May 16th, 2013
This evening, Miss America’s Mallory Hagan will be in Opelika visiting her hometown and meeting and greeting with area residents. Since being crowned Miss America 2013 back in January, Hagan has been on a whirlwind of tours throughout the country. “She’s doing an awful lot of traveling, so it will be great to have her [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
February 28th, 2013
The South Central Alabama housing market has seen a surprising amount of activity in what is typically the slowest part of the season. Realtors in the region are now wondering if there will be enough inventory to accommodate the demand come spring according to Montgomeryadvertiser.com. Robert Dumas, CEO of AuburnBank was reported by al.com to [...]
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 [...]
January 14th, 2013
Over the course of 2012, the country witnessed some very encouraging trends take place in the housing market on a national level. More potential home buyers left their place on the fence and were actively looking at new homes for sale, which led to a rise in home sales, a decrease in inventory levels, [...]
December 5th, 2012
According to the Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE), October proved to be yet another month of positivity for the Lee County housing market. The latest stats from ACRE had Lee County showing a 7.72% increase in home sales, a 9.76% rise in the median home price, and a 1.81% drop in the Average Number [...]