event.
We're doing for Helene, whichis a hurricane.
We're doing a hurricane benefitand we're excited about that.
The kickoff for our 2025 seasonis this Saturday at Feed and
Seed at 7 pm.
We're excited about doing abenefit and I've kind of waited
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intentionally until all the kindof dust has settled.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
And, of course, the community outpouring for the
nonprofits and for help for thelast six months have been
amazing, but after six monthsit's going to start to relax a
little bit and that does seem tohappen with any type of crisis
in anybody's, even someone'spersonal life or even a
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community.
You have all that initialoutpouring, which is so you
can't survive without it, butthen, the longer time passes I
mean people tend to forget.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
So I intentionally wanted to wait until that kind
of starts to load and then Ithought this would be a great
time.
It's a neat weekend to do it.
I'll be honest, I'm having Sonsof Ralph.
They're a fantastic, very longtradition in bluegrass in the
western Carolinas.
Ralph Lewis actually playedwith Bill Monroe.
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Sons of Ralph, sons of Ralph,sons of Ralph but not Ralph
Stanley, not Ralph Stanley, butRalph Lewis was the father.
Now he's passed, but his twosons, marty and Donnie, no way.
They've been doing bluegrassfor years and the father
actually played with Bill Monroe, and so their band's been one
of the most known bands in thearea, for sure, and they're
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coming to do a show at 7 o'clockthis Saturday and it's
basically a benefit and we'recalling it To Helene and Back.
Now that phrase.
I sat on that and my son helpeddesign the logo for the shirts
and one of our church members hehas printed the shirts and one
of our church members, he hasprinted the shirts.
So I had tried to once a yearwatch Band of Brothers and I had
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been coming across this thingwith Audie Murphy and his book
to hell and back, and then mywife and I on that Friday when
it hit and we're in the basementand it was scary.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
Your own experience.
It was very, very scary, it wasa lot, and I'm thinking and
that phrase came to my mind.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
I said you know, that would be a powerful logo, a
powerful statement.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
And I thought also I'm a pastor as well and I've
been a pastor from the beginning.
With this whole thing, if youcan see, it is Easter weekend.
Good Friday and Easter isSaturday's between, and kind of
tag off that as well with Easter.
Apostle's Creed.
He descended to hell on Friday,he rose on Sunday, and so we've
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seen this community go throughFriday.
It's time to rise on Sunday,easter weekend, and I thought
that'd be a great weekend.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
There's so many tie-ins.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
So many tie-ins for this event to kick off the next
season, but also to raise moneythrough the T-shirts and through
our snacks and through thedonations the band is playing as
a gift.
Of course, the church will takecare of the band, but we're
going to be raising money forthe local nonprofits in our
counties, in our main counties,here, to raise money to give
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back to them.
Feed and Seed a little church.
We can't go build a bridge, wecan't build a house, we can't
build infrastructure, but whatFeed and Seed can do is music.
Yes, live music.
We're set up for it.
We've done it since 2008.
And so that's our part.
We can do a little bit To getback.
Yeah, and we're going to givewhat we can back to these
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nonprofits that have just theygot us, they got our driveway
cleared.
It's extraordinary, we got outbecause of them.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
Yeah, so it's been amazing.
So we want to give back and weyeah, so it's been amazing.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
So we want to give back and we thought it would be
a good time, almost six monthsto the day, wow.
It's been almost six months tothe day and so I'm so excited.
So, 7 pm, Feed and Seeddowntown Fletcher Just look for
the cars, You'll see it right inthe center of town.
Sons of Ralph.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
7 pm and there's no cost, no cost, no cost.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
It's donations, only Donations only Free to come in.
Family friendly Popcorn's adollar and come on in, we'd love
to have you, and that'll thenkick off our season, which is
every Friday night on throughThanksgiving.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
Wow, excited about it .
This is a big deal.
We're excited and again, andour community has gone through
so much To help and To help, andit's for you guys to do this
and the Sons of Ralph to comeout and perform, but just to
bring the community together Forsure.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
And music is a great thing.
For that it is a wonderful tool.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Yeah, and music is very healing Music can bring
everybody together and it's aplace Again.
It's this interesting tensionbetween, again, the challenges
that our communities faced, butalso it's okay to enjoy yourself
and to let loose a little bitand to still have fun For sure.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
Now, next Friday night is our first official
Friday night shows.
Lazy Birds is a great band fromAsheville, jay Brown, who is a
professional musician in thearea that does a lot of music
therapy and he's a songwriterand he's one of our top favorite
bands to come to Feed and SeedLazy Birds.
They're fantastic Right off thebat.
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He writes songs with Helene.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (17:15):
And he played this past late fall.
He came and then his song hewrote is moving.
I mean so all the songwriterssee, they just started to rise
up and write these songs to helppeople deal with.
Well, that's right to process.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
Music can help us process our emotions and things
we've experienced, and it's Imean, it's powerful.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
It's healing yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
That's amazing.
So, Philip Trees, we're sograteful to have you here this
morning.
That's amazing.
So, Philip Trees, we're sograteful to have you here this
morning.
You wear many hats, betweenbeing a pastor at Feed and Seed,
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also running the music venue,also helping so many people with
real estate.
I mean it's all interconnectedRelationships.
That's right and I've said thismany times At the George Real
Estate Group yes, it's houses,but it's bigger than that, it's
advocating, it's facilitating,it's the relationships of
helping our clients navigatethrough whatever they might be
going through.
And it's so interesting too.
Sometimes we go through theexperience of helping somebody
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evaluate their real estatesituation and guess what?
Because we've provided clarityand information, some of our
clients say, hey, I don't wantto buy or sell, which is okay.
Like we are literally there tohelp you, give you information
so you can make a decision forwhat's right for you, and if you
come to the conclusion it's notright to buy or sell, we've
actually done our job.
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I mean that's part of theproviding clarity and
information and it's veryincredibly rewarding.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
Not now, but maybe soon.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Yeah, which is okay, so you can call us directly at
828-393-0134.
What's the website for Feed andSeed?
Or is it Facebook?
Or how do people find out andfollow information about what's
going on with Feed and Seed?
Speaker 3 (19:02):
Yeah, the website is feedandseednccom, so it's all
lowercase feedandseednc.
