Charles Woodall's (dothanhomesearch) Blog

We are pleased to announce the addition of a page here on Dothan Home Search specifically dedicated to our area schools. When you visit dothanhomesearch.com/schools, you will see a map of area schools, and be clicking on a specific school location, you'll get some general information as well as a...

The January slide has continued into February, with February sales dropping over 24% from February, 2008. The number of homes sold was up 50% from January however. Overall, home sales in the Dothan real estate market are down a full 25% for the first two months of 2009, compared to 2008. Pending ...

This article was originally posted on DothanHomeSearch.com A week or so ago, we talked about the three different types of home buyers , and gave you some information on each one. Today, I want to look out how each buyer looks at your home when it hits the market. Now you've probably heard somewhe...

This article was originally posted on DothanHomeSearch.com The number of homes for sale in the Dothan area continues to rise, moving up almost 5% in the last 30 days and up over 8.5% since the first of the year. Across the nation however, inventory levels are dropping. Dothan has always lagged be...

This article was originally posted on DothanHomeSearch.com While I'm not inclined to put people, in this case home buyers, into definite, immovable categories, it is important in our business to look at these things and try to help our seller clients determine how to use the information to their ...

This article was originally posted on DothanHomeSearch.com Part of the new economic stimulus package just signed by President Obama aims to stimulate the housing market. This post is not to debate the merits of the plan, or even this specific provision of it. The purpose of this post is to give y...

This article was originally posted on DothanHomeSearch.com As expected, the number of homes for sale in Dothan has moved back up this month. As of this past Monday, there were 1012 houses listed for sale in the Dothan MLS, up from 979 in January. Inventory levels are seasonal just like sales are,...

This article was originally posted by Judy Spears on DothanHomeSearch.com There were 13 permits issued in January for new homes to be built, which is coincidentally the lowest monthly figure since last January. Activity ramped up in February and March of 2008, so we will see if that happens again...

There was a fairly significant 20% drop in year over year home sales in the Dothan area for January. Last year, there were 63 homes sold in January, compared 50 this year. This number also represents the least number of homes sold in a month since way back in 2000. Looking at the pending sales ch...

There hasn’t been much movement either up or down in the number of homes for sale in the Dothan MLS over the past several weeks. Single family houses for sale peeked around 1,030 in early November, but have since settled back down to around the 1,000 mark. Considering that an increase in inventor...