This Grove Park home of 2,824 SF offers 3BR/3BA, open concept floor plan, large, covered front & back porches. New refrigerator and upstairs HVAC unit were replaced in the last year! New paint, new carpet, absolutely move in ready! Beautiful wood floors throughout the downstairs living area. In the formal dining area, there is an exquisite chandelier that is gorgeous, 3 large columns defining the space. The living room has an ornate gas fireplace, then continues into the keeping area, off the kitchen, beautiful granite countertops are in the kitchen, as well as all the bathrooms. The kitchen cabinets have pull out drawers, so everything is easy to reach. Large pantry and stainless appliances. Double doors lead out to the back porch with wood blinds on the left side and a pull-down screen to help on those hot summer days! The master bedroom is large, with a huge master bath. It has a soaking tub, separate shower, and a large walk-in closet with a safe built into the wall. The third bedroom is upstairs. It has a bar with a sink & small refrigerator, walk-in closet & a private bathroom. The attic is also floored for storage or an addition. All the electrical has been updated, it has a central vacuum system and even a doggie door. The 2-car garage has built in cabinets & workspace. Owner is in the process of installing a new roof! For more information or to schedule a tour, contact Jeannine Benefield, 791.8373!
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Showcase Properties would like to recognize the “Showcase Agents” for the month of August-
Angela Blissett, Tesi Rodriguez, Ramona Miley, Jackie Johnson, Fauzia Qureshi, Krysia Wisniewski, Kristin Kruger, Aleda Holmes, and Tim Vierkandt!
These highly trained and motivated professionals continue to set the standard for productivity, professionalism, client satisfaction, and commitment to career development. Our team of professionals at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Showcase Properties is “Committed to Excellence - Every Day in Every Way.”
DACC BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
Click HERE to check out Page 5 in this month's Dothan Area Chamber of Commerce "Chamber Connections" for our Business Spotlight!
MARKET CONDITIONS
Homebuyers Catch a Break
If you’ve been discouraged about buying a home because the housing market is too competitive, you’ll like the latest 2022 forecast update from Realtor.com.
Inflation, higher home prices and higher mortgage rates are impacting affordability, which caused many homebuyers to move to the sidelines. In April 2022, existing home sales dropped 2.4% from March, and 5.9% year-over-year, partly due to mortgage interest rates crossing 5% for the first time in decades. Meanwhile, home prices in April rose 14.8%.
Home sellers are responding by putting more homes on the market in an effort to cash in before prices possibly begin to fall. Active listings, or homes listed for sale, are anticipated to grow 15% year-over-year in the second half of 2022. Home builders are stepping up production, too by about 5%, so buyers will have more inventory to choose from. Home sellers will have to become more competitive which will invite wait-and-see homebuyers back into the market. Housing sales volume for 2022 should be the second-highest in 15 years, even though a decline of 6.7% from 2021 is anticipated.
Axtion Air is Alabama's largest indoor trampoline and extreme sports park. It's located in the Northside Mall between Hobby Lobby and 2nd & Charles.
"AXTION has something for EVERYONE! From wall to wall trampolines including an Olympic tramp, adult & kiddo dodgeball, basketball jump, HUGE rock walls, a HIGH ropes course, an EXTREME ninja course, batting cages and much much more."
They offer party packages, Neon Nite, Sensory Night, Spirit Night and an after School Program. They also have dedicated times twice a week for Axtion Kids, where children 6 and under get full access to the entire park!
Visit their Website to buy Giftcards, Passes, and get all the information you need to plan your day of fun!
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HOMEOWNERS' ADVICE
Five Ways to Discourage Burglars
There’s more you can do to discourage burglars than an alarm system when you’re away. Burglars look for easy targets, where they can get in and out quickly. They pick a house and watch it to learn your comings and goings and for signs that you’re gone. So what can you do? Make it harder for burglars.
Smart Phone Security. Make cameras visible and install them in more places than the front door. You can access your security cameras anytime, anywhere and get alerts when visitors are detected. You can store video clips and recorded audio to the cloud.
Neighbors. Meet your neighbors and exchange numbers. Watch their homes when they’re gone and ask them to watch yours for any suspicious activity. Have your neighbor pick up mail, flyers on your door or packages left on your doorstep.
Trash. Burglars look through trash for valuable personal records and through empty boxes to learn about purchases, such as pricey new electronics. Make sure to shred important documents you wouldn’t want them to get ahold of.
Lighting. Motion detector lighting is startling and may discourage a burglar from entering your home. It’s worth it to keep your home well-lit with landscape lighting that illuminates windows, doors and walkways. Use on-off light timers, T.V. flicker simulators and large dog bark recordings to simulate that someone’s at home.
Vehicles. Many burglars break into cars to get addresses and other information. Keep your car and glovebox locked. Don’t leave your garage opener visible. Instead, pair your opener with your smartphone so only you can access your home.
HOMEOWNERS' ADVICE
How NIMBYism Stunts Housing Growth
In addition to supply chain interruptions, high material costs and labor shortages, badly needed new home construction is also being curtailed by NIMBYism, says the National Association of Home Builders. “Not in my backyard” homeowners may not realize that by preventing development in their towns and neighborhoods that they’re making homeownership much more expensive for themselves as well as others.
The root cause of nimbyism is that homeowners are afraid that their home values will fall if they allow less expensive homes to be built in their neighborhoods. While this is common in master-planned developments that require new homes to be built using only construction and materials approved by the homeowner’s association, many communities have put their land-use regulations and restrictions in place against rental properties or smaller multi-family homes being built next to single-family homes.
Detached single-family home zoning means that builders can only build a single-family home on a given lot, which prevents more affordable multi-family homes such as duplexes, townhomes and apartments from being built. The net result is fewer available homes to rent or buy and skyrocketing prices. As land values increase, these limitations prevent workforce personnel such as fire fighters, police, paramedics, teachers and others from living in the communities they serve.
Housing regulations and restrictions are set by individual cities and counties and some states, including Oregon and Washington, rewrote statutes to make affordable housing a protected class for fair housing.
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