A-n-d.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
A-N-D.
Feedandseednccom.
Okay.
Speaker 3 (19:13):
That's our website.
It has a schedule on there.
And then we have, of course wehave a Facebook page.
You can look up Feed and SeedFacebook page as well, and we
have of course you know we havethe little marquee out front.
You can come by there and see.
But basically we just keep itreal simple Church on Sundays,
music on Fridays starting nowand then starting next week, but
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then this show to kick it offthis Saturday.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
So it's a fundraiser for Helene.
Yeah, it's a great spot.
That's incredible.
Speaker 3 (19:39):
We're in a good spot there with good neighbors.
We've got Lulu's.
We appreciate that consignmentshop being there.
They let us do overflow parkingand the Auction House.
Guys, they've just come inthere and they have a great
venue, great food.
What a collaboration.
They do music as well outside,so it's all become a little
great spot there in the centerof Fletcher.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Absolutely, phillip.
So thankful to have you hereand to our listeners.
You're listening to the GeorgiaReal Estate Group live radio
broadcast here in the queueevery Monday morning.
We have a short break coming uphere but again, if we can help
you with any of your real estateneeds buying, selling or
investing, or talking throughyour real estate portfolio or a
1031 exchange or your raw landor commercial we're glad to have
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the conversation.
Find us online atrealestatebygregcom.
Also, follow us on social mediaFacebook and Instagram.
We had three open houses thisweekend which were all well
attended.
I mean, the market is stillmoving and we have a short break
coming up, but when we comeback, philip and I will talk
about some of the real estatenumbers.
Also, philip has a fascinatingstory I think we want to talk
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about, with a recent adventurethat he went on I think it'd be
good to reflect on.
But stay tuned in, we'll beright back.
Good morning and welcome backto the George Real Estate Group
live radio broadcast here in thequeue every Monday morning,
sharing with you positive newsabout your real estate market
and community, and grateful tohave Philip Trees with us this
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morning.
The market is so fascinating.
We continue to see strongdemand.
I mean we're averaging some 125single-family homes a month
selling in Henderson County.
The average single-family homeprice over the last 12 months
has come down a little bit.
If you look at the rolling 12at 544 and change.
We were at one point we peakedout in the 550s but we're down
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to 544.
So there's a slight dip in theaverage single family home price
over the last 12 monthscompared to the previous 12
months.
It's up compared to theprevious 12 months but it's been
slowly, just a very nominaldrop.
Again, 544 is the averagesingle-family home price.
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Currently the inventory levelskeep going up.
I mean right now there's 481active single-family homes on
the market and again we'reaveraging 125 homes a month
selling.
But the market is still movingand I know between I mean we see
it I mean with the buyers thatare out there buying the sellers
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that are.
I mean we're seeing an increasein the number of sellers that
are putting their homes in themarket, which gives buyers more
options to consider interestrates, especially in context of
the economy and the volatilityof what's happening in the stock
market.
But the market is the market.
It really comes down to what'sgoing on in our clients' lives
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and again it could be a reallypositive reason why someone's
buying or selling.
It could be a challengingreason, but I mean, we're there
to walk alongside with ourclients.
I recently did a social mediapost about the first quarter.
The first quarter this year.
Versus the first quarter lastyear, there's 7.6% more homes
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sold.
I mean so a slight increase inthe number of single family
homes sold this first quarterversus the previous first
quarter.
Also, there's been an increaseof 12% more listings hitting the
market in the first quarter of2025 compared to the same time
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period in 2024.
And then also interestingly,the days on market is up 21%.
There's been an increase of 10days, a 10-day increase on the
market this first quarter versusthe previous first quarter.
So again, I can dive into thenumbers.
It's so interesting to look atthose numbers and, of course,
your unique situation, yourunique home, your unique
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circumstances, whatever thatmight be we can look at it in
context of the market and we canhave that conversation.
I also enjoy Phillip frequentlytalking about life and
challenges that we face.
But also, how do we facechallenges, whether it's our
mindset or doing hard things andwe can do hard things that can
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be challenging.
I even have a radio ad goingout there right now, again about
a very challenging situationwhere someone had to face
adversity and they came throughit.
It was a life-threatening eventand, again, not often do we get
put in those situations, butsometimes we can choose to go on
adventures that challengeourselves and push ourselves.
Is it okay to share about yourrecent adventure?
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You went on Sure you love.
Something people may or may notknow about Philip Treese is he
loves snow skiing and you'vebeen doing that for your whole
life.
Speaker 3 (24:37):
Teenager and going up to Wolf Laurel with the little
church group where the dads takeyou up to Wolf Laurel, they
take you to the top and theypush you down and say have fun,
Good luck.
And you just dive in and try tolearn, try to survive.
So from then on, just trying tolearn and enjoy it.
(24:57):
It's a wonderful thing to beoutside and see the beauty.
For sure A lot of trips outwest.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
And you love going and I'm also grateful to have
the privilege of going out.
Actually, I learned tosnowboard out in Colorado, which
was in college actually, so 25years ago but I had the
privilege of learning how tosnowboard, which I know people
whether it's snowboarding orskiing.
But you recently had a trip outthere and you've had this
(25:27):
adventure.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
It's kind of the next step.
It's backcountry, no, it'sgetting to where a lot of the
resorts are crowded and ofcourse the cost continues to go
up and so kind of the new.
Well, it's not new, but it'ssome kind of thing people are
more getting into, which isgreat, these lands, because out
west the lands are federal.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Oh, these are state national.
Speaker 3 (25:54):
As taxpayers we own that in a sense.
You can go on these nationallands and trailheads and things
like that.
So in the winter, when there'ssnow cover, now in the summer
they're great for hiking andbiking.
Take your dogs.
In the winter, of course,there's six feet of snow in
there, but so then you go, asbackcountry is, you go in there
with skis and you go up.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
Now skis go up.
How do you go uphill with?
Speaker 3 (26:18):
skis.
Skis go up.
You put a they're called skinsyou put them on the bottom of
the skis and it's kind of likefur on an otter it slides
forward, but as you go back itgrips.
And so that's actually how itwas invented was some sort of
varmint.
They realized, hey, the skin,the fur is smooth this way and
(26:40):
it catches the other way.
