In a recent announcement, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley reported that the state just received two grants to increase exports by Alabama companies.  The Appalachian Regional Commission contributed $100,000 and the U.S. Small Business Administration’s State Trade and Export Promotion Grants Program gave $140,600 to the effort.  These two grants, totaling $240,600 will be used to provide funding for companies to build a well-established overseas market.  Companies will be able to use the grant funds to participate in trade missions and trade shows in such markets as China, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, as reported by the Press-Register.  It is expected that through this funding, companies will have hands-on assistance via market research and trade leads to help them invest in qualified international buyers.

For more on this or other economic news in Alabama, visit the Press Register online.

And for more on buying or selling real estate in Gulf Coast AL, including Mobile, West Mobile, Fairhope, Spanish Fort, and Daphne AL, contact Barbara Reeves today.

Showing properties 1 - 15 of 235. See more city of Mobile real estate.
(all data current as of 2/8/2012)

1. $489,000 : 3308 Harbor View Ct, Mobile
   
   3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Lot size: 12,960 sq ft

   Year built: 2007

   Days on market: 0
2. $375,000 : 3908 Radnor Ave, Mobile
   
   4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 2,683 sq ft

   Days on market: 0
3. $463,500 : 4580 Copeland Island Rd, Mobile
   
   3 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 2,910 sq ft

   Year built: 2001

   Days on market: 0
4. $2,550,000 : 3816 Austill Ln, Mobile
   
   4 beds, 5 full, 2 part baths

   Home size: 6,500 sq ft

   Lot size: 1.14 ac

   Year built: 1991

   Days on market: 1
5. $349,900 : 6603 South Lubarrett Way, Mobile
   
   5 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Lot size: 12,615 sq ft

   Year built: 2006

   Days on market: 1
6. $439,900 : 1862 Redberry Ct, Mobile
   
   4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 3,648 sq ft

   Lot size: 2,700 sq ft

   Year built: 2008

   Days on market: 1
7. $425,000 : 2206 Riverside Dr, Mobile
   
   3 beds, 3 full baths

   Home size: 2,700 sq ft

   Lot size: 1.85 ac

   Year built: 1971

   Days on market: 1
8. $395,000 : 753 Saint Francis St, Unit 4003, Mobile
   
   3 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 2,540 sq ft

   Parking spots: 2

   Days on market: 4

   Walk Score®: 69
9. $379,900 : 563 West Shenandoah Rd, Mobile
   
   5 beds, 3 full baths

   Home size: 3,261 sq ft

   Year built: 1975

   Parking spots: 2

   Days on market: 5

   Walk Score®: 49
10. $339,399 : 2113 Ryegate Ct, Mobile
    
    4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 4,000 sq ft

    Lot size: 15,010 sq ft

    Year built: 1986

    Days on market: 6

    Walk Score®: 35
11. $339,500 : 28 Edgefield Rd, Mobile
    
    3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 2,270 sq ft

    Lot size: 19,625 sq ft

    Year built: 1968

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 8

    Walk Score®: 63
12. $325,000 : 4044 South Marchfield Dr, Mobile
    
    4 beds, 3 full baths

    Year built: 1987

    Days on market: 8

    Walk Score®: 32
13. $329,900 : 10010 Highfield Way, Mobile
    
    4 beds, 4 full baths

    Home size: 3,078 sq ft

    Year built: 2008

    Days on market: 11

    Walk Score®: 5
14. $999,700 : 212 Rochester Rd, Mobile
    
    6 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 4,960 sq ft

    Year built: 1954

    Parking spots: 3

    Days on market: 12

    Walk Score®: 38
15. $369,000 : 1654 Dauphin St, Mobile
    
    3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 2,883 sq ft

    Year built: 1988

    Days on market: 12

    Walk Score®: 55

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Mobile Alabama Makes Ten Top Markets Slated to Improve in 2011

“Excerpt from 24/7 Wall Street article on the select RE markets that will be improving this year – and of course, our city is included!”

Mobile, Alabama

• Projected Price Increase Through 2011: +8.4%

• Unemployment Rate: 10.4%

• Median Family Income: $50,800

• Vacancy Rate: 11.1%

• Drop From Peak: 23.6%

“Founded in 1702, Mobile is a major regional center for art, and features an opera, a ballet, and several art museums. The city has a long-standing, stable population, which will make room for an easier recovery than cities with migratory populations. Mobile is the largest city in the gulf region between St. Petersburg, Florida, and New Orleans. It saw some of the worst effects of both Hurricane Katrina and the BP Oil spill. As the impacts of both these disasters begin to subside, housing values have started to recover, and are projected to improve 8.4%, the fastest growth of any region in the country, by 2011. Home prices are projected to rise the following year an additional 7%, above the expected national average of 1.8%.”

