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Foreclosure Auction this week.
Holiday Isle, LLC. In-depth consulting for individual buyers, investors and institutional buyer. 251-650-4017 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              251-650-4017      end_of_the_skype_highlighting http://bit.ly/HolidayIsleAuction

82 units at Holiday Isle condos will be sold unless some last minuet deal is cut with owner of these remainingf units.

The BUILDING is not being auctioned, just the remaining un-sold units owned by Holiday Isle, LLC

ALL GULF FRONT IN A NEW BUILDING with strong HOA, 56 owners and renters.

2 bed/2 bath

3 bed/2 bath

A few 3 bed 3 bath END units.  These are penthouse quality!

Almost one whole upper floor is available for creative management.

 

Contact me now to act as your representative or consultant on this property.

I have been an agent in on-site with this property, shot all the videos on my site, taken hundreds of stills, looked in every room at Holiday Isle.  If you want an expert to guide you in a buying decision why look anywhere else.  My office handles the on-site rental mangement as well.

Marion Laney

Realtor

ACP Real Estate, inc

Dauphin Island, AL 36528

251-650-4017

mlaney@ForgottenGulf.com

http://MarionSells.com

 

 

Bucking the trend for higher and higher insurance premiums for coastal real estate and homes, the new luxury Holiday Isle condominium residences on Dauphin Island, Alabama (a barrier island south of booming Mobile, Alabama) has announced the results of the new insurance coverage.

The new rates are almost 1/2 of previously quoted rates.  This is a testimonial to the superior building principles employed when this 7 story, gated condominium residence with attached parking garage was built.  Included in the coverage are both pools and parts of the unit owners built ins ina total departure from the normal standards.  Information from Holiday Isle LLC

Prices and more info  Marion Laney at ACP Real Estate

Insurance discussion video

 

Holiday Isle logo

Beach walkover

 

A sad testament to the current economy, the heralded SaltAire development has had to retrench like so many developers all over the nation.

I still believe this is a great project for South Mobile County and that it will rise again. 

On a more upbeat note the sales and buyer activity on Dauphin Island has been brisk these last several weeks.SaltAire development

 

Many of us on Dauphin Island have wondered how the new SaltAire development will impact our sales and rentals.

I believe this well marketed development from some of the folks associated with the stunning JOE company developments at Watersound and Windmark beach can only drive awareness of our beautiful and affordable location in south Mobile County.

Here is snippet from a recent article:

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SNIPPET:

Economist: SaltAire could have $1billion impact on area

Sunday, August 17, 2008 By KATHY JUMPER Real Estate Editor

The town of SaltAire on the western shoreline of Mobile Bay could have a $1 billion economic impact on the area over the next nine years and keep upscale home buyers from moving to Baldwin County, according to a report compiled by a local economist.

The 500-acre mixed-use community off Alabama 193 could attract high-income households, according to Semoon Chang, an economics professor at the University of South Alabama, who was paid to do the study.

SNIPPET:

FULL ARTICLE

 

A new marketing campaign to target potential visitors within a 250 mile area of Mobile Alabama has been announced.

Dauphin Island beach

The theme of the promotion should have a direct effect on my beach home market on Dauphin Island.  As our warm gulf waters and white sands are only 30-40 minutes from Mobile, Dauphin Island will be the natural SunSand and Surf location to "Chill Out".  Check out the beach view from the Dauphin Island webcam.

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Ad campaign urges tourists to 'Go Coastal'

Sunday, August 17, 2008 By RHODA A. PICKETT Staff Reporter

The Mobile Convention & Visitors Bureau will soon launch "Go Coastal," a new advertising campaign promoting the Mobile area as a comfort zone.

Bureau officials recently presented the campaign to the Mobile County Commission and asked the county for $1.5 million from lodging tax money to fund the promotion. County officials received gold T-shirts with white letters that read "Go Coastal."

Aimed at event planners, leisure travelers and anyone living within 250 miles of Mobile, the campaign will highlight the availability of fresh seafood and tout the relaxed coastal lifestyle filled with fishing, boating and swimming, said Leon Maisel, who heads the bureau. The bureau plans to use about $1.2 million for the ad campaign, Maisel said Friday, with the remaining $300,000 it has requested from the county going to sports-related events. 

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FULL STORY

 

For those who know I am involved in various businesses besides Real Estate, here is link to my most recent project. The full series airs in September.  Enjoy!

A little preview of the style of the series.  Each Sunday in September.
FEASTING ON WAVES webisode

Posted from my home base on Dauphin Island, Alabama.

Cheers,

Marion

 

The power of one photo.  Dauphin Island makes it onto Webshots!

This morning I checked email and saw a BUNCH of emails from WebShots commenting on a photo of "Dune House" I had posted.  At first I thought it was bogus as my account showed no comments.  Then the emails kept coming so I figured out that a photo of the sleeping porch at "Dune House" was the featured shot in the Home and Garden section.  No forewarning from WebShots, I was pleased about the recognition but a note to notify me would have been good.

The moral is the old law of unintended consequences.  I placed this photo on Webshots to ease the chore of imbedding it in multiple sites and in response to renter inquiries.  Certainly never expected it to be chosen as a featured photo with all they have to choose from.  Anyway enjoy looking around all the beautiful photos.  Marion

 

This has been a great summer for us on coastal Dauphin Island.  Although sales continue to be slow, the home and residential lot market has stabilized with several new closed and pending transactions of homes and lots.

Chill Out on Dauphin Island beachHome construction continues on all parts of the island and inquiries from 2nd home buyers, full timers and investers about local builders continues to grow.

With such a good vacation rental market and a growing residential market in Mobile the prognosis is for continued strengthening and a return to appreciation in the mid-term.

Publicity over our towns new West End public beach on Dauphin Island increases profile among nearby buyers who remain our principal source of home sales.  The press about the billions ThyssenKrump and Northup Grmana/Airbus/EADS are now or plan to invest in our area also generates inquiries.  Even the protest by Boeing generates headlines aound the world directing eyeballs to our little Gulf Coast jewel.

 How are the coastal markets in your areas?

 

 

Sand sculpture on Dauphin Island

MOBILE AND DAUPHIN SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT WITH AMERICA"S JUNIOR MISS CONTESTANTS

Mobile has had the first dance but today was Dauphin Island's turn to host the beautiful ladies of America's Junior Miss Pageant.  These smart, poised and attractive young ladies, escorted by their Mobile Alabama host families took the short drive to the beaches of Dauphin Island's West End. 

The venue was the just opened West End Beach public beach.  The setting was gorgeous with plenty of sun, sand, salt water and palms.  Unfortunately, the clouds threatened but quickly let the sun shine for the days events of the host family & their contestants building sand castles in the power white sands.

America's Junior Miss on Dauphin Island.

 

 

 

Mobile, Alabama: Where home prices/values continue to rise.

We in Mobile, Alabama are just very lucky to live here during this turmoil in the real estate industry.  We are in one of the few places where buying a home does not mean loosing value the day after you close on ownership.

The recent Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight report continues to show Mobile and this narrow section of the Gulf Coast as a bright spot in home value appreciation.

All the good news from industry and technology entering our area is driving these positive trends.  For a link to the report click on this link:

http://www.ofheo.gov/newsroom.aspx?ID=435&q1=1&q2=None

 
 
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Marion Laney

Dauphin Island, AL

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ACP Real Estate, inc

Address: 137 Orleans Drive, Dauphin Island, Al, 36528

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