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real estate: 2008: A year of {Positive} Change along the Alabama Gulf Coast? - 08/17/08 11:15 PM
Growing up on this island one becomes very sensitive to change. Overnight the flood of beach loving tourists arrive on Paradise Island and then one day, you wake up, and they all seem to have vanished into the quiet waters of the Gulf of Mexico - it is almost like magic...or clockwork.
It is so interesting to watch and analyze the cycle of seasons, life, nature, or my favorite, the local Alabama Gulf Coast and Perdido Key, Florida Real Estate Market. Over the last 2 years, change in our local real estate market has definitely been on my mind. A few times, … (9 comments)

real estate: Investors are back at the beach! Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, Fort Morgan and Perdido Key, FL - 07/27/08 06:24 PM
Finally! Since Hurricane Katrina, our area has been missing something: INVESTORS! However, every month this year gulf front condo sales are up while prices are down. As of one month ago, sales volume for gulf front units in Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, and Fort Morgan, AL and Perdido Key, FL were up 30% over 2007 sales volume!! This is according to my research in the Baldwin MLS.
This is the first time in 4 years that we have seen an increase in overall sale volume of gulf front condo units. The recipe of increased sales volume + decreased values tells me … (7 comments)

real estate: Bringing investors back to the beach: Auctions! - 07/27/08 05:38 PM
Austions are just one avenue to bring buyers and INVESTORS back to the beach!
Auction frenzy continues at Gulf Sunday, July 27, 2008By KATHY JUMPER Real Estate Editor Simply raising a hand could net a 142-acre horse farm or 35 Gulf-front condominium units — if you're the highest bidder.
It's summertime, and the auctions are hot in Baldwin County.
Homeowners, developers and, of course, banks are turning to auction companies to unload property. Some own ers aren't desperate, but want to sell what they hold quickly and move to other investments. Others are feeling the economic pinch of … (6 comments)

 

Elizabeth Helton

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