Showing properties 1 - 20 of 359. See more city of Mobile real estate.
(all data current as of 2/8/2012)

1. $274,900 : 2117 Belmont Ct, Mobile
   
   4 beds, 3 full, 2 part baths

   Home size: 3,247 sq ft

   Lot size: 11,925 sq ft

   Year built: 1984

   Days on market: 0
2. $489,000 : 3308 Harbor View Ct, Mobile
   
   3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Lot size: 12,960 sq ft

   Year built: 2007

   Days on market: 0
3. $259,900 : 1112 Carolina Ct, Mobile
   
   4 beds, 3 full baths

   Home size: 3,254 sq ft

   Lot size: 21,392 sq ft

   Year built: 1986

   Days on market: 0
4. $375,000 : 3908 Radnor Ave, Mobile
   
   4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 2,683 sq ft

   Days on market: 0
5. $463,500 : 4580 Copeland Island Rd, Mobile
   
   3 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 2,910 sq ft

   Year built: 2001

   Days on market: 0
6. $264,900 : 9612 White Castle, Mobile
   
   4 beds, 3 full baths

   Home size: 2,228 sq ft

   Days on market: 1
7. $269,000 : 5766 Chester Ct, Mobile
   
   4 beds, 3 full baths

   Year built: 1991

   Days on market: 1
8. $349,900 : 6603 South Lubarrett Way, Mobile
   
   5 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Lot size: 12,615 sq ft

   Year built: 2006

   Days on market: 1
9. $439,900 : 1862 Redberry Ct, Mobile
   
   4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 3,648 sq ft

   Lot size: 2,700 sq ft

   Year built: 2008

   Days on market: 1
10. $425,000 : 2206 Riverside Dr, Mobile
    
    3 beds, 3 full baths

    Home size: 2,700 sq ft

    Lot size: 1.85 ac

    Year built: 1971

    Days on market: 1
11. $395,000 : 753 Saint Francis St, Unit 4003, Mobile
    
    3 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 2,540 sq ft

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 4

    Walk Score®: 69
12. $379,900 : 563 West Shenandoah Rd, Mobile
    
    5 beds, 3 full baths

    Home size: 3,261 sq ft

    Year built: 1975

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 5

    Walk Score®: 49
13. $339,399 : 2113 Ryegate Ct, Mobile
    
    4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 4,000 sq ft

    Lot size: 15,010 sq ft

    Year built: 1986

    Days on market: 6

    Walk Score®: 35
14. $257,500 : 6645 Somerby Ln, Unit 9, Mobile
    
    3 beds, 2 full baths

    Home size: 2,088 sq ft

    Year built: 2007

    Days on market: 7

    Walk Score®: 28
15. $279,900 : 252 Rapier Ave, Mobile
    
    3 beds, 2 full baths

    Home size: 2,255 sq ft

    Lot size: 14,976 sq ft

    Year built: 1910

    Days on market: 7

    Walk Score®: 51
16. $339,500 : 28 Edgefield Rd, Mobile
    
    3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 2,270 sq ft

    Lot size: 19,625 sq ft

    Year built: 1968

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 8

    Walk Score®: 63
17. $325,000 : 4044 South Marchfield Dr, Mobile
    
    4 beds, 3 full baths

    Year built: 1987

    Days on market: 8

    Walk Score®: 32
18. $280,319 : 9701 South Old Abilene Ct, Mobile
    
    4 beds, 4 full baths

    Home size: 2,718 sq ft

    Year built: 2005

    Days on market: 11

    Walk Score®: 12
19. $329,900 : 10010 Highfield Way, Mobile
    
    4 beds, 4 full baths

    Home size: 3,078 sq ft

    Year built: 2008

    Days on market: 11

    Walk Score®: 5
20. $999,700 : 212 Rochester Rd, Mobile
    
    6 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 4,960 sq ft

    Year built: 1954

    Parking spots: 3

    Days on market: 12

    Walk Score®: 38

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Baldwin County AL is on the road to economic recovery, according to a recent report from Baldwin County Now news online.  Donald Epley, director of the University of South Alabama’s Center for Real Estate studies indicated that if you have been looking to buy a house in Baldwin County Alabama, now is the time to do it.  Epley discussed good economic news including anticipated job growth with Austal USA’s planned expansion in Mobile as well as expected job creation by EADS; thus job growth projections for the next few years could be in the ballpark of 10,000 jobs.