So they actually put that onwith an adhesive and you could
take it on and off.
So you go up and you are.
It looks like cross-countryskiing.
You're going up and up, and upand up.
That's what I did learn.
You see it, you realize youactually do it.
(27:00):
There's a lot more up than down, but that's okay.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
That can be life.
Speaker 3 (27:06):
That was a good to me a picture of life too.
It's step by step, up and upand up, and it's 15 minutes of
beauty going down, so it was agreat mental, it might be two
hours of climbing up.
Oh, it was two hours, for sureof going up.
Speaker 1 (27:23):
I mean, this was a full-day adventure.
You went on A full day yeah,with a guide.
Speaker 3 (27:26):
Now, that's the key.
That's the key.
Don't try this at home.
Don't try this without, and youhave to go with a guide.
So that was very exciting Oncein a lifetime and planned for it
for a couple years.
I chickened out the first year.
I did chicken out.
Oh interesting, I got out thereand can I postpone this Because
I knew it was going to be anundertaking.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
Physically.
Physically, for sure, andmentally.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
And you can't practice.
Where can you practice here?
So it was all that, but didfinally do it and had a guide.
That's the neatest thing, aguide that is with you every
step of the way, and that's agreat thing is to have a guide.
We're in reality, we're yourguide.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
Well, that's the thing I mean, these things that
might seem overwhelming orthings that might seem
impossible or challenging, andhow often do we on purpose put
ourselves into those, into thosesituations?
So I got to give you credit,philip, you, you were willing to
get outside of your comfortzone, uh, physically and and
mentally, to do this very epicchallenge.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
I mean, at these you were what 10 000 feet plus tree
line, and you get elevation.
You're going through the woodsand you're thinking how am I?
And you?
And then you start trees startto get thinner because you're
above the tree line and you getup there Plus elevation.
You're going through the woodsand you're thinking how am I
going to get?
And then trees start to getthinner because then the air is
thinner.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
You're above the tree line.
Speaker 3 (28:43):
You're above the tree line and you get to the top, I
said, wow, so then you go downand of course, the payoff is no
one else has skied in this area,so it is a great adventure.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
But at some point I'm sure you were like how am I
going to be?
Speaker 3 (29:03):
able to actually do this Right right and get back up
and get back to the car.
I mean it was very, but that'sgood.
We all need those littleadventures.
They're good.
So it was a really neat payofffor me to learn that step by
step and you did something witha guide and again back to I mean
(29:25):
in.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
There's so many lessons right in life, but also
I mean in.
People might feel it'simpossible or overwhelming.
How am I going to sell my house?
How am I going to, you know,get rid of all my things?
Or maybe you're moving into aretirement community and but
again having guide, someonethere to walk alongside with you
, someone that's done it before,someone that knows the pitfalls
(29:46):
, that can anticipate things,Right.
But also just encourage you.
You're like, you can do this?
Speaker 3 (29:56):
Oh for sure, and you need little encouragements along
the way and little quips thatgive you a little giggle.
Was my guide showed up at 730and said to me, Philip Trees,
the guy that says hi, my name isForrest.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
His first name was Forrest.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
So I thought, okay, so T is going to be guided by
forest.
I thought only this couldhappen.
I mean, that was a neat littlequip.
So you know, that was a greatlittle thing to happen.
Yeah, that made it fun, that'swild and you survived.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
You're here today.
Yeah, it was great.
That's wild Again, thank youfor sharing that Again, I think
it's important to have thoseconversations.
And again, we can do hardthings, we can walk through
challenges and again, havingsomeone to come alongside you to
help you navigate through it, Imean it's a powerful analogy
(30:52):
for life.
It's wild.
Well, Philip, we're so gratefulto have you here with us this
morning Again.
Well, Phillip, we're sograteful to have you here with
us this morning.
Again, let's remind ourlisteners about Feed and Seeds'
upcoming charity concert forHelene and our community that's
coming up this coming Saturday.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
This coming Saturday at 7 pm.
7 pm.
Sons of Ralph, sons of Ralphand friends Might bring us some
extra pickers and extramusicians, little friends.
So that might be a little bitkind of a fun thing to have a
little surprise or two.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
As feed and seed, and then you guys are having an
Easter service on Sunday morning, sunday morning 11 o'clock.
Speaker 3 (31:25):
We're always there on Sunday, so come on out for that
.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
Again thankful to have you, phillip, join us this
morning on the radio and you'vebeen so gracious.
Sometimes, when I'm traveling,you hold down the mic for me.
You hold down the mic for me,oh, honored to help.
It's very grateful.
And, of course, with all yourreal estate needs, and we are so
grateful.
We have an incredible team inplace.
Phillip is absolutely one ofthem.
We have a number of agents andstaff and we're grateful We've
been helping more people alreadythis year than we did last year
(31:50):
.
We're growing.
We're helping people.
The market's the market, theinterest rates are the interest
rates.
But we know real estate happensaround life and I want to just
say thank you to our radiolisteners, the calls that we get
at our office and peoplecalling in saying, hey, we've
heard you on the radio and we'rethinking about buying or
selling.
We're so grateful for the phonecalls and the opportunity to
interview.
And if you're thinking aboutbuying, selling or investing in
(32:11):
real estate or just curious whatthe market's doing, maybe you
have a 1031 exchange, maybeyou're looking at selling an
investment property, maybeyou're selling your personal
home, whatever it might be, giveus a call 828-393-0134.
Find us online atrealestatebygregcom, follow us
on social media, and then wepodcast all of our radio shows
as well.
Phillip, anything else inwrapping up you'd like to convey
(32:33):
?
Speaker 3 (32:34):
Thanks for being a great guide, oh you're welcome.
Speaker 1 (32:37):
Very much so and I've had great guides in my life too
Again, the mentors and coaches,and you know we can.
You think you can go.
People think they can go.
What is it?
If you want to go fast, goalone, but if you want to go
further, go along with someone.
Don't go alone.
You can go further with someoneby your side.
Love to be your guide.
Likewise, with someone by yourside, Love to be your guide,
(32:57):
Likewise, Philip.
Thank you so much, and again toour listeners, have a wonderful
Monday, Happy Monday, what agreat day it is.
Enjoy the warmth that's comingour way and again, follow us
online, subscribe to our podcastand have a great day.
