I recently finished an appraisal assignment on a lake front home in Shelby, Alabama and thought I would share with you my findings. As in other sectors of the Birmingham, AL area real estate market, lake front home have experienced a decrease in sales volume. Check out the numbers below going back to 2005. As […]
Archives for December 2011
A Look At The Market For Lake Front Homes In Shelby County, Alabama in 2011
Seller Tips: Picking The Right Comps To Help Narrow The Gap Between List Price and Sale Price
After looking over a weeks worth of real estate sales data I have found a trend in some market areas. That trend is the increasing gap between what a house was initially listed at and the final sales price. This is one of the statistics appraiser’s look at, and this week in one area I […]
Assessing The Health Of The Birmingham, AL Real Estate Market-Foreclosure Trends
Today I thought I would take a look at one of the key elements in assessing the health of the Birmingham, AL real estate market. There are different key indicators including number of sales, change in mean and average sales price, and number of active listings (inventory) to name a few, but today I decided […]


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