May 8th, 2013
According to the Alabama Center for Real Estate, Lee County is on the move! As of April 26, residential sales for Lee County in Alabama rose 22.8% last month. Closed transactions were also up 2.1% in March, year-to-date. The median selling prices for homes in Lee County also experienced an increase of 23.9% from [...]
April 30th, 2013
Today GE Aviation, a global leader in jet engine and aircraft systems production, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony in honor of its new $50 million manufacturing plant for the production of GE jet engines. This new 300,000 square-foot facility will hire hundreds of residents in the coming years, boosting job creation for the city of [...]
April 26th, 2013
This week, Mayor Gary Fuller celebrated with the city of Opelika as the Auburn Marriott Opelika Hotel & Conference Center at Grand National unveiled its brand new tennis court facility. The new tennis center features eight clay courts making it an ideal location for tourists and tennis tournaments. The new tennis court facility will [...]
April 17th, 2013
New home sales and new home construction building are on the rise. Last year, home prices increased in 92 of the country’s 100 metropolitan areas and sales volume rose in 60 of the 100 markets with 35 of those revealing double-digit gains, according to data provider CoreLogic. According to the Wall Street Journal, new-home [...]
April 12th, 2013
This week the Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) released its latest findings on new home sales for the state of Alabama. According to the report new home sales are up 18% year-to-date with a 24.8% increase from February 2012. This past February it was reported that home sales increased in 60% of all metro [...]
April 5th, 2013
Home buyers of National Village will be happy to know that home sales are on the rise with prices on a positive trend as well, making new home buyers at the right place at the right time. “The two headline composites (10-City Composite and 20-City Composite) posted their highest year-over-year increases since summer 2006,” [...]
March 28th, 2013
The Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) released its monthly findings last week for residential sales in the state of Alabama, further displaying positive signs of growth for our region. Compared to last February 2012, residential sales this past month improved by 12.6 percent overall in Alabama, outperforming the overall US market which [...]
March 14th, 2013
With housing inventory levels on the decline, new homes for sale have become even more desirable for prospective home buyers searching in the Southern region of Alabama. According to the Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE), housing inventory levels in Lee County decreased by 16.4% in January 2013 compared to January of last year [...]
February 19th, 2013
In a report generated by the Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) Lee County saw the most residential sales growth out of all the Alabama midsize markets with a growth of 8.9% in 2012. The number of homes for sale in December was below the thousand-unit mark, which was the first occurrence since the markets [...]
January 25th, 2013
This week the Eagle Spirit cottage at National Village won Professional Builder Magazine's gold award for "Best Single-Family Product – 2,000 sq/ft or Below". Other awards presented included "Best Multi-Family Home", "Best One-of-a-Kind Custom Home", and "Best New Community". Below is the write up by Professional Builder Magazine on the Eagle Spirit cottage. Congratulations [...]