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December 2020 Alabama Gulf Coast real estate stats
Alabama's Gulf Coast contains several real estate markets depending on location and price point – just to name a few factors. The graphic below shows real estate statistics for December 2020, the latest month available.
Vital Signs provides a visual representation of what's happening in several local markets by showing you supply. The colored-coded numbers represent the absorption rate, the number of months it would take to sell every home on the market in a particular price range if no others were added. If the market is moving quickly, the absorption rate will fall below six months of supply, and if it's more of a buyer's market, it will jump above six months of suppl...
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Need a New Year's Resolution? Commit to growing your database
Just taking a guess, you are probably like most real estate agents. You know people from the YMCA, your children's school, church or your neighborhood. In fact, you probably have contact information for many of them. On your desk is probably a collection of names, addresses and phone numbers on stacks of scrap paper, business cards and envelopes.
All those people you know and scrap pieces of paper on your desk have the power to change your business.
If you do not keep contact information for people you know in the community and past clients in an easily manageable format, you are selling your business short. It could be organized in a large Excel spreadsheet, o...
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Feeling cold? Try weatherizing your home
Winter may not always mean freezing weather along Alabama's Gulf Coast, but January and February still typically bring us our chilliest temperatures. Because we could have a winter weekend in the 70s and the next in the 40s, ensuring your home is energy efficient is a must at the beginning of the new year. What better way to start off the year than saving money, after all?
Improving your home's weather-related energy efficiency, known as weatherization, can mean anything from replacing old windows to installing solar panels. The scope of the weatherization process depends on how comfortable your home currently is, how long you plan to stay in your home, and how much money is heading straight out the window each month. At its most basic, weatherization entails sealing air leaks and improving ins...
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2021 Routine Maintenance Reminders
The start of a new year probably means you made a list of goals. Call them resolutions. Call it brainstorming or a non-binding to-do list. Call it whatever you like, but chances are the list included some type
of home improvement project. Maybe it's redoing your extra bathroom so your Christmas guests aren't as cramped next year. Maybe it's creating a designated play area or room, so you stop tripping over the toys littering the floor.
While you're tackling those big resolutions, remember it's routine maintenance that helps your home thrive each year. Some routine maintenance is pretty commonly advised: change the air filter, test the fire alarms, check the fire extinguisher, have the HVAC serviced, check for leaky pipes and faucets, cut trees and shrubs back, clean out the dryer...
