Charles Woodall's (dothanhomesearch) Blog

Judy Spears posted this on our website today The number of new homes started in January was down from December, reflecting the continuing slowdown in housing starts here in Dothan. Here is the trend over the last twelve months. As of this morning, there were 243 new construction homes listed in t...

With Fort Rucker, Alabama serving as the Home of Army Aviation, there are a constant stream of soldiers coming into and out of the base. Here in Dothan, which is about 20-30 minutes from the base, we see many soldiers choose to live here because of the greater access to restaurants, entertainment...

Keshia Nix posted this article on our company blog, dothanhomesearch.com. One of the most popular elementary schools in the Dothan City School system right now is Hidden Lake Elementary. The school has grown to one of the largest elementary schools in Dothan in just a few short years, and has bee...

The construction of a limited-access highway to connect Dothan with I-10 in the Florida Panhandle has been a topic of discussion here for several years. It seems there may be a new development. From WSFA in Montgomery The route that was decided on last year does not make much sense to me, because...

Think again. We’ve yet to see a significant increase in foreclosures here in Dothan. I think we will. And even if you are current on your mortgage and are set to ride out the storm, the ripple effect foreclosures have on the market can have some impact on you and your home. Terry McDonald, fellow...

Michelle Beasley posted this on our website, dothanhomesearch.com.I still remember my horror when I first saw the online picture of what would turn out to be my future home. You couldn’t really make out what the house looked like because of the overgrown shrubbery, huge trees, and the bad paint j...

Rich Rodriguez has problems. The University of Michigan football coach, formerly at West Virginia, is having some issues with a contract. The way I understand it, his contract with West Virginia called for a $4 million dollar payment to the university if he left for another job. He says he doesn’...

Judy Spears posted this on our blog yesterday.After a lot of discussion and community input over the past several weeks, the Dothan City Commission voted yesterday to purchase about 87 acres near Campbellton Highway and Taylor Road for a new city recreation facility. The need for a new facility f...

Christy Manning posted this on our website. It is a great article related to some history in our area.Ashford, Alabama has an interesting history that grew out of the railroad and the turpentine industries in the late 19th century. The Alabama Midland Railroad Depot, built in 1889, still remains ...

This will hopefully be our last post on the real estate market of 2007. I am a firm believer that once something is history, you learn what you can from it and move on to bigger and better things. We don’t lament about what might have been here at CENTURY 21 Key Realty, we embrace the challenge o...