We'll see you next Monday.
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you're not alone.
People have been asking whathappened next.
Dr Robbins' car had plungedinto a freezing river and as a
teenager, underwater anddisoriented, she remembered her
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They will rise to the surface.
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She did, but when she reachedthe top, expecting air, she
slammed into solid ice, Out ofbreath and nearly out of
strength.
She kept moving desperately,searching for a break, and just
when she thought she couldn't goon, a stranger appeared and
pulled her to safety.
It's a powerful reminder.
We can do hard things, but wedon't have to do them alone.
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Speaker 2 (34:18):
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and community.
So grateful to be here with you.
Happy Monday.
We're halfway through the monthof April.
We're already past the firstquarter of 2025.
Wow, life's flying by and Iheard it's even going to get
(01:08):
warm today.
But I mean, what a swing.
They said where else can youhave all four seasons in one day
but Western North Carolina?
But just again, so thankful tobe here with you.
Thank you for spending timewith us this morning.
I want to also say we continueand we're so grateful for the
phone calls that come in fromour listeners and friends of
(01:30):
listeners that call in and askto have a conversation about
their thing, about selling orbuying or just curious what
their home is worth.
We are so grateful for thesupport.
We know radio works because wekeep people calling and then we
ask where they heard about usand they're like, oh, we heard
you on the radio and so we'rejust thankful for our radio
(01:51):
listeners and, again, gratefulto serve the community through
real estate.
You know the Georgia RealEstate Group.
We have over 100 years combinedexperience on our team.
We are quickly approaching over$380 million worth of real
estate sold over the years.
This is my 20th year with myreal estate broker's license and
we are passing 1,500 familiesthat we've served, 1,500 clients
(02:12):
served over the years and wehave an incredible group of
agents and staff and we're soenthusiastic about helping our
community, helping our neighborswith their real estate needs.
Again, it could be yourpersonal home, residential home,
it could be selling raw land,it could be selling a commercial
piece, it could be selling aninvestment property or your real
estate portfolio.
(02:32):
You could be considering a 1031exchange.
I mean, there's so manydifferent scenarios with real
estate, but we have anincredible group of agents, we
have incredible staff, and so,if you're thinking about buying,
selling or investing in realestate, or even if you're
thinking about a career in realestate, we're growing, we're
hiring, we have an incrediblegroup of agents and we'd love to
have the conversation with you.
Find us online atrealestatebygregcom, follow us
(02:54):
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our podcast.
We podcast all of our radioshows.
We have multiple radio showsthat we do each week.
Actually, I started my firstradio program in 2011.
So I've been doing that for anumber of years.
Combined with it.
I mean it's wild to look back.
I mean, like I said, my 20thyear in real estate.
(03:15):
I joke that I'm an overnightsuccess.
It's taken 20 years of showingup every day, but we keep
showing up every day.
We keep helping our clients.
We're passionate about helpingour clients navigate through.
Keep showing up every day.
We keep helping our clients.
We're passionate about helpingour clients navigate through
life, and life happens andtherefore real estate happens.
I mean, the market's the market,the interest rates are the
interest rates, the economy'sthe economy, but we know real
estate is happening.
(03:36):
You got to be careful with thenews that's out there.
I mean I just even saw anarticle recently.
Again they're basically sayingthe sky's falling and all these
concerns.
And again you got to be carefulwhat you're listening to, what
you're thinking about, becauseagain the numbers are the
numbers here.
Certainly the market hasshifted and adjusted, but I mean
(03:57):
just in the last seven days inHenderson County there's been 54
new listings.
There has been 53 price drops.
I mean I will say that thenumber of homes with price
reductions, that's continuing tohappen, but the market's steady
.
I mean there was 47 homes gounder contract, single family
homes went under contract inHenderson County just in the
(04:20):
last seven days.
I mean the market's moving Nowthere's been 28 closings.
This is just a seven-daysnapshot and we'll dive into the
numbers.
But the market's the market.
The interest rates are theinterest rates.
But we know real estate happensaround life and we're
passionate about helping ourclients navigate through buying
and selling.
Give us a call 828-393-0134,828-393-0134.
(04:43):
Find us online atrealestatebygregcom and, again,
follow us on social media.
We're glad to connect and we'rejust grateful to serve the
community through real estateand we'll dive more into the
numbers, but I'm so grateful tohave one of our actually our top
real estate agent on our team,phillip Trees.
A number of years with our teamand you might recognize
(05:05):
Phillip's name, not just fromreal estate but, philip, you've
been in the community obviouslyyour entire life, but um all,
over eat now like yes yes, alleycat cat subs with the secret
recipe.
Secret recipe Phillips familywas in the 70s, late 70s, late
70s Phillips parents purchasedthe alleyey Cat restaurant.
(05:27):
Well, first we went to a realestate office.
The first thing you did was goto a real estate office Off the
interstate.
Was that there was Habitat?
Speaker 3 (05:34):
you told me Bryson.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Oh, bryson, they're on Church on the right.
That was your very first realestate company you went to and
your parents did in the 70s.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
The company you went to and your parents did it in
the 70s, off the interstate.
Wow Went straight to the realestate and said do you have a
little sandwich shop or a littlerestaurant for sale?
And they said, well, we got one.
Possibly, possibly, so, maybeunder contract, but calls back
in a week, two weeks.
My father was down here andfound the Alley Cat, just like
that.
So it's an amazing story.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
That's wild Talk about full circle.
How old were you, by the way?
I was 12.
You were 12 years old and yourparents pulled off the highway
and the first thing they did waswent to a real estate agent's
office.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Just to ask, my dad had a Dunkin' Donuts shop up in
Chicago area.
Dunkin' Donuts franchise yes,24-7, open 24 hours, seven days
a week In Chicago and 77 was oneof the worst blizzards up there
when it was 40 below and 3 inthe morning.
Baker doesn't show up.
Have to go and make the donutslike the commercial.
(06:32):
Dad and Mom said we got to headsouth.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
That was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
So you head to Florida.
Somebody a friend, has told usabout the four seasons of
Hendersonville.
That sounds good.
Rather than just a coupleseasons, four Seasons sounds
great, and so we pulled in onFour Seasons Boulevard Of the
irony.
