Posted inAfter the boom: the wake of the real estate bust

Signs of the pending bust were overlooked

A Main Street law office without windows is an odd place for a such a good view.

But Waynesville attorney Frank Queen has had a front-row seat to the mountains from here, witnessing thousands of acres trade hands โ€” land with scenic vistas, along creeks, in forests, behind gates, on farms, hugging cliffs and tucked in coves โ€” during the real estate boom of the 2000s.

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