Karen Barker

Global real estate advisor Karen Barker specializes in the residential real estate markets of Blowing Rock and Boone, North Carolina. Her success underlies an unflagging devotion to serving her clients' interests. That commitment provides the highest level of professional service when obtaining a dream home in the mountains.

Karen educates her clients on the economy's real-time changes; real estate decisions become influenced by market information and professional insight. Her philosophy holds that it is not enough to drive people around and unlock doors — a real estate professional must be prepared with information, insight and skill.

Karen was awarded the Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES) designation from the National Association of REALTORS® and was the top-producing agent in her previous firm. Based out of Blowing Rock, Karen brings passionate energy and excellence to Premier Sotheby's International Realty. Her long-term High Country connection offers a wealth of knowledge of the area. After an hour with her, clients feel as though they have experienced a guided tour of the history and perhaps what the future holds for North Carolina's most beautiful mountains.

Karen has two children, Jackson and Suzanne, and three dogs. She participates in the Blowing Rock Leadership Challenge and volunteers with the Blowing Rock Wine Festival, the Symphony by the Lake at Chetola, as well as in her children's schools and church youth groups.