Went into town, turned intoBryson Realty, dad said, is
there a little restaurant?
Because that was his businessrestaurant he owned.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
I mean, that's what he knew, yeah but not 24-7.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Six days a week, normal hours.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
By the way, he was probably thrilled to have six
days a week.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
For sure, we all were .
Speaker 1 (07:11):
And you shut down at lunchtime.
We all were.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
And the rest is just a little History, Beautiful
history, so honored to grow upin this wonderful and still here
.
So that's just yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
What a story.
Yeah, and it's still here, sothat's just.
Yeah, what a story.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Yeah, great little story.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
So again, decades in the community and the Alley Cat
restaurant, I mean amazing for anumber of decades.
And you think about the littlerestaurants that we have, the
mom and pop restaurants that wehave in Hendersonville, is what
makes it Amazing, amazing, andso my heart was years later.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
I was helped years ago.
If I can help someone now thesame way, I was helped and it
truly changed my life.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Yeah, real estate can and it does change lives.
I mean, it's one of thosethings.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
It can put you in a new place, a new community.
You fall in love with it andraise your family.
It's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
And give back and get involved.
Yeah, Now then your storycontinued, but in the last, I
mean, has it been 20 yearsyou've been doing.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Feed and Seed Since 2007.
2007.
We're approaching, so 18 years,approaching 20 years, feed and
Seed, which a lot of peoplemight.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
You might know the Feed and Seed in Fletcher from.
I mean, it's a multifacetedchurch in addition to a venue
and live music and an incrediblecommunity center.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
That building is just .
It's a treasure 100 years old100 years old 1920 build.
It's right there next to Lulu's, which is the old Chevrolet
dealership.
So everything on that side ofthe 25 there is the old original
buildings when it was just anold, probably gravel, road
coming up, it might have beenthe old Buncombe Turnpike to get
(08:59):
up from South Carolina.
Asheville was that old way up,and so it's a great Fletcher's
just wonderful to be there.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
And Fletcher.
The growth that Fletcher'sexperienced is incredible,
unreal.
But Feed and Seed is a veryspecial venue and very special
community and very specialchurch.
But you guys have been doing Imean live music and I mean the
music scene that you've helpedgrow and foster in the community
is incredible.
(09:27):
I mean the local bands plus theother bands you've had in and
just the singer-songwriters, allof it that you've been doing.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
The niche has been bluegrass, because when you're
in a 100-year-old general store,feed and seed building.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
The acoustics.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
And then what kind of music you're going to do.
You're going to do bluegrass,which is again blue ridge,
mountains, the music's thatthat's native this area and and
so it was an obvious.
I didn't know.
I didn't know anything aboutbluegrass, but I'm a quick
learner, had to be and so lovedhaving the bluegrass bands.
So I asked a bluegrass band.
I begged them to come in forthe first time in 2008 on a
(10:06):
Saturday night.
Red Eye Ramblers begged them tocome in.
We saw them at a playing at alittle Mexican restaurant.
Begged them to come in.
Well, they were very hesitantbecause we were church on
Sundays, but would you comeSaturday and play bluegrass?
Very hesitant because theydidn't know if it was a hook and
bait.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Yeah, bait and switch , no.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
But so they came in and they played for an hour.
They said, well, can we playfor another hour?
Well, sure, and can we comeback in two weeks?
And I haven't had to ask a bandsince, basically Wow After that
, because they came in and theyjust loved it, the acoustics and
we're about the bands there andwe're about giving them all the
(10:44):
money in the bucket for thedonation.
It all goes to them.
So it's a great thing for thebands.
They love being featuredbecause a lot of bands and a lot
of musicians know this.
A lot of times you get invitedto a venue, to an event and the
band's kind of off in the cornerand people do everything.
They may listen to the band alittle bit, but the bands are
(11:05):
playing their hearts out andit's 95 degrees and they've
hauled all their equipment thereand they got to haul their
equipment back and they're kindof in the corner.
But this is for hometown bandsto be on the stage with lights
front and center, lights anddancing and it's all about them.
So it's powerful.
Oh, they can't wait to go back.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
And the community has really come around and
literally hundreds of concertssince 2008.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Every weekend we do a season now from spring to
Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Well, and that was part of the evolution and change
.
You know, covid hit Right right, which you know, just changed
things with live music and so,but you guys, you have some
upcoming events coming up right.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Right.
Actually, we're starting thisSaturday as our big event.
We're doing for Helene, whichis a hurricane.
We're doing a hurricane benefitand we're excited about that.
The kickoff for our 2025 seasonis this Saturday at Feed and
Seed at 7 pm.
We're excited about doing abenefit and I've kind of waited
(12:09):
intentionally until all the kindof dust has settled.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
And, of course, the community outpouring for the
nonprofits and for help for thelast six months have been
amazing, but after six monthsit's going to start to relax a
little bit and that does seem tohappen with any type of crisis
in anybody's, even someone'spersonal life or even a
(12:32):
community.
You have all that initialoutpouring, which is so you
can't survive without it, butthen, the longer time passes I
mean people tend to forget.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
So I intentionally wanted to wait until that kind
of starts to load and then Ithought this would be a great
time.
It's a neat weekend to do it.
I'll be honest, I'm having Sonsof Ralph.
They're a fantastic, very longtradition in bluegrass in the
western Carolinas.
Ralph Lewis actually playedwith Bill Monroe.
(13:04):
Sons of Ralph, sons of Ralph,sons of Ralph but not Ralph
Stanley, not Ralph Stanley, butRalph Lewis was the father.
Now he's passed, but his twosons, marty and Donnie, no way.
They've been doing bluegrassfor years and the father
actually played with Bill Monroe, and so their band's been one
of the most known bands in thearea, for sure, and they're
(13:26):
coming to do a show at 7 o'clockthis Saturday and it's
basically a benefit and we'recalling it To Helene and Back.
Now that phrase.
I sat on that and my son helpeddesign the logo for the shirts
and one of our church members hehas printed the shirts and one
of our church members, he hasprinted the shirts.
So I had tried to once a yearwatch Band of Brothers and I had
(13:49):
been coming across this thingwith Audie Murphy and his book
to hell and back, and then mywife and I on that Friday when
it hit and we're in the basementand it was scary.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
Your own experience.
