As we continue our series on housing needs, challenges, and opportunities in Watauga County, we spend this episode of Mind Your Business on the numbers.

Beginning in early 2021, the High Country Association of Realtors, the North Carolina Association of Realtors, and Bowen National Research commissioned a research study and needs assessment for the High Country and its individual counties. The data set that came from this research helps tell the story of how the housing market is performing in these areas, both from an affordability standpoint, but also from an inventory perspective.

A comprehensive 400+ page report on housing needs specifically for Watauga County came from this work, and is the perfect data collection project to time with the Watauga Housing Forums, which start in March. We will talk more about that specific effort next week, but for now, let's dig into the numbers with Michael Cooper and Patrick Bowen, and hear just how Watauga County's housing needs have evolved over the years.

**For those that listened to this program on the radio, we have added about 15-minutes of additional content to this podcast that was cut from our radio show due to time.**

Mind Your Business is produced weekly thanks to a partnership between Appalachian Commercial Real Estate and High Country Radio.

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