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John Blevins, Broker-in-Charge at Regency Properties in West Jefferson NC

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This is my personal site. I'm John Blevins, Broker-in-Charge at Regency Properties in West Jefferson — homes, land, and straight answers across the High Country. Buying or selling, you work with me.

Layered Blue Ridge ridges near Grandfather Mountain in the NC High Country

West Jefferson NC Realtor for Homes & Land in the High Country

A local broker, not a call center. John Blevins, your local broker, BIC at Regency Properties — West Jefferson, NC · NC License #322850.

GRI 2023 · SRS 2024 · ABR 2024 · C2EX 2024 · Real Estate Investing 2025

I'm John Blevins, Broker-in-Charge at Regency Properties in West Jefferson. I work with buyers and sellers across the NC High Country — Ashe, Alleghany, Avery, and Watauga counties. When you call, you get me. When we look at land, I walk it with you. And when a contract gets complicated, the broker in charge of the firm is already on your side of the table.

76Career closings (per HCAR MLS records, Jan 2020–Oct 2026)
$13.7MCareer sold volume (per HCAR MLS records)
5.0 ★Across 10 Google reviews
4Counties served: Ashe, Alleghany, Avery, Watauga

Those numbers are mine personally. Here's the firm behind me, the one I run as Broker-in-Charge:

917Regency Properties closings since 2020 (per HCAR MLS)
$244.9MRegency Properties sold volume since 2020 (per HCAR MLS)
140Firm closings in my first year as BIC, Feb 2025 – Feb 2026 (per HCAR MLS)
$44.6MFirm volume in my first year as BIC (per HCAR MLS)

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Twenty years, one direction

Keep scrolling — the road runs left to right.

2003

Seeing what a property really needs

Bought and renovated my first home in West Jefferson — the first of eleven purchases in the county deed books.

2005

Subdivision & land use

Chair of the Ashe County Planning Board — subdivision and land-use decisions for the whole county.

2006

Heating systems & inspections

District Fuels Manager, Blue Ridge Energies — ran a 30,000-gallon fuel distribution site and learned heating systems and their inspection requirements firsthand; $100K in delinquent contracts recovered.

2007–2020

Evidence, audits & root cause

Quality Technical Leader at GE Aviation, West Jefferson — some twenty audits a year, 300+ employees trained.

2015

Negotiation & advocacy

Registered lobbyist in Washington, DC, on Export-Import Bank legislation.

2018

Ordinance development

As a Lansing Alderman, wrote all ordinances for the Town of Lansing in preparation for codification.

2020

Gained real estate license

Earned my North Carolina broker license (#322850) and joined Regency Properties.

2021–2022

Market-grade data analysis

Senior Data Engineer, GE Aerospace, alongside my first years in brokerage.

Broker-in-Charge, Regency Properties

February 17, 2025

In my first year in the seat: 140 firm closings and $44.6M in sold volume under my leadership (HCAR MLS). My full path →

Find the right property in the NC High Country

Homes and mountain retreats in the NC High Country

Homes & Mountain Retreats

First home, second home, or a move up the mountain — search every home on the market here, then I'll walk you through the NC contract, due diligence, and closing in plain English.

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Land and acreage in the NC High Country

Land & Acreage

Land is its own animal in the mountains — perc tests, surveys, road access, and financing all work differently. It's a big part of what I do.

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Commercial properties in the NC High Country

Commercial Properties

Commercial listings across the High Country, on the Regency Properties search. Call me and I'll pull the details on anything you find.

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Search All Properties

Property search runs on the Regency Properties search (powered by iHomefinder). Register free there — or use Login / Register at the top of this page — to save searches, favorite listings, and get new-listing alerts. Rather have me run it? The form right below sets your search up for you.

Rather I run the search for you?

Tell me what you're looking for and I'll set the search up myself, watch it, and send you the matches that fit. No account to create, nothing to keep up with. When something right comes up, you hear it from me.

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A smarter way to sell your High Country property

John Blevins on selling land and homes in the NC High Country
  • Priced from the current HCAR market, not from guesswork
  • Presented well, with the details buyers actually look for
  • Negotiated from a position of knowledge, by the firm's Broker-in-Charge
  • Straight talk at every step, even when it isn't what you hoped to hear

How to sell your land in NC

In about three minutes I walk through how I price land, what buyers actually look for, and the mistakes that cost sellers money.

How To Sell Your Land in NC — John Blevins, Regency Properties

More videos on my YouTube channel: John Blevins | High Country Real Estate.

Currently listed with John

These are my current featured listings. Full details and photos are on my Zillow and LandSearch profiles — and the full market is on the Regency Properties property search. Call me and I'll pull anything you want to see from the High Country MLS, no matter which firm has it listed.

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What clients say

★★★★★ 5.0 across 10 Google reviews. Read them where they were written — on Google, Zillow, and RateMyAgent — and see the full list on my reviews page.

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Straight answers, on the record

I publish short videos and plain-English articles answering the questions High Country buyers and sellers ask me every week — what due diligence money really is, whether you need flood insurance in the mountains, what a piece of land is actually worth. No hype, and every number sourced.

High Country real estate news

High Country Real Estate News

Market updates and plain-English articles, with the numbers sourced.

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Mortgage calculator

Mortgage Calculator

Run the monthly numbers on a High Country home before you fall for it.

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Buyer and seller resources

Buyer & Seller Resources

Due diligence, flood insurance, land value, concessions — answered straight.

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Ready to make your next move?

Call or text me at (336) 977-6569, or send a message and I'll get back to you myself. No pressure and no obligation, just a straight conversation about where you stand.

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