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Mulligan Brothers Offer Flavorful Taste of Alabama’s Music
The talent you’ll find among Alabama musicians never ceases to amaze. A good case in point would be the Mobile-based Mulligan Brothers, who are drawing growing attention throughout the southeastern...
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A Big Step Forward For Alabaster
Community milestone: For several hours on September 25, 2014, school board officials signed papers finalizing their purchase of tracts totaling nearly 300 acres that will become the site of a new high...
View ArticleSales Update – Alabaster’s Lake Forest
Here’s a look at sale trends, past and current, for Lake Forest, a popular Birmingham, Alabama, area neighborhood, where lots of folks look for homes for sale: With its private lake, fishing,...
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The Contingency Dilemma: An Agent’s Perspective
Twice, during the past week, two of our Listing Clients have received Offers on their homes for sale in the Birmingham area that depended on the Buyers being able to sell their homes first. One of the...
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Buyer’s Market in 2015? Not likely at this point…
As 2014 draws to a close, it’s natural to wonder how the Birmingham area home sales market will perform during the coming year. Nobody has a crystal ball, of course, but a couple of numbers tell...
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Birmingham Area Home Values Climb
Home values in the greater Birmingham area appear to be rising steadily. Here’s the sales history of a home that has sold in Alabaster three times during the past few years: This home’s value has risen...
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Welcome to Helena
Being able to enjoy a scene as pretty as horses grazing in a field of colorful flowers might have you thinking you have to drive far out in the country to see, but it’s all part of living in one...
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Farewell to Birmingham Weather Legend JB Elliott
There are nice people in the world, and then there are people like JB Elliott. The long time friend I made while I worked as a television news reporter and weather anchor at Birmingham’s WVTM NBC/13...
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An Amateur Radio Giant Slips Away
One thing is for sure about my amateur radio operator friend, Bill Pasternak, whose callsign was WA6ITF. He’ll be a tough act to follow. The amateur radio community lost one of its strongest supporters...
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Birmingham Housing Market Update
The Birmingham area housing market is healthy and vibrant. If you’re looking for a home for sale in the Birmingham area, the best advise we can share is to: Get familiar with areas by driving...
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Why The Timing Is Good to Sell Your Alabaster Home
If you heard that there are 137 homes available for sale in a general area of town, would you consider that to be a high number? Fewer than 140 homes are currently available for sale in the general...
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Automotive Time Capsule
I never dreamed that a car would tell a story about my life. Or, be such a part of it. My ’71 Oldsmobile 442 comes straight out of the era when Americans had love affairs with muscle cars. Not many...
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Lake Forest Fall 2017 Sales Update
Alabaster’s Lake Forest is one of the neighborhoods that people looking for a home in Birmingham, Alabama, frequently choose. It’s easy to see why. With a private lake, playground and walking trails,...
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From Snow Shovels to Palm Trees: They Really Did That?
Last December, Colleen starts talking about life on Alabama’s Gulf coast with her sister, Kathy Falls, and husband Don. At the time, the Falls are lifelong residents of Michigan, and during the past...
View ArticleBuild Your Own Garage: We Are!
After talking about it and talking about it more, we finally decide to pull the trigger…
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Gulf Coast Sunsets: The Best…
Spectacular sunsets are just one of the perks that come with eastern shore living… If you move to the Gulf coast, one purchase you’ll want to make early on is to buy a camera. Hanging out to watch the...
View ArticleAlabama Butterfly Migration
Monarch butterflies have been moving through Alabama recently, as part of the start of their long voyage south. The Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay is a favorite path, and a butterfly sanctuary in...
View ArticleGrowing Mushrooms on the Coast
Gulf Coast resident Terri Loftin, owner of The Plant Fairie in Fairhope, can help you get started growing your own mushrooms. In fact, she’s learning how to do it herself. It’s easier than you might...
View ArticleDon’t Take Food for Granted…
Taking your daily meal for granted is pretty easy. Most of us give it little thought.We recently got a good reminder about the struggles many people face when it comes to something as simple as...
View ArticleGulf Coast Barbecue
Eastern shore residents line up for barbecue at Greer’s in Fairhope… Looking for some barbecue on the weekend? Keep an eye out for Bob Martin in front of Greer’s Market in Fairhope. He spends most...
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