Bird's Eye View on Real Estate

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Real Estate Agent - Coldwell Banker Preferred Properties
Toni Bird Sells Real Estate in Hoover and the Greater Birmingham Alabama Area.

ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2010 

One of the great things about Hoover Alabama is its convenient location.  Depending on where you are in town, it is 10-15 miles to downtown Birmingham City Center Business District and UAB.  We also have the Galleria Shopping Center and the newer Patton Creek Shopping Center located at the inters...
02/17/2010
Beautiful Day for the Mercedes Marathon in Birmingham Alabama   Today was a beautiful day for the 9th running of the Mercedes Marathon.   Running the streets of Birmingham, Alabama for either the full or ½ marathon.  Runners had to complete the course within 6 hours (4 for the ½). Fans were on ha...
02/14/2010
Homebuilder Rusty Fowler Finishes Another Home in The Preserve   Another ecstatic Hoover, Alabama, homeowner has just moved into their new home in The Preserve. At the corner of Restoration Drive and Fameflower Street is the newest home in this fabulous community which features turn of the centur...
02/13/2010
It's finally here, SNOW!  The flakes started falling abut 10:30 A.M. and were coming down good until 3:00.  The last snow day we had was a NON-EVENT - very disappointing.  But today it is just a tad below freezing and the flakes are falling and sticking to the trees and grass.  Here are some pict...
02/12/2010
Home Sales Pelham Alabama January 2010   I've just reviewed the reported home sales for Pelham Alabama for January.  As of today, we had 11 homes close last month.  That was down from a healthy 28 home sales in December 2009.  The average sales price was $141,038 which is the lowest it has been a...
02/12/2010
Home Sales Hoover Alabama January 2010   What was the real estate market like in Hoover Alabama in January 2010?  Well, Home sales were better in Hoover than they were in other parts of Birmingham.   We saw 57 home sales in Hoover, Alabama in January.  This was down from the 63 that sold in Decem...
02/11/2010
Home Sales Vestavia Alabama January 2010   The numbers are in for January and we see that Home Sales in Vestavia Alabama were down from December 2009.  In January we had 21 homes close - down from 43 in December.  This was UP, however, from January of 2009 when there were 19 sales. The average sa...
02/10/2010
Sold Homes Helena Alabama January 2010   What is the real estate market like in Helena Alabama?   We saw that 15 homes sold in Helena during January.  This was down slightly from the 18 that sold in December and up one from the 14 that sold in January '09.  Prices ranged from $65,225 for a 3 Bedr...
02/09/2010
Create Your Own RED BOX for Moving Day.   So, you've decided to buy a house. You've worked through all the closing activities and the home is YOURS.  Now the WORK begins, THE MOVE. If you are using movers to pack you, they will typically take 2 days to pack, and one day to load.  You need to be r...
02/08/2010
Can You Buy A Foreclosure AND Use the Homebuyer Tax Credit?   You hear all about the great deals people are getting on foreclosed homes lately.  There are several on the market.  The home on the left is for sale in Pelham, Alabama.  THIS ONE is a Great Buy at $299,900. Some are good deals and oth...
02/06/2010