I have noticed an interesting trend in the Birmingham, Alabama real estate market. The trend involves the segmentation of the market in various areas, but mainly where foreclosure activity is prevalent. I noticed it most recently in the Centerpoint area of Birmingham. The segments include the following: foreclosures “normal sales” and flip properties The “normal” […]
An interesting trend in the Birmingham, Alabama real estate market
Six years of sales activity in the Brook Highland subdivision, Shelby County, Alabama
I like to share market data I get when I do appraisals in different areas. I’ve included sales from the Brook Highland subdivision in the Inverness area of north Shelby County. The sales are from January 2005 to December 2011. The graph charts the median sales price for each quarter for all seven years. The […]
A Look At The Absorption Rate In Pelham, Alabama, Ballantrae Subdivision-Pt. 2
We took a look at the entire Pelham, Alabama market with the last blog post I wrote. Today we are going to narrow things down a bit to the subdivision level and even a certain style of home. Of the 222 sales that occurred in Pelham, AL from 12/15/2010 to 12/15/2011, 59 sales occurred in […]
A Look At The Absorption Rate In Pelham, Alabama, Pt. 1
You may have heard the term “Absorption Rate” before but not really know what it means. The absorption rate is a measure of how long it will take to sell the current inventory of homes in a given market. This market can be on a large scale such as for the entire country, or it […]



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