It was very, very scary, it wasa lot, and I'm thinking and
that phrase came to my mind.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
I said you know, that would be a powerful logo, a
powerful statement.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
And I thought also I'm a pastor as well and I've
been a pastor from the beginning.
With this whole thing, if youcan see, it is Easter weekend.
Good Friday and Easter isSaturday's between, and kind of
tag off that as well with Easter.
Apostle's Creed.
He descended to hell on Friday,he rose on Sunday, and so we've
(14:35):
seen this community go throughFriday.
It's time to rise on Sunday,easter weekend, and I thought
that'd be a great weekend.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
There's so many tie-ins.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
So many tie-ins for this event to kick off the next
season, but also to raise moneythrough the T-shirts and through
our snacks and through thedonations the band is playing as
a gift.
Of course, the church will takecare of the band, but we're
going to be raising money forthe local nonprofits in our
counties, in our main counties,here, to raise money to give
(15:08):
back to them.
Feed and Seed a little church.
We can't go build a bridge, wecan't build a house, we can't
build infrastructure, but whatFeed and Seed can do is music.
Yes, live music.
We're set up for it.
We've done it since 2008.
And so that's our part.
We can do a little bit To getback.
Yeah, and we're going to givewhat we can back to these
(15:29):
nonprofits that have just theygot us, they got our driveway
cleared.
It's extraordinary, we got outbecause of them.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
Yeah, so it's been amazing.
So we want to give back and weyeah, so it's been amazing.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
So we want to give back and we thought it would be
a good time, almost six monthsto the day, wow.
It's been almost six months tothe day and so I'm so excited.
So, 7 pm, Feed and Seeddowntown Fletcher Just look for
the cars, You'll see it right inthe center of town.
Sons of Ralph.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
7 pm and there's no cost, no cost, no cost.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
It's donations, only Donations only Free to come in.
Family friendly Popcorn's adollar and come on in, we'd love
to have you, and that'll thenkick off our season, which is
every Friday night on throughThanksgiving.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
Wow, excited about it .
This is a big deal.
We're excited and again, andour community has gone through
so much To help and To help, andit's for you guys to do this
and the Sons of Ralph to comeout and perform, but just to
bring the community together Forsure.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
And music is a great thing.
For that it is a wonderful tool.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Yeah, and music is very healing Music can bring
everybody together and it's aplace Again.
It's this interesting tensionbetween, again, the challenges
that our communities faced, butalso it's okay to enjoy yourself
and to let loose a little bitand to still have fun For sure.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
Now, next Friday night is our first official
Friday night shows.
Lazy Birds is a great band fromAsheville, jay Brown, who is a
professional musician in thearea that does a lot of music
therapy and he's a songwriterand he's one of our top favorite
bands to come to Feed and SeedLazy Birds.
They're fantastic Right off thebat.
(17:12):
He writes songs with Helene.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (17:15):
And he played this past late fall.
He came and then his song hewrote is moving.
I mean so all the songwriterssee, they just started to rise
up and write these songs to helppeople deal with.
Well, that's right to process.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
Music can help us process our emotions and things
we've experienced, and it's Imean, it's powerful.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
It's healing yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
That's amazing.
So, Philip Trees, we're sograteful to have you here this
morning.
That's amazing.
So, Philip Trees, we're sograteful to have you here this
morning.
You wear many hats, betweenbeing a pastor at Feed and Seed,
(18:00):
also running the music venue,also helping so many people with
real estate.
I mean it's all interconnectedRelationships.
That's right and I've said thismany times At the George Real
Estate Group yes, it's houses,but it's bigger than that, it's
advocating, it's facilitating,it's the relationships of
helping our clients navigatethrough whatever they might be
going through.
And it's so interesting too.
Sometimes we go through theexperience of helping somebody
(18:21):
evaluate their real estatesituation and guess what?
Because we've provided clarityand information, some of our
clients say, hey, I don't wantto buy or sell, which is okay.
Like we are literally there tohelp you, give you information
so you can make a decision forwhat's right for you, and if you
come to the conclusion it's notright to buy or sell, we've
actually done our job.
(18:41):
I mean that's part of theproviding clarity and
information and it's veryincredibly rewarding.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
Not now, but maybe soon.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Yeah, which is okay, so you can call us directly at
828-393-0134.
What's the website for Feed andSeed?
Or is it Facebook?
Or how do people find out andfollow information about what's
going on with Feed and Seed?
Speaker 3 (19:02):
Yeah, the website is feedandseednccom, so it's all
lowercase feedandseednc.
A-n-d.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
A-N-D.
Feedandseednccom.
Okay.
Speaker 3 (19:13):
That's our website.
It has a schedule on there.
And then we have, of course wehave a Facebook page.
You can look up Feed and SeedFacebook page as well, and we
have of course you know we havethe little marquee out front.
You can come by there and see.
But basically we just keep itreal simple Church on Sundays,
music on Fridays starting nowand then starting next week, but
(19:34):
then this show to kick it offthis Saturday.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
So it's a fundraiser for Helene.
Yeah, it's a great spot.
That's incredible.
Speaker 3 (19:39):
We're in a good spot there with good neighbors.
We've got Lulu's.
We appreciate that consignmentshop being there.
They let us do overflow parkingand the Auction House.
Guys, they've just come inthere and they have a great
venue, great food.
What a collaboration.
They do music as well outside,so it's all become a little
great spot there in the centerof Fletcher.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Absolutely, phillip.
So thankful to have you hereand to our listeners.
You're listening to the GeorgiaReal Estate Group live radio
broadcast here in the queueevery Monday morning.
We have a short break coming uphere but again, if we can help
you with any of your real estateneeds buying, selling or
investing, or talking throughyour real estate portfolio or a
1031 exchange or your raw landor commercial we're glad to have
(20:20):
the conversation.
Find us online atrealestatebygregcom.
Also, follow us on social mediaFacebook and Instagram.
We had three open houses thisweekend which were all well
attended.
I mean, the market is stillmoving and we have a short break
coming up, but when we comeback, philip and I will talk
about some of the real estatenumbers.
Also, philip has a fascinatingstory I think we want to talk
(20:42):
about, with a recent adventurethat he went on I think it'd be
good to reflect on.
