At the southern part of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas is the city of Mountain Home, which is also the county seat of Baxter County. The rural area, surrounded by a national forest, rivers and lakes, is known as a popular retirement and resort destination. Mountain Home has over 12,000 inhabitants. Are you looking for a home in Mountain Home? Ann & Randall Messick have been real estate agents working in the Mountain Home area for years and are just the agents to help you find the right home. You can contact Ann or Randall today to learn more and browse the listings for new Mountain Home properties below.

Education
Mountain Home Public Schools serves the city. Public school students attend 6 different campuses from kindergarten through 12th grade: the Mountain Home Kindergarten center (K), Nelson-Wilks-Herron Elementary School (1-3), Guy-Berry Intermediate School (4), Pinkston Middle School (5-7), Mountain Home Junior High (8-9), and finally Mountain Home High School (10-12). The Mountain Home School System is known for its great band program, as the band marched in the 2006 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. There is alternatively the Mountain Home Seventh-day Adventist School (1-8) and the North Central Christian School (K-12), both private. For higher education, students can attend the city's Arkansas State University–Mountain Home, a 2-year college affiliated with ASU. Outside of Mountain Home, there is the North Arkansas College in Harrison, Ozarka College in Melbourne, and Missouri State University in West Plains, Missouri.

Recreation
There is much to do among the remote forests and freshwater locales of Mountain Home. Locals can find recreation in boating, hiking, hunting, and camping nearby. Mountain Home is known most for its fishing, however. It was recently ranked 2nd in Field and Stream's list of "Best Fishing Towns in America." The city is at the center of the Twin Lakes area, with Norfork Lake 15 minutes to the east and Bull Shoals Lake 20 minutes to the west. There are also three rivers within 20 minutes. Residents can also enjoy the public golf courses and the local country club as well as a youth center, swimming pool, tennis courts, baseball fields and other parks. Also of use to residents, Mountain Home has the Ozark Regional Airport.

The real estate market in Mountain Home and north central Arkansas is slowing some with the season and current economic concerns but is still moving at a steady pace.  In October of 2008 the median home price was $117,450, a decrease of 2% from October 2007.  There were 62 home sales, the highest priced home sold for$379,000 and the lowest priced home sold for $14,600.

Year to date, ending October 31, 2008, there were a total of 594 residential home sales.  This is a drop of 26% from a total of 800 for the same time period in 2007.

The good news for you is the numbers of your Ozark Home Team.  With all that is going on, your Ozark Home Team, Ann and Randall Messick, is UP in total sales, year to date 12% over 2007!  So call it luck… call it market savvy or just plain old hard work, what ever it is, you want us working for you, to sell your house or find you the perfect home to buy.