Unfortunately, this isn’t an April Fools Joke – March 2014 Gatlinburg area residential real estate sales were sharply off when compared to the same month last year. For the first time in a year, sales were actually below the year ago number by 34%. As always, the final result will be better when all firms finish reporting their sales but we will doubtless end up significantly below the number of sales reported in March 2013. A good question that I don’t have the answer to is why we would see Smoky Mountain real estate sales drop to this large a degree. We are going to look closer into this, reviewing sales in the Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg areas individually for answers. For those who like to see all the latest numbers, here is the table:
