HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA REAL ESTATE NEWS

Sell your home with the help of your agent and the Internet

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:14:44 -0500

The Internet's rocketing number of real estate-relatedWeb sites have made the information super highway the place to be for house hunters and sellers.

Erica Elliott, director of communic...

Be a Savvy Realtor through Effective Online Strategies

Tue, 27 May 2008 14:41:31 -0500

For most real estate professionals the business climate has changed dramatically. Whereas for several years, simple presence in the field was a license to be successful and earn a significant living, today a much better strategy needs to be uti...

Huntsville Alabama Real estate Market: Exceedingly Abundantly

Thu, 22 May 2008 05:17:00 -0500

Exceedingly abundantly is the way one could describe the Huntsville Alabama real estate market if one has to compare it with the rest of the home ...

How to Move Your Real Estate Website to Top 10 on Google

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:24:09 -0500

According to a recent report from Borrell Associates, the real estate industry spent more than $7 billion on Web site design and maintenance, an expenditure that is anticipated to grow to more than $11 billion in the next three ye...

Huntsville Alabama real estate events

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:27:13 -0500

Monday

Realty World South will host a free "Lease to Own" seminar at 1874 Slaughter Road in Madison at 6 p.m. Learn how to improve your credit score and become a homeowner. This seminar is conducted each Monday. Call 325-8500 for reserva...

Huntsville Real estate Seminars

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:29:33 -0500

Monday March 24
Realty World South will host a free "Lease to Own" seminar at 1874 Slaughter Road in Madison at 6 p.m. Learn how to improve your credit score and become a homeowner. This seminar is conducted each Monday. Call 325-8500 for re...

Birmingham New Home Sales Increase

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:32:04 -0500

Rudulph-Brander report, the Birmingham Alabama real estate report, indicated that the number of Birmingham new homes sold in February improved to 282 from 240 in January. The value of those homes was $62.7 million, an conservative increase ...

Alabama Real Estate Directory

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:14:45 -0500

If you are in the Alabama real estate business and know your way around online, you will appreciate the kindness, yes, kindness, of webmasters who voluntarily or involuntarily link to your website.

The internet is now the number one sour...

Huntsville Alabama Mortgage foreclosure Help

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:40:17 -0500

If you are a residence of Huntsville Alabama or your home is located in Madison county area chances are you are not stridently affected by the mortgage fiasco that now holds the financial markets in a blizzard.

However, if you&n...

Jeff Benton Homes Receives Guildmaster� Award for Customer Satisfaction

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:12:26 -0500

GuildQuality� Incorporated, has recognized Jeff Benton Homes as a Guildmaster Homebuilder. To earn the Guildmaster designation at least 70% of a homebuilder�s customer base must complete a GuildQuality satisfaction ...

Huntsville Alabama Mortgage: Good Credit Bad Credit

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:29:04 -0500

In a large part, Huntsville Alabama real estate market has weathered the mortgage foreclosures storms that are now raking and riving the nation. Even in other parts of Alabama, like in Jefferson County, whose financial center is Birmingham, the...

Strategies for Purchasing Post-foreclosure Bank Property in Huntsville

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:57:14 -0500

Rhea Perry�s Real Estate Days conference provides practical real estate investing education by teaching how to look at today�s soft real estate market from an investor�s perspective.

Perry shares that now is the best time in all of history...

Huntsville Alabama Real Estate Market: Solid as a Rock

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:47:24 -0500

If you are in the real estate market either as a commercial property investor or you are just looking for a home in Alabama, Huntsville offers a rich choice of properties at fantastic prices: from enticing 3 bedroom homes to prestigious, sophis...

Huntsville Homes Sales Holding Steady 2006 and 2007

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:56:02 -0500

Huntsville homes sales saw a significant increase from 2005 to 2006; 11% to be exact. The sales volume in 2005 was 4175 homes in the range of $100,000 to $500,000 per home selected for units sold. The total dollar volume sold for 2005 w...

Sale of houses, condos falls in Alabama

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:20:11 -0500

Home sales in Alabama declined nearly 17 percent in January, mirroring a drop across the nation that saw sales last month fall to the lowest level in nearly a decade.

The University of Alabama's Center for Real Estate Research said Monda...

Huntsville Vacancy rate stays healthy as city grows

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:39:50 -0500

The vacancy rate in Hunts-ville's office and industrial markets last year was healthy, with office vacancies remaining below 8 percent for the third year in a row. The industrial market was even tighter, with the vacancy rate at just over 5 per...

Casa Latino Real Estate opens in Alabama

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:17:26 -0500

Sitting in his new office in Pelham, Alabama just outside of Birmingham, Freddy Guerra is a long way from where he used to call home the Republic of Panama.

Educated in the USA, Guerra had a promising techno...

UA real estate center says housing market affordability improved in late 2007

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:14:00 -0500

Alabama's housing market is growing more affordable, according to the University of Alabama's Center for Real Estate Research.

Southern Real Estate

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:48:20 -0500

Talk to Josh Dobson, Co-Owner of Southern Real Estate and native Georgian, for five minutes and he will invite you to stay at his family's cabin, where he will offer to give you a personal tour of the Cumberland Plateau Region -- a re...

Huntsville Antioch Homes is working to grow by pleasing customers

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:04:09 -0500

Roger Sweeney is working to make Antioch Homes the best builder at the best price.

"If we do that, our referrals will increase and our new customers will continue to grow," he said. "They want it built right and with the best workmanship that w...

Alabama Developer files suit over condo project

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:52:46 -0500

One of the most ambitious projects to emerge during Tuscaloosa�s recent condominium boom appears to have come to a sticky legal end.

Alabama-based CRS-Development LLC is seeking to recover more than $500,000 invested in The First Para...

UA to host 53rd annual real estate conference

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:32:39 -0500

The College of Continuing Studies and The Alabama Association of Realtors are presenting the 53rd Annual Real Estate Salesmanship and Education Conference Wednesday to Friday on campus.

The Real Estate Salesmanship and Education Conferen...

Huntsville experts advise sellers to sharpen skills in slower market

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:26:14 -0500

One person's market lull can be another's opportunity to sharpen selling skills to make a better sale, especially with temptingly low interest rates luring buyers.

The lull was anticipated for the Huntsville area market as a response to ...

Huntsville Jeff Benton Homes, Selected for Inclusion in Elite Builder Program

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:56:43 -0500

Home Buyers Warranty Corporation (HBW) has selected Jeff Benton Homes for inclusion in its prestigious Elite Builder� program. This program recognizes and supports a small group of homebuilders nationwide who are ab...

Real Estate Recession and Military Base Closures - The BRAC

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:03:22 -0500

Gudrun and Tcat have discussed the market cycles and in quite a few of our pieces, how down trends in the real estate market are spotty, and not uniform. We found what for some is a real crystal ball! It is called The BRAC. This ...

Alabama home prices

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:34:04 -0500

The median home price in the Birmingham-Hoover metropolitan area fell in the last three months o...

Relocation information site for Huntsville Alabama

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:28:31 -0500

There seems to be a lack of local quality information websites for Hun...

New tax law helps subprime customers

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:13:59 -0500

Montgomery's real estate and mortgage secto...

2008 BRAC Update For Huntsville, Alabama

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:33:52 -0500

By the time the relocations set forth during the Base Realignment and Closures (BRAC) of 2005 are complete in the year 2011, approximately 4,700 new people will have moved to Huntsville, Alabama due to job transfers. Many of these people and posit...

Huntsville realtor viewpoint

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:26:57 -0500

It didn't take long for Clifton Miller to find a second career after retiring from the Army

He joined Rise Real Estate in Madison in June 1995, a month after his military retirement, and is now a broker with the Rise Real Estate-Century Office ...

Alabama Real estate market still strong

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:05:20 -0500

Alabama home sales topped out at 57,083 units sold in 2007, a 5 percent decline from 2006, according to the University of Alabama's Center for Real Estate.

Even so, 2007 was the third best year on record for home sales in the state.

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1 Huntsville condo project is dead, 2nd OK'd

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:57:56 -0500

One condominium project for downtown Huntsville died Tuesday while another won clearance for a groundbreaking

The latter - a 80- to 100-unit complex in the planned Constellation hotel/retail/condo development at the Memorial...

Chaney Place Condominium Development Will Start Closing on Properties in Spring 2008

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:56:17 -0500

David Nunn is a native of Madison County and a prominent General Contractor for the last 22 years specializing in remodeling and building quality custom homes. David is known for constructing quality homes from the ...

