I remember years ago when Daphne was nothing more than a spot on the map in the Gulf Shores area, that was over 20 years ago though when I used to live in Pensacola.  Good luck in Daphne but you have a great place.

Thanks for the reply.

Yes things have changed.  There are new shopping malls, restaurants, schools, etc.  It is very attractive place to live because of its short drive to downtown Mobile, downtown Fairhope and the pier, and 40 minutes to the beaches.

Take care!

Steve, my grandfather once owned 10,000 acres in Balwin County. it was timberland in those days. He sold it for a $1.00 per acre. That had to be in the 1930 timeframe. Been through your area many times. I have a first cousin in Fairhope, condo in Orange beach, a farm in Monroeville, another cousin in Spanish Fort. Delchamps was a major client of mine when I was in the grocery business. Nice to see your blog. Eric from New Orleans. Take a look at my site www.neworleanscondos.net .   

Thanks Eric.  I checked out your site and it is very impressive.  My wife and I love to visit New Orleans.  We just not had the time lately.  Her brother lives in Napoleonville so we pass through there a few times a year.

Take care.

As a builder, what I would be very interested to see is to take each of the areas individually, and place each of the houses you listed here as sold, then assign price listed, price sold, and categorize that data into weighted averages based on price to determine the weighted average price which each house sold at in each area.  The data you then produce would look something like the following:

           Listed           Sold            Overall %             % at $ A      % at $ B    % at $ C    etc

Instead of indicating that Daphne had 45% sold and Fairhope sold at 22%, you would then be able to say at Price X, Daphne sold X% and at the same Price range Fairhope sold X%.  This data is completely relevant to present a completely accurate picture due to the price discrepancies between all the towns you listed here.  It is also relevant because one can then determine not only the areas that are hottest, but the price points within any given area that is hottest also. 

Clay,

Thanks for the suggestion.  I will incorporate your ideas into a future blog entry.