Huntsville Real Estate Resource Center

According to the April 20th, 2008 Huntsville Times:
Depressed sales in Virgina are impacting our area. …We would likely be in boom times right now if the Virgina market would recover. …People that are supposed to be moving here can’t seem to sell their homes.
The number of new housing permits issued county-wide jumped […]

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The Huntsville Times published a special insert today entitled the “Impact of BRAC, An Explosion of Growth“. It is an exceptional piece of work regarding all things Huntsville and North Alabama. It has eighty eight pages of articles and photos of Neighborhoods, Huntsville Real Estate, Educational Facilities, Economics, Health Care, Recreation, and a section […]

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We are often asked why we focus so much on price/square foot instead of average or median sales price when performing our market analysis. This is definitely a good question especially since the whole industry and most real estate professionals use the average sales price measurement. We are most assuredly in the minority here, […]

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 Southeast Huntsville Market Brief
I wish to thank several readers who have sent email regarding our Local Market Trend feed and say your comments and compliments are most appreciated! Some have asked us to focus on a more granular profile of the Huntsville Real Estate market by providing some analysis of the main North Alabama MLS […]

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Nevada, California, Florida, and Arizona take the top spots for foreclosures in the month of March, 2008 according to RealtyTrac. The speculative markets in these states are still unwinding as housing prices continue to decline.
Nevada is the hardest hit with one out of every 139 homes in foreclosure, nearly 4 times the national average. For […]

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 March 12, 2008 by hqamcbrac
From the HQAMC BRAC Newsletter - March 2008
As the U.S. Army Materiel Command prepares for its permanent transition to Redstone Arsenal, Ala., Headquarters Army Materiel Command - Forward is expanding the AMC family with the hiring of the first civilian and active duty employees at Redstone.

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A controversial election year housing bill was passed by the Senate a couple of days ago, creating a possible showdown with the White House. It is no surprise that I am not much of a fan of this bill as it will likely slowdown any much needed correction in the free marketplace.
Instead, after the politicians […]

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It’s no surprise that the current real estate crunch is hitting some markets harder than others. Wobbling prices and sales volumes have sent a lagging shock to the rental markets, but it has been interesting to note that supply and demand have pushed different markets in different directions.

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March 12, 2008 by hqamcbrac
With the BRAC move of AMC to Redstone Arsenal only two years away employees at Fort Belvoir interested in making the transition have begun collecting information and planning. Many employees have expressed concern over the availability of health care providers in the Tennessee Valley region.
Several articles have been published […]

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Taking a brief look at the MLS statistics for March gives us an opportunity to take a snapshot of the Huntsville Real Estate market and evaluate evolving trends. The statistics we will use in this analysis are only for the single family home segment of the market. Thus in this post we will take […]

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