Did you see this article in the Montgomery Advertiser a few days ago?   Click on the following title to read the entire article:  Montgomery Area Home Sales Continue to Fall.

It reports that “home sales in Montgomery area declined for the 24th straight month in April, but the number of houses on the market dropped to one of the lowest levels in more than two years.”

So what’s that mean for us?  Well, we have to start beating prior year’s sales in order to have prices rise again.

I read a really good article on a Better Homes & Garden’s home blog about this subject. A guy named Nikolai Kolding studied sales from across the country, over a decade or so and concluded that rises or falls in average home prices were preceded by rises / falls in # of homes closed.

The number of sales was compared by seeing if, for example, April 09 beat April 08 in number of homes sold. That, to me, is a critical finding, and it is something that you can apply locally. So many of these macroeconomic statistics are hard to apply to the Montgomery area, but I am watching current year vs. prior year very closely.

Check back soon for the most recent Montgomery Area MLS “sold” statistics.  If you’d like more conversation about this topic, comment below or give me a call at the number at the top of the page. I’d love to talk about with you, and I’d love to help you with the home-buying process.

All roads within a mile of my house are flooded (that’s pretty much the story for the whole River Region).  I’m stuck at home, so I might as well blog this!

I heard the weatherman on WSFA say it’s the worst flooding he’s seen in the 27 years he’s been here.  It’s possible he’s not exaggerating this time . . .

This is a severe flood for Montgomery.

I chose NOT to go out and take pics today, so I’m borrowing a couple and linking you to the WSFA website’s picture page.  Thanks to Jake Kyser for the shocking pics of his backyard.

The wait is over.  Here are the new school zones for east Montgomery, AL. . .

First are the Montgomery elementary schools – Blount, Halcyon, and the new Wilson elementary:

Wilson is green; Blount is blue; Halcyon in light pink.

For a more detailed elementary zoning map , click here.

Next, the East Montgomery middle/jr. high schools :

Pink is Brewbaker; Green is Carr; Purple is Georgia Washington

For a more detailed middle/jr. high map, click here.

Finally, the Montgomery high schools:

Green is Lanier; Pink is Jeff Davis; Brown is Lee

For a more detailed high school map, click here.

With two new public schools opening in east Montgomery, AL (Wilson Elementary and Carr Junior High), there’s been a lot of anticipation about who will go where, which neighborhoods will attend which school.

Now we know.  I got this info from the Montgomery Public Schools website -click here to get there.  A you know, they are the final authority on zoning, so check with them if you’re not sure where you’re zoned.

If you’re ready to find a house in one of these schools zones, give me a call or contact me.