Started at a kitchen table in Montford
Calder & Rowe Realty was founded in 2014 by Nora Halstead and Marcus Oyelaran, two agents who had grown frustrated watching national franchises apply the same playbook to Asheville's wildly different neighborhoods - as if a 1920s Montford craftsman and a new build in Weaverville required the same approach.
They started the firm with a simple rule: every agent has to actually know the streets they sell. No templated comps, no generalized advice - just people who live in these neighborhoods, walk these sidewalks, and can tell a buyer exactly what to expect from a specific block.
Eleven years later, that rule still holds. We've grown to a small team of four agents and closed more than 480 transactions, but we've turned down the growth that would have meant hiring agents who didn't already know Asheville inside and out.