Bird's Eye View on Real Estate

Hoover Alabama - A City of Parks I love trees and I love to be outdoors (except for those really hot days of summer).  Spring and Fall are incredible - clear days, moderate temperatures AND plenty of places to hike, picnic and spend time with your family outdoors. Summer mornings before 9:00 are ...

  Over the last week, I've had a lot of people ask me about the New Tax Credit.  This was part of the housing bill that President Bush signed at the end of July.  As with any new bill, it takes a while to figure out all the kinks.   Good news is, if you are a first time home buyer (and a 1st time...

As of October 1, 2008 the FHA will no longer insure loans using Third Party Down Payment Assistance Programs.  You will still be able to get help from a family member or church, but the programs where the seller was actually asked to foot the bill are going away. These have names like Ameridream ...

Now that school is back in session in Hoover, Alabama our thoughts will be turning to football.  Well, not EVERYONE here is totally focused in football.  At the Shades Mountain Park the fall ball registration has just been completed - that's BASEBALL.  Fall ball games are played on Sunday afterno...

Lake Crest, in Hoover Alabama, is conveniently located between Hwy 150 and Shades Crest Road, just 1 mile from I-459.  The community has a nice club house, pool and tennis courts.  There is also a large lake with a walking trail around it.  The homes include townhomes and carriage homes plus larg...

Russet Woods and its sister neighborhood Southwood are conveniently located 3 miles off I-459 at the HWY 150 exit. Students attend either South Shades Crest or Deer Valley Elementary, Bumpus Middle School and Hoover High.  It is about a 18 mile drive to downtown Birmingham city center and there a...

Home sales in Alabaster were back up to 54 closed sales after a drop in June 2008 to 39 closed sales.  This was from a previous high of 52 homes closing in both April and May of 2008. The average salesprice was $187,378 with sales ranging from $35,000 for a manufactured home plus lot (not a typic...

The community of Pelham is convenienty located to the west of I-65, just south of Hoover Alabama.  Workers find a very short commute to their offices in the Riverchase office park in Hoover or the Inverness and Meadowbrook office parks off HWY 280. It is also a convenient commute to downtown Birm...

South of Birmingham Alabama you will find the mountain range called Oak Mountain.  This is the home of Oak Mountain State Park with lovely Oak Trees.  Someone told me once that there were over 40 varieties of Oak Trees in the Birmingham area.  I haven't verified this, but I believe it.  There are...

Home sales in Vestavia Hills Alabama were up in July to 62 closed sales.  This is the best month since August '07. Ten sales were in Liberty Park. The average salesprice was $387,615, up from $311,998 in June, with prices ranging from $96,900 for a 2 bedroom, 1 bath condo in Montreat to $1.030 mi...