With a great economic forecast, the Gulf Coast AL housing market is looking hopeful.  For more information on buying a home in the beautiful Mobile, West Mobile, Fairhope, Spanish Fort, or Daphne AL areas contact local Realtor Barbara Reeves today.

Showing properties 1 - 15 of 144. See more city of Daphne real estate.
(all data current as of 2/8/2012)

1. $389,900 : 217 North Cir, Daphne
   
   3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 3,250 sq ft

   Lot size: 11,130 sq ft

   Year built: 2005

   Days on market: 4

   Walk Score®: 31
2. $229,000 : 25139 Jernigan St, Daphne
   
   4 beds, 2 full baths

   Home size: 2,568 sq ft

   Lot size: 19,964 sq ft

   Year built: 2008

   Days on market: 4
3. $195,000 : 26264 Tullamore Dr, Daphne
   
   4 beds, 2 full baths

   Home size: 2,205 sq ft

   Lot size: 12,040 sq ft

   Year built: 2009

   Days on market: 5
4. $288,500 : 720 Oak Bluff Dr, Daphne
   
   3 beds, 2 full baths

   Home size: 2,328 sq ft

   Lot size: 3.47 ac

   Year built: 1989

   Days on market: 5

   Walk Score®: 29
5. $675,000 : 6490 Haley's Ln, Daphne
   
   4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 2,958 sq ft

   Lot size: 2.49 ac

   Year built: 1965

   Days on market: 6

   Walk Score®: 49
6. $400,000 : 10270 Plantation Dr, Daphne
   
   6 beds, 4 full, 2 part baths

   Home size: 6,025 sq ft

   Lot size: 36,600 sq ft

   Year built: 1990

   Days on market: 6

   Walk Score®: 8
7. $177,400 : 7984 Landing Eagle Dr, Daphne
   
   4 beds, 2 full baths

   Home size: 1,890 sq ft

   Lot size: 11,850 sq ft

   Year built: 2001

   Days on market: 7

   Walk Score®: 25
8. $244,900 : 10006 Cumbria Dr, Daphne
   
   3 beds, 3 full baths

   Home size: 2,477 sq ft

   Lot size: 8,250 sq ft

   Days on market: 8

   Walk Score®: 0
9. $310,000 : 9569 Bella Dr, Daphne
   
   3 beds, 2 full, 2 part baths

   Home size: 3,100 sq ft

   Lot size: 19,037 sq ft

   Year built: 2009

   Days on market: 11

   Walk Score®: 3
10. $195,000 : 167 Rolling Hill Dr, Daphne
    
    4 beds, 4 full baths

    Home size: 3,062 sq ft

    Lot size: 10,875 sq ft

    Year built: 1977

    Days on market: 11

    Walk Score®: 11
11. $410,000 : 7932 Pine Run, Daphne
    
    4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 3,262 sq ft

    Lot size: 22,040 sq ft

    Year built: 2004

    Days on market: 11

    Walk Score®: 14
12. $248,640 : 8821 Bainbridge Ct, Daphne
    
    4 beds, 3 full baths

    Home size: 2,368 sq ft

    Lot size: 12,000 sq ft

    Year built: 2011

    Days on market: 12

    Walk Score®: 18
13. $278,770 : 8796 Bainbridge Ct, Daphne
    
    3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 2,655 sq ft

    Lot size: 10,400 sq ft

    Year built: 2012

    Days on market: 12

    Walk Score®: 18
14. $243,200 : 8800 Bainbridge Ct, Daphne
    
    3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 2,317 sq ft

    Lot size: 16,250 sq ft

    Year built: 2012

    Days on market: 12

    Walk Score®: 18
15. $398,900 : 8374 Pine Run, Daphne
    
    4 beds, 4 full baths

    Home size: 2,977 sq ft

    Year built: 2004

    Days on market: 14

    Walk Score®: 12

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Just yesterday, EADS North America made their announcement to bid on the Air Force Tanker contract with confidence.  EADS Chairman, Ralph Crosby, indicated that the KC45 tanker is undergoing flight testing trials and is expected to be available faster than Boeing.  Plans to modify EADS’ own A-330 freighter as well as the KC45 will be carried out at Mobile’s Brookley Field; this could mean as many as 1500 high paying jobs at Mobile AL’s assembly plant as well as other aircraft related plants on the Gulf Coast.  EADS will be submitting their bid on July 8th and will then await the Air Force and Department of Defense’s decision.