But stay tuned in, we'll beright back.
Good morning and welcome backto the George Real Estate Group
live radio broadcast here in thequeue every Monday morning,
sharing with you positive newsabout your real estate market
and community, and grateful tohave Philip Trees with us this
(21:04):
morning.
The market is so fascinating.
We continue to see strongdemand.
I mean we're averaging some 125single-family homes a month
selling in Henderson County.
The average single-family homeprice over the last 12 months
has come down a little bit.
If you look at the rolling 12at 544 and change.
We were at one point we peakedout in the 550s but we're down
(21:28):
to 544.
So there's a slight dip in theaverage single family home price
over the last 12 monthscompared to the previous 12
months.
It's up compared to theprevious 12 months but it's been
slowly, just a very nominaldrop.
Again, 544 is the averagesingle-family home price.
(21:51):
Currently the inventory levelskeep going up.
I mean right now there's 481active single-family homes on
the market and again we'reaveraging 125 homes a month
selling.
But the market is still movingand I know between I mean we see
it I mean with the buyers thatare out there buying the sellers
(22:12):
that are.
I mean we're seeing an increasein the number of sellers that
are putting their homes in themarket, which gives buyers more
options to consider interestrates, especially in context of
the economy and the volatilityof what's happening in the stock
market.
But the market is the market.
It really comes down to what'sgoing on in our clients' lives
(22:36):
and again it could be a reallypositive reason why someone's
buying or selling.
It could be a challengingreason, but I mean, we're there
to walk alongside with ourclients.
I recently did a social mediapost about the first quarter.
The first quarter this year.
Versus the first quarter lastyear, there's 7.6% more homes
(22:56):
sold.
I mean so a slight increase inthe number of single family
homes sold this first quarterversus the previous first
quarter.
Also, there's been an increaseof 12% more listings hitting the
market in the first quarter of2025 compared to the same time
(23:17):
period in 2024.
And then also interestingly,the days on market is up 21%.
There's been an increase of 10days, a 10-day increase on the
market this first quarter versusthe previous first quarter.
So again, I can dive into thenumbers.
It's so interesting to look atthose numbers and, of course,
your unique situation, yourunique home, your unique
(23:41):
circumstances, whatever thatmight be we can look at it in
context of the market and we canhave that conversation.
I also enjoy Phillip frequentlytalking about life and
challenges that we face.
But also, how do we facechallenges, whether it's our
mindset or doing hard things andwe can do hard things that can
(24:04):
be challenging.
I even have a radio ad goingout there right now, again about
a very challenging situationwhere someone had to face
adversity and they came throughit.
It was a life-threatening eventand, again, not often do we get
put in those situations, butsometimes we can choose to go on
adventures that challengeourselves and push ourselves.
Is it okay to share about yourrecent adventure?
(24:26):
You went on Sure you love.
Something people may or may notknow about Philip Treese is he
loves snow skiing and you'vebeen doing that for your whole
life.
Speaker 3 (24:37):
Teenager and going up to Wolf Laurel with the little
church group where the dads takeyou up to Wolf Laurel, they
take you to the top and theypush you down and say have fun,
Good luck.
And you just dive in and try tolearn, try to survive.
So from then on, just trying tolearn and enjoy it.
(24:57):
It's a wonderful thing to beoutside and see the beauty.
For sure A lot of trips outwest.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
And you love going and I'm also grateful to have
the privilege of going out.
Actually, I learned tosnowboard out in Colorado, which
was in college actually, so 25years ago but I had the
privilege of learning how tosnowboard, which I know people
whether it's snowboarding orskiing.
But you recently had a trip outthere and you've had this
(25:27):
adventure.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
It's kind of the next step.
It's backcountry, no, it'sgetting to where a lot of the
resorts are crowded and ofcourse the cost continues to go
up and so kind of the new.
Well, it's not new, but it'ssome kind of thing people are
more getting into, which isgreat, these lands, because out
west the lands are federal.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Oh, these are state national.
Speaker 3 (25:54):
As taxpayers we own that in a sense.
You can go on these nationallands and trailheads and things
like that.
So in the winter, when there'ssnow cover, now in the summer
they're great for hiking andbiking.
Take your dogs.
In the winter, of course,there's six feet of snow in
there, but so then you go, asbackcountry is, you go in there
with skis and you go up.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
Now skis go up.
How do you go uphill with?
Speaker 3 (26:18):
skis.
Skis go up.
You put a they're called skinsyou put them on the bottom of
the skis and it's kind of likefur on an otter it slides
forward, but as you go back itgrips.
And so that's actually how itwas invented was some sort of
varmint.
They realized, hey, the skin,the fur is smooth this way and
(26:40):
it catches the other way.
So they actually put that onwith an adhesive and you could
take it on and off.
So you go up and you are.
It looks like cross-countryskiing.
You're going up and up, and upand up.
That's what I did learn.
You see it, you realize youactually do it.
(27:00):
There's a lot more up than down, but that's okay.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
That can be life.
Speaker 3 (27:06):
That was a good to me a picture of life too.
It's step by step, up and upand up, and it's 15 minutes of
beauty going down, so it was agreat mental, it might be two
hours of climbing up.
Oh, it was two hours, for sureof going up.
Speaker 1 (27:23):
I mean, this was a full-day adventure.
You went on A full day yeah,with a guide.
Speaker 3 (27:26):
Now, that's the key.
That's the key.
Don't try this at home.
Don't try this without, and youhave to go with a guide.
So that was very exciting Oncein a lifetime and planned for it
for a couple years.
I chickened out the first year.
I did chicken out.
Oh interesting, I got out thereand can I postpone this Because
I knew it was going to be anundertaking.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
Physically.
Physically, for sure, andmentally.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
And you can't practice.
Where can you practice here?
So it was all that, but didfinally do it and had a guide.
That's the neatest thing, aguide that is with you every
step of the way, and that's agreat thing is to have a guide.
We're in reality, we're yourguide.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
Well, that's the thing I mean, these things that
might seem overwhelming orthings that might seem
impossible or challenging, andhow often do we on purpose put
ourselves into those, into thosesituations?
So I got to give you credit,philip, you, you were willing to
get outside of your comfortzone, uh, physically and and
mentally, to do this very epicchallenge.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
I mean, at these you were what 10 000 feet plus tree
line, and you get elevation.
