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April
19

Alabama's Gulf Coast contains several real estate markets depending on location and price point – just to name a few factors. The graphic below shows real estate statistics for March 2021, the latest month available.

Vital Signs provides a visual representation of what's happening in several local markets by showing you supply. The colored-coded numbers represent the absorption rate, the number of months it would take to sell every home on the market in a particular price range if no others were added. If the market is moving quickly, the absorption rate will fall below six months of supply, and if it's more of a buyer's market, it will jump above six months of supply. ...

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April
12

Bellator Real Estate & Development's West Mobile Branch Manager Don Jones was appointed April 5 by Gov. Kay Ivey to serve on the Alabama Real Estate Commission. 

Bellator Real Estate & Development's Mobile Office Broker Don Jones
Don Jones

The Commission is tasked with serving the public through the licensing and regulating of real estate agents to ensure excellence in the profession. Jones, the appointed commissioner for the First Congressional District, will begin his service Oct. 1, 2021, following confirmation by the Alabama Senate and the end of current First Congre...

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April
5

What's the difference between a weed and anything else? Simple: Whether you want the plant where it decided to grow. And chances are that with the warming weather and increase in rain, weeds are beginning to pop up in your grass and flower beds in a big way. The saying, "growing like a weed," has a lot of truth to it, especially in our wet humid climate along the Gulf Coast. 

Ideally, the best weed control begins well before they start to sprout with fertilizer with a pre-emergent herbicide in early spring, but if you missed the boat on that, you still have other fertilizer options that have weed preventors. Research lawn fertilization programs online to see which options work for your lawn needs and budget. 

While you have a p...

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April
5

Bellator Real Estate & Development's Orange Beach Office Broker Jeff McLaurin
Written By Jeff McLaurin
Orange Beach Managing Broker

"Slow down. You will get there faster!"

My father once told me this, and I thought he was absolutely crazy. I remember thinking my cool dad had lost his mind! How in the world would I get anywhere faster if I slowed down? I remember his answer so vividly: "You will not understand if I explain it to you; you will learn the meaning in time, just be careful until you do." All I could do at that point was thank him (for what I had no clue would...

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March
25

Bellator Real Estate & Development was included among REAL Trends Nation's Best Brokerages, once again ranking as the top independent brokerage along Alabama's Gulf Coast. 

REAL Trends has been a trusted source for news, analysis and information about the residential real estate industry since 1987. Data used for their rankings is primarily based on the number of completed transaction sides (representing the buyer and/or seller at a real estate closing) and is documented by outside accounting firms and/or MLS reports.  

Bellator, which closed 1,827 residential transaction sides in 2020, ranked 140th in REAL Trends Largest Independent Brokerages list, making them the only Alabama brokerage on the Gulf Coast and o...

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