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This article was originally posted on DothanHomeSearch.com You have likely seen the ads on tv touting April as CENTURY 21 National Open House month. We at CENTURY 21 Key Realty will be participating by having two huge open house weekends. The first will be on Sunday, April 6th, and the second on ...

This article was originally posted on DothanHomeSearch.com Why are Alabama Property Taxes so low? This was a question posed on Trulia Voices last week. We have also discussed the subject here. Having some of the lowest property taxes in the country does not mean that the government won't get in y...

February brought a nice upturn after a couple of months of slow activity. As we discussed last week, sales were strong and pending sales are good. How about inventory? I’m glad you asked. Inventory Inventory was down in February, with 928 single family units on the market for sale. Looking at the...

So your agent calls and says that he/she has received an offer to purchase your home. What are your options? More importantly, what is your best option? First, your agent is required by law to prepare what is typically called a net proceeds estimate, or seller net sheet, that shows you what your ...

Originally posted on our website, www.dothanhomesearch.com. The number of homes sold in Dothan took a huge jump last month, climbing 55% over January numbers. In fact, the 95 houses sold in February was second highest monthly total since August. Sales and Pending Sales Pending sales through Janua...

Ann Bourland posted this on our company blog this afternoon. HUD has raised loan limits for FHA loans here in Houston County to $271,050 on single family homes (CLICK HERE for all the limits). The previous limit was $200,160. For those of you that hadn't heard, there are still folks in Dothan tha...

Judy Spears posted this update on our blog today The number of new homes started in February was up from January. Keep in mind that the 19 homes started will not be completed for at least three or four months, so they are not typically included in the inventory numbers you see posted here. Here i...

Buyers like to use a high number of days on market as a tool to eliminate a home from consideration, or as reasoning for a low ball offer. There has been some discussion around the web recently (here and here) about listing agents withdrawing a home from the MLS and immediately re-entering it to ...

As mentioned before, I have only been keeping hard records of this information since November. That is probably not enough of a time frame to establish any kind of trend, so take this for what it is. It is an accounting of the number of foreclosure notices listed in the legal section of The Dotha...

Judy had a great post yesterday about the new Country Crossing development to be located here in Houston County. I have read through some of the documents related to the project, especially the economic impact study, and here are some interesting nuggets. The master plan is being completed by Apo...