Hoover AL Home for Sale – Open House October 17, 2010

This Sunday, October 17, 2010, from 2:00-4:00 we will be holding an open house at this Hoover AL Home for Sale. The address is 2025 Shebia Drive.

Hoover, Alabama – Located in the heart of Hoover, you really must see the 4 bedroom, 2 bath Hoover home for sale in a mature neighborhood with large shade trees and very little traffic. This home has been completely renovated including: add. attic insulation; new attic fan; custom built exterior shutters; new int. (walls, trim, doors) and exterior paint, new window screens, new interior and exterior locks/hardware; new exterior light fixtures, upgraded landscaping, remodeled Kitchen with painted cabinets, new hardware, Uba Tuba granite counters, under mount double sink with new faucet & built-in soap dispenser, glass mosaic tile back splash, new stainless oven/stove, built-in microwave, ceiling & under-cabinet lighting, upgraded Bathrooms include new ceramic flooring tiles, Venetian Bronze fixtures, double vanities, mirrors, lighting, caulk around tubs, regrouted Master Bath shower, new shelving in foyer closet, Tiffany fixtures at entry & in hall, new carpeting throughout & hot water heater w/copper tubing in 2010. Additional features include walk-in closets with shelving in 3 Bedrooms, ceiling fans in all Bedrooms, and crown molding throughout.

Come see me on Sunday, October 17,2010 from 2:00-4:00

Hoover AL Home for Sale – Open House October 3, 2010

This Sunday, October 3, 2010, from 2:00-4:00 we will be holding an open house at this Hoover AL Home for Sale. The address is 5280 Greystone Way.

This home is currently listed by Vinnie Alonzo of ReMax Advantage. Listing status and availability subject to change. Please call to confirm future availability after this date.

Hoover, Alabama – Reduced over $50,000! This professionally landscaped 5 bedroom, 4 ½ bath Greystone Home for sale in Hoover has been totally updated and is ready for a new owner. This is one of Greystone’s best golf course lots on the 18^th fairway with a USPGA putting green in the backyard. Updates include new paint inside and out, new fixtures, new kitchen with granite countertops, a tile backsplash, and top of the line appliances. Gleaming hardwood floors are throughout the main level along with a fabulous master suite with a luxury bath.  The basement features a fabulous media room with a 9 foot screen, recreation room, kitchen, full bath, and 1,000 bottle wine cellar. There is both main level parking and a 2 car garage in the basement.

Come by and see me on Sunday, October 3, 2010 from 2:00-4:00!

Hoover Real Estate and Community Overview

Hoover, Alabama ~ A primary focus of ours is on keeping you informed about the Hoover Alabama Real Estate market. One thing we know is that in order to help you make an educated and well thought out decision for you and your family, whether it be buying or selling, you need to know about the area. So, we plan on devoting time to keep you informed about what is happening in Hoover Real Estate and its surrounding communities.

Particularly, if you are looking for Hoover AL Real Estate or just information about Hoover, Alabama, we have here the Hoover Alabama Real Estate and Community Overview.

Located in Jefferson and Shelby County, Hoover, Alabama sits, ever expanding, as a growing community.

Named after William H. Hoover, a local business owner, Hoover was incorporated in 1967 and has grown ever since. For instance, Hoover now is home for the Birmingham Barons, Birmingham Alabama’s minor league Baseball team at Region’s Park and The Hoover Galleria, one of the largest shopping centers and multi-use complexes in the South East at over 2 million square feet.

According to BestPlaces.net, (as of 9/10)…

• As of 2010, Hoover, Alabama, has about 71,889 people having grown about 14.66 percent since 2000.
• The median age is 38.5 years old.
• The average household is 2.46 persons.
• Racially, according to BestPlaces.net in Hoover about 80.82% of people are white, 10.55% are black, 4.41% are asian, 0.21% are native american, and 4.01% claim ‘Other.
• The median income per household in Hoover is $76,632 per year.
• The median home price is $233,050
• Hoover averages about 59 inches of rain per year and 2 inches of snow per year.
• There are, on average, 214 sunny days and 117days with measurable precipitation.
• The average high in July is about 93 degrees and average January low is about 31 degrees.

