Charles Woodall's (dothanhomesearch) Blog

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 valuab...

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 are not ne...

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 in...

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 to put together some links that will he...

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 home listed for s...

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 coastal ar...

 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 covering at the seminar. Please mak...

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 co...

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...

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 livelih...