Making your house stand out can help in a buyer?s market

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:15:54 -0500

Here is the most recent home sales report for Dot...

LendingTree.com Shares Tips for a Smooth Real Estate Closing

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:12:17 -0500

An unexpected problem on the day your real estate closing can turn the experience from a dream into a nightmare. With a little research and advanced preparation you can ensure a smooth closing process before you are handed the ...

Buyer's market means now is the time to purchase new home

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:14:21 -0500

Builders provide sweet incentives to buy a new house If you're shopping for a house, we have an inside tip for you: consider new construction this year. Delays with BRAC (the military base realignment) have left builders with overstock and man...

Don't believe housing hype; local market is healthy, stable

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:15:34 -0500

Average prices up, buyers arriving, says Hughes If you're struggling to keep the "Happy" in your "New Year" while you consider whether to still buy or sell a house, then the 2007-08 market indicators may be just what you need...

Selma Land Sells for $2.06 Million in J.P. King Auction

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:38:59 -0500

SELMA, Ala. - The auction of approximately 630 acres of development land in Selma attracted 55 registered bidders Thursday, resulting in a complete sellout of the land for a total of $2.06 million. Bidders from as far away as Ohio and New Hampshir...

Realtor.com, Move.com top Hitwise rankings

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:55:21 -0500

Realtor.com and its companion property-search site, Move.com, were the most visited real estate Web sites in December, according to the latest numbers from Hitwise.

Real...

Huntsville Weekly Real Estate

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:23:56 -0500

The largest building permit issued in the city of Huntsville during the week of Dec. 24-28 went to Lee Builders, $1,900,000, for a building for Cove United Methodist Church at 366 Old U.S. 431. Other permits valued at more than $20,000 Included:...

Join Real Estate's fastest growing team of professionals

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:08:16 -0500

Why join us? We are building a team of professionals who share our values and commitment to a superior customer experience. If you'd like to manage your own time, build new relationships, and be in full control of your unlimited earning potential...

BRAC transfers will add vitality to valley

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:42:50 -0500

My first BRAC couple you'd probably call traditional. Let's call them Matthew and Alice. They moved to the area and bought a nice, nearly new home in the suburbs. To them, its key feature was a basement. Basements were important where they came ...

Inspiration on Green Mountain, A Huntsville Alabama Green Development

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:52:15 -0500

Located in Southeast Huntsville on Green Mountain, Inspiration on Green Mountain will be Huntsville's first NAHB (National Association of Home Builders) certified Green Development. The project will have grand mountain views and feature some of th...

Maysville ministry pulls its prisoner housing plan

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:13:27 -0500

MAYSVILLE, Ala. (AP) � Leaders of a northwest Huntsville church surprised a packed public hearing when they withdrew their proposal to build transitional housing for about 50 state prisoners who would receive job training and spiritual counseling....

Bankrupt Carlton Cove in Huntsville seeks buyer

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:13:49 -0500

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) � Carlton Cove, the high-end retirement community in south Huntsville that filed for bankruptcy protection last year, is looking for a buyer. The facility provides graduated levels of care ranging from independent living in ...

Housing market steady

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:10:29 -0500

U.S. home prices fell for the 10th consecutive month in October, but local real estate professionals say Pike County's home prices have remained steady through most of 2007.

The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index on Wedn...

Guntersville park lodge reopens after $25 million revamp

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:31:58 -0500

GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. The lodge at scenic Lake Guntersville State Park in northeast Alabama will reopen Jan. 2 after being closed for almost four years and receiving $25 million in renovations. The lodge is located on a densely wooded mountaintop an...

Real estate giant stretches from Magic City north

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:26:52 -0500

Plans to build a retail development with an outlet center, a big box retailer, restaurants and a hotel in a northern Minnesota city were unveiled last week. The news didn't get attention in Birmingham, but there is a local connection. The compan...

Agents see a rising interest in home buying from younger set

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:00:48 -0500

Many cities and communities yearningly talk about it, but it appears the Huntsville area is doing it - attracting highly sought, younger professionals, and they're coming in style. They're blipping red hot on the local housing market radar. This...

Huntsville Weekly Real Estate

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:57:36 -0500

The largest building permit issued during the week of Dec. 10-14 in the city of Huntsville went to Joe Still Building Co. Inc., in the amount of $5.32 million, for building the exterior walls, roof, stairwells, windows and other structures for the...