You can get more information about Hoover Alabama at BestPlaces.net

Currently, Hoover has 17 schools. You can go to the Hoover School Board for system information, or you can go there to see the individual schools. You can also get school report cards on Hoover Alabama Schools from GreatSchools.net.

There are 10 elementary schools in Hoover, Alabama:

• 1. Bluff Park Elementary
• 2. Deer Valley Elementary
• 3. Green Valley Elementary
• 4. Greystone Elementary
• 5. Gwin Elementary
• 6. Riverchase Elementary
• 7. Rocky Ridge Elementary
• 8. Shades Mountain Elementary
• 9. South Shades Crest Elementary
• 10. Trace Crossings Elementary

Four middle schools:

• 1. Berry Middle
• 2. Bumpus Middle
• 3. Simmons Middle
• 4. CrossRoads Middle

One freshman campus:

• 1. Hoover High Freshman Campus

Two High Schools:

•1. Hoover High School

•2. Spain Park High School

Some of the local attractions are:

•1. Renaissance Resort and Spa at Ross Bridge

•2. Ross Bridge, Robert Trent Jones, Golf Course

•3. The Galleria

•4. Region’s Park

•5. Birmingham Barons

•6. Alridge Gardens

•7. Hoover Chamber of Commerce

•8. Birmingham Zoo

•9. Birmingham Botanical Gardens

•10. McWane Science Center: Science Museum, Aquarium, and IMAX Dome Theatre

Birmingham AL Mortgage Tax Credit Dates Extended for Veterans

Active-veterans who serve on an official, extended duty service outside of the United States for at least 91 days during the period of January 1, 2009 through April 30, 2010 will be granted a 1-year extension on the home buyer tax credit.  In other words, any active veterans who served overseas for over 90 days between the the aforementioned dates can qualify for the same Birmingham home buyer tax credit if they are in contract to purchase by April 30th, 2011 and complete the transaction by June 30th, 2011.

Who qualifies?

• Member of “uniformed” services
• Member of Foreign Service of the U.S.
• Employee of Intelligence Community
• Extended Duty “outside” the United States for at least 91 days during the period from 1/01/09 to 4/30/10
• Extended Duty “inside” the United States for at least 91 days and had to relocate at least 50 miles
• Spouse of any of the above

Any veteran, with the above qualifications, who’s thinking of buying a new home will be happy to know they have an extra year to find a new Birmingham home.

This was shared with me this week from a local mortgage lender.

Please verify all information with the appropriate sources if trying to get the tax credit for Veterans.

Looking to Buy Birmingham Alabama Real Estate?

If you want to buy a home in the Birmingham Alabama area- we’ve made it fast and easy for you to search all the Birmingham Alabama homes for sale . Search just like the best Birmingham AL Realtors and see all the properties being sold by all Birmingham Alabama Real Estate agents.

Enjoy our fully customizable property search of the complete Birmingham Alabama MLS (multiple listing service) of single family homes, condos, and town houses. We specialize in helping you buy a Birmingham Alabama real estate bargain.(foreclosures and bank owned homes)

Specializing in Selling Birmingham AL Homes

The first thing home sellers need to know is “What’s my Birmingham AL home worth right NOW?” and what are Birmingham home prices doing by neighborhood. Our experience shows it all depends on where YOU live. Please ask for a FREE Comparable Market Analysis Report – CMA on your home so you can see what is actually happening in your neighborhood! No obligation, of course.

Experience shows that to sell a home in Birmingham AL today requires more than just putting a sign in the yard or putting the property information in the MLS.

Successful home sellers have found they need the advice of skilled Real Estate counsultants like us, who have:

• strong negotiating skills to get your home sold quickly for the most money even in this real estate market,
• a strong internet marketing plan like our Smart Home Selling Plan. In fact, we may already have a buyer for your property because we understand that over 84% of home buyers today are finding their next house on the internet which is why when you use our plan we make sure they are seeing your home first and we also have a
• deep understanding of what’s really happening with home values in your real estate market ( Birmingham Real Estate Market Reports by area).

