Even with the current state of the national economy and mortgage crisis, our local real estate market remains strong. Our local economy continues to thrive and we are expecting more job growth in the spring and summer of 2009.
There are some market segments and geographic areas that are experiencing a slowdown but Huntsville remains a bright spot on the nation’s economy and real estate markets.
For those properties that are not selling, we offer options not provided by most area realty firms. We have been able to sell properties that had been on market for over a year with little activity by offering the property as a lease-purchase or lease-option. We currently manage almost 400 rental properties so have the resources and experience to market, screen, manage and maintain lease-option and lease-purchase sales.
They call it "staging," and it means emptying the house you want to sell and putting back just enough carefully selected furniture - probably not yours - that prospective buyers can imagine living there. The practice along with others,....Read More
As Huntsville and Chattanooga compete in the final round for a Volkswagen assembly plant, an industrial news Web site says both cities may end up winners. VW London-based MetalBulletin.com reports that a site in newly annexed, far-west Huntsville is the....Read More
Huntsville-based Open Biosystems says it has been acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Open Biosystems will become part of Thermo Fisher Scientific's alalytical technologies segment. "Open Biosystems is a very strong complement to our....Read More
Avocent Corp. said this morning it will cut 110 jobs, or 5 percent of its workforce, in order to reduce costs and shift resources to higher growth markets. The Huntsville based computer infrastructure management company said in a news release....Read More
Volkswagen AG.'s management board is set to decide July 8 on the site of its new production site in the United States, according to Auto Motor und Sport magazine. The report, citing management sources in a pre-release of an article....Read More
John Q. Hammons, the developer slated to build a multimillion-dollar hotel at Decatur's massive Sweetwater development, said Tuesday he's decided not to be part of the project. "I decided negative on that position," said Hammons, CEO and chairman of John....Read More
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Volkswagen AG, Europe's largest carmaker, said today it will outline plans for a production plant in the U.S. in July. The company says sites in the states of Alabama, Tennessee and Michigan have been named in....Read More
It's official - Huntsville is getting Mellow. Mellow Mushroom, that is. Decatur resident Diane Holman confirmed this morning that she and her husband, Mark, plan to open Huntsville's first Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers restaurant in the Village of Providence by....Read More
Today's business section has coverage of a speaker from Birmingham who spoke to a group of Leadership Huntsville/Madison County alumni about how cities can attract the "creative class," that group of professionals that is highly educated, innovative and largely unwilling....Read More
Wolverine Tube officials confirmed Tuesday morning it will close its Decatur plant at the end of the year, laying off more than 400 employees. Jed Deason, chief financial officer, said the comany will also close its plant in Booneville, Miss.....Read More
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