Echota Marks Halfway Point with 283rd Home Sale
Echota, a gated resort community in the mountains of Boone, North Carolina, reached its halfway point in new home sales. Echota is located within two hours of Charlotte, Hickory and Winston-Salem and approximately three hours from Raleigh.
BOONE, NC (PRWEB) August 9, 2005 -- Echota (www.EchotaNC.com), a gated resort community in the mountains
of Boone, NC, reached its halfway point in sales last month, four years after it
opened. The Foscoe Realty and Development community is also on pace for its best
year for sales since its inception.
With the construction of Echota’s
second phase - Echota on the Ridge - now underway, developer Mark Harrill
expects the second half of the Adirondack-style homes to sell even faster. “The
second home market has dramatically increased within the last few years, and
more and more people are taking advantage of the properties the High Country has
to offer,” said Harrill.
According to Foscoe Realty and Development,
Echota’s second home market includes many buyers from the Charlotte,
Raleigh-Durham and Greensboro - Winston-Salem markets who are seeking a home
which can serve as a weekend getaway, and double as a rental property.
After selling 50 percent of its homes, the development company finds
that homeowners give familiar reasons for buying in the High Country. “They can
come relax and escape to a cooler climate,” said Tiffany Phipps, marketing
coordinator for the development company. “These are professionals who just want
to kickback, wear blue-jeans, and take in the convenience of a quiet haven
that’s within just a few hours’ drive.”
Many homeowners spend several
weeks at Echota each year, and then rent their homes out to vacationers during
peak seasons. Foscoe Realty and Development provides the rental service, adding
an additional opportunity for investment for second homeowners.
Echota
features Adirondack-style townhomes, condominiums and single family homes in the
heart of the High Country, a region known for its breathtaking mountain views.
Echota on the Ridge will offer the same homestyles on a compelling setting along
the incline of Echota’s surrounding mountains. The community’s amenities include
a clubhouse with indoor and outdoor pools, a fitness center, hiking trails and
stocked ponds for fishing. Developers, who recently broke ground on a new
residents’ club and pool for Echota on the Ridge, noted that all amenities are
reciprocal for both phases.
ABOUT ECHOTA
Echota is centrally located
within minutes of Boone, Blowing Rock and Banner Elk, and within two hours of
Charlotte, Hickory and Winston-Salem. The recent completion of the new
Interstate 40 makes Echota accessible from Raleigh in approximately three hours.
For more information about Echota, call the sales center at 800-333-7601, or
visit www.EchotaNC.com. The
sales center is open Monday - Saturday, 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m., and Sundays 11 a.m.
– 3 p.m.
# # #
Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/8/prweb270408.htm