We have helped many families sell their Birmingham homes, quickly and painlessly even in this difficult housing market. In fact, we may already have a buyer for your property because we understand that over 84% of home buyers today are finding their next house on the internet which is why when you use our Smart Home Selling Plan we make sure they are seeing your home first.

Call us to schedule your FREE private real estate consultation to fully understand your home selling options (no pressure no hassles – guaranteed).
Whether you are buying or selling Birmingham AL homes | Hoover homes | Vestavia homes | Vestavia Homes | Pelham Homes |Helena Homes | Trussville Homes |Homewood Homes – we can help!

Call me today at – 205-383-3358.

Stephen Wolfe – Birmingham Alabama Realtor

Birmingham AL Homes for Sale – What You Get For The Money Priced About $250,000

Birmingham, Alabama – I happened to be watching TV the other night and caught a few minutes of a show, What You Get For The Money, on HGTV. It got my attention for a little while and got me thinking about what you can get for the money when it comes to Birmingham AL Homes for Sale in some of the different areas around town.

So, I am going to start this series on Birmingham AL Homes priced around $250,000 as of May, 2010. I hope to also spotlight other price ranges as well.

What I have done is go into the Birmingham MLS and do a search on homes priced from 245,000-255,000 and selected ten homes which met that criteria. I did just select Single Family homes and excluded townhomes and condos.  I made a pdf of the ten homes and am including the links below. Hopefully in time I will be able to include an active link that can be searched, but for now, this is what we will do.

Mountain Brook

There were none currently in that price range. So I just pulled homes that were the closest both above and below 250,000. Most of Mountain Brook is above 250,000. These are actually some of the lowest priced Mountain Brook Real Estate.

Click here to learn more about Mountain Brook, Alabama.

You can see all these Mountain Brook homes for sale here: Mountain Brook $250,000

Vestavia

Most of these are 3 bedroom 2 bath homes. It is in not common to find larger Vestavia Homes for Sale in this price range. I actually expected to have to expand my parameters in Vestavia to find ten homes.

Click here to learn more about Vestavia, Alabama

You can see all these Vestavia homes for sale here: Vestavia $250,000

Homewood

Like Vestavia, I did not expect to find many Homewood AL Homes in this price range of any size. Most of these are 2 and 3 bedroom homes. However, I would expect that they have had some updates. While Homewood does have some larger homes, a good bit of Homewood is characterized as older homes that have been somewhat updated.

Click here to learn more about Homewood, Alabama.

You can see all these Homewood AL Homes here: Homewood $250,000

Hoover

Unlike the three aforementioned areas, I did expect to find a wider variety and some larger homes in the price range of these Hoover AL Homes for Sale, and I did. More than 2o homes came up in the price range I was using so I did have the opportunity to select 10 homes.  You can expect to find some larger homes, some maybe with some finer touches here than in the previous 3 areas in this price range.

Click here to learn more about Hoover, Alabama

You can see the Hoover AL Homes for Sale here: Hoover $250,000

Trussville

Not unlike Hoover, I expected and found the same results. These Trussville Homes for Sale have between 3 and 5 bedrooms and may even have some larger lots. Like Hoover, you can expect to find some larger homes, some maybe with some finer touches here than in the previous 3 areas in this price range.

Click here to learn more about Trussville, Alabama

You can see these Trussville Homes for Sale here: Trussville $250,000

Looking to Buy Birmingham Alabama Real Estate?

If you want to buy a home in the Birmingham Alabama area- we’ve made it fast and easy for you to search all the Birmingham Alabama homes for sale . Search just like the best Birmingham AL Realtors and see all the properties being sold by all Birmingham Alabama Real Estate agents.

