Press Releases
The Canopy Realtor® Association issues media releases on current regional housing statistics from Canopy MLS data and for other items of public interest. All media inquiries should be directed to Kim Walker.
Press Releases List
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Charlotte region home sales show early signs of recovery
July 10, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – As businesses across the region continue to adjust to reopening, home sales across the 16-county Charlotte area show the region’s … more
Original Publish Date: 7/10/2020
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As reopening gets underway, the Asheville region’s contract activity shows increasing buyer interest
June 19, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Spring sales across the Asheville region were impacted for a second consecutive month, falling 39.3 percent year-over-year … more
Original Publish Date: 6/19/2020
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Charlotte residential home sales fall sharply in May; Pending contracts in the pipeline indicate that buyers are back in the market and ready to buy
June 11, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – With North Carolina businesses slowly reopening under the state’s Phase 2 of operations, May home sales across the Charlotte … more
Original Publish Date: 6/11/2020
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Canopy Housing Foundation Now Accepting Nominations for Youth Excellence in Service (YES) Award
June 1, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ― Canopy Housing Foundation and Realtor® members are calling on area youth who are engaged in service and improving the community to … more
Original Publish Date: 6/1/2020
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Asheville region’s spring selling season interrupted by COVID-19 crisis
May 20, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The economic crisis due to COVID-19 that began in late March and continued into April interrupted the buying and selling of homes … more
Original Publish Date: 5/20/2020
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April home sales show impact of COVID-19 as residential real estate business interrupted by the crisis
May 11, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – COVID-19 and the economic crisis continued in April, impacting the buying and selling of residential real estate in the Charlotte … more
Original Publish Date: 5/11/2020
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Canopy Housing Foundation expands its Community Grants Program into Haywood County
April 29, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ― Canopy Housing Foundation, the charitable arm of Canopy Realtor® Association, is pleased to announce that its annual Community … more
Original Publish Date: 4/29/2020
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First quarter home sales show Asheville region and MSA were off to solid start just as COVID-19 crisis started
April 15, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – According to data from Canopy MLS, the Asheville region, which includes Buncombe, Burke, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison, … more
Original Publish Date: 4/15/2020
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March and first quarter home sales across the Charlotte region still positive; impact of COVID-19 on housing market remains to be seen
April 7, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – As COVID-19 and an impending economic crisis began impacting the U.S. housing market, the 16-county Charlotte housing market … more
Original Publish Date: 4/7/2020
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First two months of the year show strong start to the Asheville region spring selling season
March 19, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – February sales from Canopy MLS show a market in high demand, with year-over-year sales rising 10.2 percent across the 13-county … more
Original Publish Date: 3/19/2020
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Asheville region and MSA continue to see steady sales headed into slower selling season
November 19, 2019
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – As the 13-county Asheville region settled into fall and what is typically a slower selling season, sales across the region … more
Original Publish Date: 11/19/2019
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Asheville region sales continue to hold steady with sales up headed into slower selling season
December 19, 2019
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – With the slower selling season setting in and consumers focused on the holidays, sales across the 13-county Asheville region, … more
Original Publish Date: 12/19/2019
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Asheville region closes 2019 with sales up 11 percent, kicking off a solid start to 2020
January 21, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – As 2019 ended, Realtors® in the 13-county Asheville region wrapped up an unusually busy December with sales rising 24.6 … more
Original Publish Date: 1/21/2020
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Lower mortgage rates could assist with affordability and increase competition among area buyers
March 11, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The 16-county Charlotte housing market continued its run of steady gains in both home sales and prices in February. According to … more
Original Publish Date: 3/11/2020
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Low housing supply will contribute to regional housing purchases as buyers face tightening inventory conditions in the Asheville MSA
February 24, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – According to data from Canopy MLS, at the start of 2020 home sales across the 13-county Asheville region remained positive, … more
Original Publish Date: 2/24/2020
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January home sales show the Charlotte region’s selling season could be off to an early start
February 13, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Home sales across the 16-county Charlotte region continued their positive run, rising 6.8 percent year-over-year with 2,835 … more
Original Publish Date: 2/13/2020
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Canopy MLS acquires the MLS line of business operated by Cleveland County Association of Realtors®
February 7, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Canopy MLS, a wholly-owned subsidiary corporation of Canopy Realtor® Association, is pleased to announce the purchase of the … more
Original Publish Date: 2/7/2020
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More than 50,000 properties sold in 2019; the stage is set for another year of steady housing activity for the Charlotte region
January 13, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—2019 ended with a flurry of housing activity, with home sales up 17.2 percent in December compared to a year ago. For all of 2019 … more
Original Publish Date: 1/13/2020
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2020 Canopy Realtor® Association, Canopy Housing Foundation and Canopy MLS Boards of Directors Installed
January 10, 2020
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The following members of the 2020 Executive Committee of the Canopy Realtor® Association and Canopy MLS were officially … more
Original Publish Date: 1/13/2020
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Realtors® present industry awards and donate toys and toiletry items to The Relatives
December 16, 2019
Contact: Kim Walker, 704-940-3149
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – With the holidays just around the corner and another year of real estate sales behind them, more than 450 Realtors® gathered … more
Original Publish Date: 12/16/2019