For more on the latest news in Mobile AL, visit WKRG.com.

And for information on buying and selling real estate in Mobile or West Mobile AL, contact your friendly local agent Barbara Reeves today.

This past Thursday, the Department of Defense announced that they may be willing to extend the May 10th deadline for bids on the U.S. Air Force tanker contract.  With this extension the Department of Defense hope to have EADS join the competition for this potential $40 billion contract.   Northrop Grumman Corp, as teamed with EADS the parent company of Airbus, announced earlier this month that they were quitting the contest because they believed the Air Force’s selection criteria favored Boeing.  An  EADS spokesman indicated to the Pentagon that they had possible interest in bidding with the extension, as May 10th was too soon for them to pull together a bid.

While there may still be hope for Mobile AL’s proposed aircraft assembly plant, they are likely to meet with opposition from Boeing whose political backers stated they would fight any attempt to extend the deadline.

For more on Mobile AL news, visit AL.com.

For information on buying and selling property in Mobile or West Mobile AL, contact Barbara Reeves today.

According to a recent report from Zepol Corp, a company based in Minnesota that specializes in tracking trade activity, Mobile AL had a decent outcome for a generally slow year as far as container traffic is concerned.  Zepol Corp reported that overall shipments were up,  and TEUs (a standard industry measurement that shows container volume) were flat; though this is not too bad considering that other ports around the country have been struggling to come within 10 or 20 percent of last year’s totals.

This year marked the first full year of operation for the new Mobile Container Terminal, and it was the nation’s number 26 container destination in 2009, based on volume.  Although predictions do not expect that 2010 will show a total rebound of container traffic, Mobile AL is anticipated to be among the biggest and most significant ports in the country projected ten years out.

For more on economic conditions and community news in Mobile AL, visit the Press-Register online.

And keep Mobile AL realtor Barbara Reeves in mind for all your Mobile and West Mobile AL real estate endeavors this year.

Mobile AL’s Berg Spiral Pipe Corp.’s parent company Europipe GmbH has won a some $920 million contract (650 million euro) to supply pipe for a large project in Europe.  The project would involve supplying pipe for the construction of a second line of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline stretching from Russia to Germany.  The ordered 1 million metric tons of pipe will be needed for the beginning of constructed expected this spring starting under the Baltic Sea.

Europipe has a partnership between German steelmakers Salzgitter AG and Dillinger Hutte, and in 2008 Europipe opened a $96 million Berg mill north of downtown Mobile in Plateau.

For more information on this story visit the Press Register online.

For more information on real estate in Mobile or West Mobile AL contact Barbara Reeves today.

At the north Mobile County ThyssenKrup steel complex, the start of production is growing very near.  for this $4.65 billion steel complex in Calvert, the first slabs for the mill have been on their way from Germany and excepted to arrive by February 15th.  American steel mills on the whole have run at about 65 percent capacity during the second week of January, which is better than the utilization rate at the depths of the market last year, but the Mobile steel mill plans on avoiding producing more than the current market needs.  The German steelmaker did a major reorganization partially to control expenses so that past losses from cost overruns will be less likely.  The Mobile AL steel mill employs approximately 5,000 construction workers and continues to be an exciting addition to the area’s economy.

For more information on ThyssenKrupp in Mobile AL visit the Press Register online.

And for all your Mobile AL real estate endeavors keep local realtor Barbara Reeves in mind.

Get ready for the 2010 Mardi Gras Season in Mobile AL

The Mardi Gras season is coming for Mobile AL this new year.  The 2010 Carnival season will kick off with Krewe De La Dauphine’s parade in Dauphin Island AL on January 16 with the theme being “Games Children Play.”

This celebration in the Gulf Coast was first observed in Mobile AL in 1703 and has been a fabulous tradition ever since, marked by great regional treats and parades.  More activities are scheduled all across Mobile and Baldwin counties with new parade themes and celebrations.  Keep checking back at AL.com for more information on Mardi Gras activities this year.

For more information on property in Alabama’s Gulf coast, including Mobile, West Mobile, Fairhope, Daphne, and Spanish Fort, contact your friendly local agent Barbara Reeves today.