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$849,000

Sylva, NC 28779
Listed by Billy May · Keller Williams Professionals
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
3
Living area
2,240 sqft
Year built
1982

About this home

Enjoy the over 20 mile view from a roomy screened front porch attached to a cozy 4/3 mountain home. Knotted wood, twisted laurel and stone bring the beauty of the outdoors, inside. Very well built 2500+- two story barn to store all of your equipment and toys. Combining 2 tracts and 5.84 acres, this high elevation, big view, property offers a highly desired SE to SW exposure within the fabled Plott Balsam Mountain Range. This offering is located within the Sylva Vista Community consisting of mostly large lots with commanding long range views. Room for an additional home site on this offering. This gated and private community is surrounded by the Sylva Watershed, Nature Conservancy and USFS Land. Seller has several other lots available to combine with this sale if interested. See MLS 3935940 for the master listing. Near this property is a 160+- acreage that could also be available with cascading waterfalls, large older forests, rock outcroppings and rare fauna and flora.

Highlights

Fireplace

Property details

MLS #
CAR4226019
Property type
Single Family Residence
Subdivision
Sylva Vista Development
Status
Active
Days on market
416
On market date
April 7, 2025
Stories
N/A
Total bathrooms
3
Garage spaces
N/A
Parking spaces
N/A
Lot size
N/A
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Nearby schools

Within 10 miles. School directory data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), accessed via the Urban Institute Education Data API. Local Score is calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate; where a state rating is shown, it comes from that state's own official school report card (e.g. NC Dept. of Public Instruction, SC Report Card).

Elementary
Scotts Creek Elementary
1.89 mi away · Grades 0-8
Zoned school (attendance boundary, 2015-16 data)
2.6
Local Score (state rating (2025) blended 70/30 with student-teacher ratio) -- not an official state rating
State rating: D (2025)
Enrollment
459
Student:teacher ratio
14.3:1
District
Jackson County Public Schools
Middle
Catamount School
5.83 mi away · Grades 6-8
Nearest school -- attendance-zone data not available here
3.6
Local Score (state rating (2025) blended 70/30 with student-teacher ratio) -- not an official state rating
State rating: C (2025)
Enrollment
53
Student:teacher ratio
10.6:1
District
Catamount School
High
Jackson Co Early College
6.31 mi away · Grades 9-13
Zoned school (attendance boundary, 2015-16 data)
3.1
Local Score (state rating (2025) blended 70/30 with student-teacher ratio) -- not an official state rating
State rating: B (2025)
Enrollment
100
Student:teacher ratio
25.0:1
District
Jackson County Public Schools

Walkability

Blended score for Sylva's center, calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate from two sources: the EPA's National Walkability Index (street network, transit, land-use mix) and Google Places amenity data (what's actually reachable on foot from this point). 60% EPA National Walkability Index + 40% nearby-amenity density (Google Places).

21
Car-dependent
out of 100
EPA National Walkability Index
6.3 / 20 -- Below average walkable
Google Places amenity density
5 / 100
Restaurants & cafes0
Grocery stores0
Parks0
Schools1
Transit stops0
Pharmacies0

Market position

How this listing compares to current activity in Sylva, from live MLS data.

On the market 416 days -- 147 more days than Sylva's current average of 269 days.
For reference, the median list price across 177 active listings in Sylva right now is $395,000.

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$169,800 down
$679,200 loan
Principal & interest$4,405
Property tax (est.)$708
Home insurance (est.)$150

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Data source: Listing information provided by Canopy MLS (carolina) via Trestle/CoreLogic. Last updated June 4, 2026.

Information herein deemed reliable but not guaranteed; all measurements, school assignments, HOA fees, taxes, and feature lists are approximate and should be independently verified. Equal Housing Opportunity.