You're going through the woodsand you're thinking how am I?
And you?
And then you start trees startto get thinner because you're
above the tree line and you getup there Plus elevation.
You're going through the woodsand you're thinking how am I
going to get?
And then trees start to getthinner because then the air is
thinner.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
You're above the tree line.
Speaker 3 (28:43):
You're above the tree line and you get to the top, I
said, wow, so then you go downand of course, the payoff is no
one else has skied in this area,so it is a great adventure.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
But at some point I'm sure you were like how am I
going to be?
Speaker 3 (29:03):
able to actually do this Right right and get back up
and get back to the car.
I mean it was very, but that'sgood.
We all need those littleadventures.
They're good.
So it was a really neat payofffor me to learn that step by
step and you did something witha guide and again back to I mean
(29:25):
in.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
There's so many lessons right in life, but also
I mean in.
People might feel it'simpossible or overwhelming.
How am I going to sell my house?
How am I going to, you know,get rid of all my things?
Or maybe you're moving into aretirement community and but
again having guide, someonethere to walk alongside with you
, someone that's done it before,someone that knows the pitfalls
(29:46):
, that can anticipate things,Right.
But also just encourage you.
You're like, you can do this?
Speaker 3 (29:56):
Oh for sure, and you need little encouragements along
the way and little quips thatgive you a little giggle.
Was my guide showed up at 730and said to me, Philip Trees,
the guy that says hi, my name isForrest.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
His first name was Forrest.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
So I thought, okay, so T is going to be guided by
forest.
I thought only this couldhappen.
I mean, that was a neat littlequip.
So you know, that was a greatlittle thing to happen.
Yeah, that made it fun, that'swild and you survived.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
You're here today.
Yeah, it was great.
That's wild Again, thank youfor sharing that Again, I think
it's important to have thoseconversations.
And again, we can do hardthings, we can walk through
challenges and again, havingsomeone to come alongside you to
help you navigate through it, Imean it's a powerful analogy
(30:52):
for life.
It's wild.
Well, Philip, we're so gratefulto have you here with us this
morning Again.
Well, Phillip, we're sograteful to have you here with
us this morning.
Again, let's remind ourlisteners about Feed and Seeds'
upcoming charity concert forHelene and our community that's
coming up this coming Saturday.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
This coming Saturday at 7 pm.
7 pm.
Sons of Ralph, sons of Ralphand friends Might bring us some
extra pickers and extramusicians, little friends.
So that might be a little bitkind of a fun thing to have a
little surprise or two.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
As feed and seed, and then you guys are having an
Easter service on Sunday morning, sunday morning 11 o'clock.
Speaker 3 (31:25):
We're always there on Sunday, so come on out for that
.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
Again thankful to have you, phillip, join us this
morning on the radio and you'vebeen so gracious.
Sometimes, when I'm traveling,you hold down the mic for me.
You hold down the mic for me,oh, honored to help.
It's very grateful.
And, of course, with all yourreal estate needs, and we are so
grateful.
We have an incredible team inplace.
Phillip is absolutely one ofthem.
We have a number of agents andstaff and we're grateful We've
been helping more people alreadythis year than we did last year
(31:50):
.
We're growing.
We're helping people.
The market's the market, theinterest rates are the interest
rates.
But we know real estate happensaround life and I want to just
say thank you to our radiolisteners, the calls that we get
at our office and peoplecalling in saying, hey, we've
heard you on the radio and we'rethinking about buying or
selling.
We're so grateful for the phonecalls and the opportunity to
interview.
And if you're thinking aboutbuying, selling or investing in
(32:11):
real estate or just curious whatthe market's doing, maybe you
have a 1031 exchange, maybeyou're looking at selling an
investment property, maybeyou're selling your personal
home, whatever it might be, giveus a call 828-393-0134.
Find us online atrealestatebygregcom, follow us
on social media, and then wepodcast all of our radio shows
as well.
Phillip, anything else inwrapping up you'd like to convey
(32:33):
?
Speaker 3 (32:34):
Thanks for being a great guide, oh you're welcome.
Speaker 1 (32:37):
Very much so and I've had great guides in my life too
Again, the mentors and coaches,and you know we can.
You think you can go.
People think they can go.
What is it?
If you want to go fast, goalone, but if you want to go
further, go along with someone.
Don't go alone.
You can go further with someoneby your side.
Love to be your guide.
Likewise, with someone by yourside, Love to be your guide,
(32:57):
Likewise, Philip.
Thank you so much, and again toour listeners, have a wonderful
Monday, Happy Monday, what agreat day it is.
Enjoy the warmth that's comingour way and again, follow us
online, subscribe to our podcastand have a great day.
We'll see you next Monday.
(33:19):
If the story I shared with youstopped you in your tracks,
you're not alone.
People have been asking whathappened next.
Dr Robbins' car had plungedinto a freezing river and as a
teenager, underwater anddisoriented, she remembered her
survival tip Blow bubbles andfollow them.
They will rise to the surface.
(33:40):
She did, but when she reachedthe top, expecting air, she
slammed into solid ice, Out ofbreath and nearly out of
strength.
She kept moving desperately,searching for a break, and just
when she thought she couldn't goon, a stranger appeared and
pulled her to safety.
It's a powerful reminder.
We can do hard things, but wedon't have to do them alone.
(34:04):
At the George Real Estate Group, we're here to help you through
life's transitions, whetheryou're buying, selling or just
trying to figure out your nextmove.
The George Real Estate Group,because the right guide makes
all the difference.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
The George Real Estate Group has the experience
of selling over 1,200 propertiesand serving over 1,200 families
with their real estate needs inHenderson County and throughout
western North Carolina.
The George Real Estate Group islocated in Flat Rock, north
Carolina, near Hendersonville inHenderson County.
(34:39):
You can find them online atrealestatebygregcom.
The George Real Estate Groupcan be reached at 828-393-0134
or stop by their office at 2720Greenville Highway, flat Rock,
north Carolina.
Flat Rock, north Carolina.
(35:04):
Tune in live each week onMonday mornings at 9.05 on WTZQ
FM 95.3 and 1600 AM or streamonline at WTZQcom.
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