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 […]
Six years of sales activity in the Brook Highland subdivision, Shelby County, Alabama
January 23, 2012 By 2 Comments
Are these FHA required repairs?
January 20, 2012 By 6 Comments
I was doing some work recently for a novice property investor and he was asking me some questions about FHA required repairs. He wanted to prepare the house he just purchased so that if the buyers were going to use FHA financing there wouldn’t be any issues at the last minute to hold up the […]
Birmingham, AL Realtors, are you a socially savvy agent?
January 17, 2012 By 8 Comments
Do you consider yourself a socially savvy agent? Do you tweet, blog, or post videos on Youtube? Are you on LinkedIn, Facebook, or some other social network? If you are not you may want to think about it. In our ever changing business environment being knowledgeable and participating in the online social scene is becoming […]
Sales activity in Montevallo, Alabama for 2011
January 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I was in Montevallo, Alabama last week on an appraisal assignment and thought I would share with you the sales data I came up with. Montevallo is in southern Shelby County and is the home of the University Of Montevallo, The American Village, and the new Alabama National Cemetery for Veterans. The majority of sales […]
Birmingham, Alabama Cash Buyers: Don’t Make This Mistake
January 11, 2012 By 6 Comments
After seeing an article about how cash buyers have made a strong showing in residential real estate transactions I started wondering how many of them got appraisals on their purchases. Most of the time people think the only reason to get an appraisal is so you can borrow money from the bank. This is only […]
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