Enjoy our fully customizable property search of the complete Birmingham Alabama MLS (multiple listing service) of single family homes, condos, and town houses. We specialize in helping you buy a Birmingham Alabama real estate bargain.(foreclosures and bank owned homes)

Specializing in Selling Birmingham AL Homes

The first thing home sellers need to know is “What’s my Birmingham AL home worth right NOW?” and what are Birmingham home prices doing by neighborhood. Our experience shows it all depends on where YOU live. Please ask for a FREE Comparable Market Analysis Report – CMA on your home so you can see what is actually happening in your neighborhood! No obligation, of course.

Experience shows that to sell a home in Birmingham AL today requires more than just putting a sign in the yard or putting the property information in the MLS.

Successful home sellers have found they need the advice of skilled Real Estate counsultants like us, who have:

• strong negotiating skills to get your home sold quickly for the most money even in this real estate market,
• a strong internet marketing plan like our Smart Home Selling Plan. In fact, we may already have a buyer for your property because we understand that over 84% of home buyers today are finding their next house on the internet which is why when you use our plan we make sure they are seeing your home first and we also have a
• deep understanding of what’s really happening with home values in your real estate market ( Birmingham Real Estate Market Reports by area).

We have helped many families sell their Birmingham homes, quickly and painlessly even in this difficult housing market. In fact, we may already have a buyer for your property because we understand that over 84% of home buyers today are finding their next house on the internet which is why when you use our Smart Home Selling Plan we make sure they are seeing your home first.

Call us to schedule your FREE private real estate consultation to fully understand your home selling options (no pressure no hassles – guaranteed).
Whether you are buying or selling Birmingham AL homes | Hoover homes | Vestavia homes | Vestavia Homes | Pelham Homes |Helena Homes | Trussville Homes |Homewood Homes – we can help!

Call me today at – 205-383-3358.

Stephen Wolfe – Birmingham Alabama Realtor

Ross Bridge New Construction

We have some clients who are having a new home built in the Ross Bridge Commuity of Hoover, Alabama. Every so often I like to drive by there, take a picture with my iPhone, and email it to them so they can see the progress of the build. It had been about a week longer than I wanted to wait, but I did manage to get out there this week, and below is what I saw.

It’s so exciting to see such progress being made in Ross Bridge!

Understanding Zillow and The “Zestimate”

Over the weekend an article was shared with me by Ginger Wilcox, a Marin Real Estate Agent in  who sells Marin County, California about Zillow and their Zestimates on homes. Occasionally, here in Birmingham, I may have someone ask about the zestimate value of a home they were looking at online. I explained to them the difference in what I could find in the current sales data and sort of how Zillow goes about doing theirs. Ginger had a nice thought about this in her article that caught my attention which was…

“If you are selling your home, it is import to know the zestimate because home buyers are looking at those numbers before they write offers on your home.  A zestimate is not a replacement for a full market analysis by a licensed agent who understands the current market conditions in that neighborhood, but it can be a helpful starting point.”

This quote by itself doesn’t tell the whole article, so, with her permission, we are sharing it in its entirety below…

Understanding the “Zestimate” for your home

Oct 9th, 2009 by Ginger Wilcox

Ever wondered how Zillow calculates their zestimates?  This is a great video by Zillow on how they actually calculate the “zestimate” for homes.  In the video, David Gibbons, Community Relations Manager for Zillow says “a zestimate is an estimate of the value of your home.  It is not what you should list your home for and it is not what we are saying you should offer for a home you are trying to buy.”  He goes on to talk about considerations impacting the accuracy of the zestimate.  The wider the range, the less confident Zillow is in the zestimate value.  Gibbons also says you should look at the Zestimtae value over time.   It is a great video to get an understanding of how zestimates are calculated.

If you are selling your home, it is import to know the zestimate because home buyers are looking at those numbers before they write offers on your home.  A zestimate is not a replacement for a full market analysis by a licensed agent who understands the current market conditions in that neighborhood, but it can be a helpful starting point.

Again, I want to give special thanks to Ginger Wilcox, Marin Real Estate for sharing this with us.

