Charles Woodall's (dothanhomesearch) Blog

As mentioned before, I have only been keeping hard records of this information since November. That is probably not enough of a time frame to establish any kind of trend, so take this for what it is. It is an accounting of the number of foreclosure notices listed in the legal section of The Dotha...

Judy had a great post yesterday about the new Country Crossing development to be located here in Houston County. I have read through some of the documents related to the project, especially the economic impact study, and here are some interesting nuggets. The master plan is being completed by Apo...

Judy Spears wrote this post for our website, dothanhomesearch.comThen Ronnie Gilley and George Jones may want to speak to you.More details are to come, but the Houston County Commission yesterday gave their support to a proposed country music themed development in Houston County, somewhere just o...

Meet anybody new here in Dothan, you’ll inevitably ask this question. Of course, this is southern hospitality at its best, taking a keen interest in those we come in contact with. While the answer is typically somewhere close by, it is interesting to note that some areas a little further away hav...

Many of us here in Dothan do not fully realize the economic impact that Fort Rucker, the Home of Army Aviation, has on our area. Military personnel, Department of Defense civilians, and contract civilian employees all put money into our economy from their paychecks, and there are also contracts f...

The dirt is moving on project that we told you about back in November. This will be the first development of its kind here in the Dothan area. Here are the quick details. The plan from Epcon is to build Stone Creek Landing, a 118 unit ranch style condominium development that will include 28 4-uni...

January is usually our slowest month. Looking at the sales numbers from last week bares that out. When sales slow, inventory typically rises. Inventory As predicted, inventory is back up this month, almost to the peak reached last October. Look for some fluctuation in the number of homes on the m...

Let's talk seriously for a minute. You may have seen the most recent National Association of REALTORS public awareness commercials (If not, click on the video at the bottom of this post for one example). For better or worse, the NAR is looked upon by many in America as a reputable source of infor...

By Michelle Beasley Let's set the record straight on whether or not this is a good time to buy real estate. The National Assocation of REALTORS has been taking some flack in the press recently for its "Now is a great time to buy" campaign. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. The truth is, it might be a ...

As I mentioned in last month’s update, we are now focusing the monthly Dothan real estate market update on numbers that are most relevant month-to-month, such as pendings and solds, inventory levels, and absorption rate. Other statistics, such as median price, days on market, and list-to-sale pri...