The Best on the Vine, Week of November 25 - 11/30/07 08:55 PM
As I have shared with the Dothan Home Search readers before, the Real Estate Tomatoes are a group of real estate and mortgage professionals whose goal is to give their knowledge of their respective markets to the readers of their blogs. My hope is that this information will be relevant and
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Dothan Foreclosure numbers - 11/30/07 08:32 PM
As promised, here are the foreclosure numbers for the Dothan area for the last two weeks. These are strictly foreclosures listed in the legal section of the local paper, so these are homes that are in the final stages of foreclosure, soon to be sold on the courthouse steps. The numbers
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Dothan Designated as Playful City - 11/29/07 07:01 AM
The City of Dothan was recently named a “Playful City” by the KaBOOM National Organization for Play. The KaBOOM organization is a national play advocacy group with a mission to establish “…a great place to play within walking distance of every child in America”. Dothan is one of only 31 cities
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The Best on the Vine, Week of November 18 - 11/23/07 10:20 AM
I hope you all are enjoying the holiday week by spending time with those who are important in your life, and giving thanks for the blessings you have been given. So you can do these things and still keep up with real estate news, I have taken a little time
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Dothan Real Estate Market Update, November 2007 - 11/22/07 10:00 AM
The number of homes for sale in Dothan took another big jump in October, up to a whopping 946 homes. That is another 3% increase from September, and a total increase of 36% from October of 2006. Some home sellers may be getting bad advice, because there is no reason to have your
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How the ongoing drought is effecting the Dothan water supply - 11/21/07 05:29 PM
Dick Henk posted this on our company blog earlier today, and I wanted to share it with the Active Rain community. As of last Thursday, 46% of Alabama is under an exceptional drought, which is the most critical level. 99% of the state is experiencing some level of drought, with only the
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Best on the Vine, week of November 4 - 11/10/07 11:29 AM
If you have been following our website at all over the past week or so, you are aware of our upcoming Home Buyers Seminar next week. In this week’s Best on the Vine, several of my fellow tomatoes have touched on topics that relate well to the topics we will be
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New Home Starts Still Slow in Dothan Real Estate Market - 11/10/07 11:24 AM
Judy Spears posted this on our website, www.dothanhomesearch.com, and I wanted to share it.The number of residential building permits issued in October was up just a little from August and September, but is still very low. Historically, the number of new homes started in the third quarter just completed was the
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Zero Down Payment Still an Option for Dothan Home Buyers - 11/07/07 04:49 PM
Various down payment assistance programs available for FHA loans were set to go away on October 31, 2007. However, according to an email forwarded to me that originated from the desk of Joel Pate, Founder of the American Family Funds Down Payment Gift Program, the program was granted an extension by a Federal Court
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Agriculture Still a Vital Cog in Dothan Area Economy - 11/07/07 04:47 PM
With this week being National Peanut Festival week, I thought it would be a good time to examine the role agriculture plays in the Dothan and Wiregrass area economy. After all, agriculture was the principal industry in our area for decades and continues to play a major role in our regions
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The Best on the Vine, Week of October 28 - 11/02/07 09:04 AM
OK. I looked it up on Wikipedia, and the tomato is indeed a fruit. And who knew that China was the world’s top producer of tomatoes? Just a quick note to Sondra…Reynoldsville may be the birthplace, but Slocomb is where the tomato was perfected! I digress. I do know where the
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Pending Sales Continue Downward Trend in Dothan Real Estate - 11/01/07 01:42 PM
We have discussed other market numbers recently, including an analysis of days on market, absorption rate, and the overall numbers. All of them point to a slowing market. Today I want to throw a new number into the mix. We’ll call it the Pending Sales Ratio. The number of pending sales
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What's In a Name? The Naming of Dothan - 11/01/07 01:40 PM
We like to have some fun around here about mid week, so here is this week’s addition to Hump Day. Here is one of the many historic markers in and around the Dothan area. This one is located next to the Wiregrass Museum of Art, on Museum Street, just behind the
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Access Homes for Sale in Dothan on your Cell Phone - 11/01/07 01:39 PM
mobile.century21.com Visitors can search for properties, agents, and offices, as well as utilize interactive financial tools such as a mortgage calculator, at their convenience via their PDAs, cell phones and other handheld devices with Internet access capability. Buyers driving through a neighborhood can access information on a CENTURY 21 listing immediate
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