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Julie Martin Realtor® Broker Gulf Coast Real Estate

Mobile County Waterfront Report

It was a good year for sales if you were selling a waterfront home in Mobile County listed in the $100s or $200s. Twenty of the Thirty-One Residential Sales were in this price range.

The above numbers are of property in South Mobile County on Mobile Bay or on one of the rivers or canals.

On Dauphin Island in 2010 the average price was $319,627 and there were Twenty-Nine Residential Sales.

Our New Office - Gulf Shores Alabama

We are very excited about the new office we are opening in Gulf Shores. We have signed a lease at 632 Gulf Shores Pkwy #204! This office is on Hwy. 59 across from The Original Oyster House Restaurant. We will be Port City Realty and we will also be opening Gulf Realty Partners. We have been open in Mobile County since 2001 and we have been listing and selling Baldwin County properties since 2001. We are members of both the Mobile MLS and the Baldwin MLS. We have always enjoy working in Baldwin County so we are very excited to finally have an office in Gulf Shores.

We will be looking for just a few agents to join us. We only want experienced agents who have their own websites & blogs and have the ability to to communicate effectively on line with the technology that is available today. We do a lot of REO business, so it is very possible that we are going to need some help with bpos in the area. For the most part you would probably be working from your home and/or car, but we will have a small office that has cable for your computer, a shared lobby & conference room for when you need to meet with customers or clients.

Lee Martin will be the qualifying broker. We offer high standards and low overhead. We would like for 2010 to be a year where we all are more prosperous. If you are interested in talking to us call or e-mail me.

Gulf Shores Alabama Office FrontGulf Shores Alabama Side Front

Gulf Shores Alabama Office LobbyGulf Shores Alabama Office Conference Room

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Mobile Alabama Real Estate - Sales Meeting December 8, 2009

Top Producer was Lori Phelps. Brandy Lutz was the Top Listing Agent.

Merry Christmas to All!!Downtown Mobile Christmas Balcony

I would like to thank Kay & Ricky for decorating the balcony downtown. Thank you Brandi for making the bows. This is wonderful advertising on Royal
Street in Downtown Mobile for over a month!

And thank you Lee for working in the rain & the
mud to make sure our office was decorated
in time for our annual Christmas party!



Exciting News:

October 2009 we had a $273,600 increase over October 2008 &
November 2009 we had an $890,700 increase over November 2008!
County-wide there was an increase of $1,887,758 in November, including great progress in our area.

17 Cottage Hill S

Units

14

2009

$2,118,200

Units

9

2008

$1,572,600

19 Tillman's Corner 14 $2,047,230 4 $453,660
20 Western Bay Shores 4 $678,500 7 $568,100
22 South Mobile County/ Theodore 21 $2,649,650 18 $1,892,125
23 Grand Bay North 4 $578,900 1 $91,250

More Exciting News (Not quite as exciting): OUR COPIER IS FIXED!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Listings (we're still getting them even in December!)

203480 - 3351 N BAPTISTE DR, THEODORE, AL - $45,500 - Julie Martin / Becca Fields
203872 - 8905 MCCOLLOUGH RD, GRAND BAY, AL - $199,900 - Lee Martin
203569 - 5930 GUS BROUGHTON RD, GRAND BAY, AL - $174,000 - Joe Winans
203442 - 1495 S HUNTERS CT, MOBILE, AL - $239,900 - Brandy Lutz
203308 - 17141 PHILLIPS PL, FAIRHOPE, AL - $74,000 - Brandy Lutz
203446 - 400 PLANTATION RD, #1208, GULF SHORES, AL - $114,900 - Lee Martin

http://mobmls.net/MobileReports/ListitLib/show_report.aspx?ID=INJ3878615

Speaking of Lee's new listing at 400 Plantation Road in Gulf Shores & More Exciting News....

We have signed a lease at 632 Gulf Shores Pkwy #204! We will now have an office in Gulf Shores!

Gulf Shores Alabama Office FrontGulf Shores Alabama Side Front

Gulf Shores Alabama Office LobbyGulf Shores Alabama Office Conference Room

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Lee will be the Qualifying Broker at this office. We look forward to continuing to increase our business in this area!

Mobile Alabama Real Estate - Sales By Area Report - November 2009

Mobile saw an increase in Total Residential Sales in November 2009 over November 2008.

November of 2008 was $33,909,966. November of 2009 increase to $35,797,724.

Total Units increased from 219 to 257.

Four areas, 15 Springhill, 19 Tillman's Corner/Theodore, 22 South Mobile County, & 24 West Mobile County, saw an increase for the second consecutive month.

Area # of Sales Nov. 2009 Total Sales Nov. 2009 # of Sales Nov. 2008 Total Sales Nov. 2008
02 MidTown South 6 $1,205,000 3 $784,001
10 Eight Mile/Prichard 3 $300,900 2 $110,000
15 Springhill/ USA 13 $2,273,650 7 $2,003,450
16 Cottage Hill N 21 $3,303,300 11 $1,989,800
17 Cottage Hill S 14 $2,118,200 9 $1,572,600
19 Tillman's Corner 14 $2,047,230 4 $453,660
20 Western Bay Shores 4 $678,500 7 $568,100
22 South Mobile County/ Theodore 21 $2,649,650 18 $1,892,125
23 Grand Bay North 4 $578,900 1 $91,250
24 West Mobile County 28 $4,264,826 18 $3,524,926
28 & 29 Saraland/ Satsuma/Axis/ Creola/ Mt. Vernon 10 $1,468,150 6 $859,900
30 Dauphin Island 4 $882,500 1 $695,000
31 NW Mobile Cty/Citronelle 2 $244,900 1 $148,000

First Annual North Pole Stroll – Downtown Mobile, Alabama

Everyone should bring their families downtown Friday night, December 4th and enjoy all the holiday fun at Mobile's first North Pole Stroll. The event will be from 5:00-8:00. As you would expect on a North Pole Stroll it will be snowing!! (regardless of the temperature) The businesses on Royal Street have gone all out and the streets will be all lit up. The tree is up in Bienville Square and children will be able to drop off their letters to Santa in a special box there.

Other fun activities to enjoy will be:Port City Realty Christmas balcony

A "Stroll Train" will be offering free rides
Children's activities at the Explorem and
Museum of Mobile
Storytime in the lobby of the Battlehouse Hotel
Carolers and other live entertainment



And there will be a balcony decorating contest at
the Hamption Inn You can vote on your favorite
balcony.
All I can say about the balcony contest is "What is Christmas colors and always wins?"

I'll be there with my grandchildren. Join us!