Birmingham Home Buyer Tax Credit – Time Is Running Out – IRS Video

Birmingham Alabama Homes – Hoover Real Estate Market Statistics First Quarter 2009

Birmingham, Alabama – We are well in to 2009, and it is time to look at the year of market statistics for Birmingham AL Real Estate. As we have always stated that as a homeowner, potential resident, potential seller, or as a real estate consultant, we think it is always important to know the stats about what is happening with Birmingham Alabama homes. For this report we are going to be focusing on Hoover Alabama Real Estate

Birmingham – Hoover Homes for Sale Listed First Quarter 2009

For the first quarter of 2009 there were 537 Newly Listed Hoover Homes for Sale. The Average Price was $367,609. The Median Price was $299,900.

Birmingham – Hoover Homes Sold First Quarter 2009

For the first quarter of 2009 there were 176 Hoover AL homes Sold. The Average Price was $317,737. The Median Price was $290,832, with 108 Average Days on Market at 96% of list price.

Birmingham – Hoover Homes for Sale – Currently active as of 6/09

Currently there are 1019 Active Hoover Homes For Sale with an Average Price of $410,928. The Median Price is $326,000 with 131 Average Days on Market.

If you would like to be contacted as soon as homes become available in the Hoover area just let us know. To view our area Real Estate and Community Tour go to the Hoover Real Estate Channel. For more information about the Hoover Community you can also go to the Hoover Chamber of Commerce (Click here for their website.)

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Hoover Homes for Sale

*Note these Birmingham AL Real Estate stats are accurate as of 6/09 according to the Birmingham MLS. They are subject to change as Birmingham Realtors submit listed and sold properties into the Birmingham Alabama MLS.

Birmingham Alabama Homes – Real Estate Hoover Alabama Market Statistics October 2008

Birmingham Alabama – We are well underway with 2008, and time to continue our look at the year of market statistics for Birmingham Alabama Real Estate. As we have always stated that as a homeowner, potential resident, potential seller, or as a real estate consultant, we think it is always important to know the stats about what is happening with Birmingham homes. For this report we are going to be focusing on Real Estate Hoover Alabama

Birmingham – Homes for Sale Hoover AL Listed October 2008

For the month of October there were 150 Newly Listed Homes for Sale Hoover AL. The Average Price was $372,049. The Median Price was $299,000.

Compared to the month of September there were 152 Newly Listed Hoover Homes for Sale. The Average Price was $371,141. The Median Price was $289,000.

Birmingham – Hoover Alabama Homes Sold October 2008

For the month of October there were 54 Hoover AL homes Sold. The Average Price was $423,568. The Median Price was $280,000, with 92 Average Days on Market at 93% of list price.

For the month of September there were 113 Sold homes in Hoover AL Real Estate. The Average Price was $338,232. The Median Price was $290,000, with 78 Average Days on Market at 98% of list price.

Birmingham – Hoover AL Homes for Sale – Currently active as of 12/08

Currently there are 857 Active Hoover Homes For Sale with an Average Price of $423,073. The Median Price is $335,281 with 123 Average Days on Market.

At the end of September there were 941 Active Homes For Sale Hoover AL with an Average Price of $419,240. The Median Price is $329,900 with 112 Average Days on Market.

If you would like to be contacted as soon as homes become available in the Hoover area just let us know. To view our area Real Estate and Community Tour go to the Hoover Real Estate Channel For more information about the Hoover Community you can also go to the Hoover Chamber of Commerce (Click here for their website.)

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Hoover Homes for Sale $100000 to $200000

Hoover Homes for Sale $200000 to $300000

Hoover Homes for Sale $300000 to $400000

Hoover Homes for Sale $400000 to $500000

Hoover Homes for Sale $500000 to $750000

Hoover Homes for Sale From $750000

*Note these Birmingham AL Real Estate stats are accurate as of 12/08 according to the Birmingham MLS. They are subject to change as Birmingham Realtors submit listed and sold properties into the Birmingham Alabama MLS.