Recent sales data for the month of October provided by the Birmingham Multiple Listing Service indicates some positive trends in residential home sale prices. Some of the good news includes an increase in the median sales price over this time last year (2009). In October of this year the median sales price was $256,150 compared […]
Birmingham, AL Realtor Tips: How to Add Accurate Square Footage To Your Listings
November 29, 2010 By 7 Comments
The Birmingham Alabama Multiple Listing Service recently introduced an option allowing agents to list the gross living area (GLA) of their listings. This is a great feature that will help both Realtors and real estate appraisers. Realtors can now let potential buyers know how much living area the home they are looking at has. This […]
Birmingham, Alabama Appraiser-Photos From The Field: What In The World Is This?
November 10, 2010 By 7 Comments
I was doing an appraisal inspection on a lake property in Shelby County, Alabama recently and ran across this unknown item. I don’t know what it is myself so I thought I would ask everyone what they think it is. I will tell you that they were doing some dredging and clean up of the […]
Birmingham, Alabama Home Sales-Least Expensive Home Sale in October-2010
November 5, 2010 By 5 Comments
In the past I have been telling you about the most expensive home sale in the Birmingham, Alabama area, however this month I thought I would look at the opposite end of the price range and look at the least expensive home sale. Foreclosures are all over the news now, and as you may surmise, […]
Is This a New Trend in Home Construction?
November 4, 2010 By 13 Comments
After looking at this house you may think that it was built with new fangled construction methods to help increase its energy efficiency and make it more “green”. But you would be wrong, as I was. When I passed it up I did a double take, but after driving by again I discovered that it […]
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