One of a Kind and Fit for a King, $4.6M Smith Lake Castle Has Royal Views
realtor.comHear ye, hear ye. The Smith Lake Castle just met the vengeful sword of price slashes! The lakefront property, listed earlier this year for $5.25 million, was recently reduced to $4.6...
View ArticleThese Are the Best—and the Worst—States to Live In
travelview/iStock; DenisTangneyJr/iStockWhether you’ve been offered a great job that requires a major relocation or you’re considering places for your forever home, it helps to know a bit about where...
View Article$7.45M Historic Waterfront Estate Is Alabama’s Most Expensive Listing
Talk about Southern comfort. A picturesque waterfront estate in Fairhope, AL, is a timeless family home that could be handed down for generations. It’s also made its mark as the most expensive listing...
View ArticleHow Can I Find The Home That Is Right For Me?
Q: Hi, I am not sure exactly who I need to speak with but I have to start somewhere so….My boyfriend and have 3 daughters and we are currently renting a house in Gadsden, Alabama for $700 a month and...
View ArticleSeahawks Legend Walter Jones Price-Chops Mansion With Football Field
The Seattle Seahawks‘ last flirtation with the Lombardi Trophy came in 2005, when a power running game anchored by All-Pro left tackle Walter Jones paved the way to Super Bowl XL. Widely regarded as...
View ArticleAlabama’s Most Expensive House
[soliloquy id=”182622″] Each week, we look at the most expensive MLS-listed house in each state. This week, we kick off the series in Alabama—home to the most rabid college football fans in the...
View ArticleBe Harper Lee’s Neighbor—Check Out These Homes in Monroeville, AL
“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corn cribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why...
View ArticleThe Winner of Our $40K Kickstart Your Mortgage Sweepstakes: Cameron B. of...
It was February, and Cameron and Kevin B. had decided they just couldn’t do it any longer. After nearly three years of shuttling their kids back and forth to their school over an hour away, the Hoover,...
View ArticleCincinnati’s Coach Tommy Tuberville Changes the Playbook to Sell His Alabama...
Andy Lyons/Getty ImagesVeteran college football coach Tommy Tuberville has been calling a series of audibles to sell his former home in Alabama, lowering the asking price four times from 2009 to 2013...
View ArticleLiving in Harper Lee’s Stomping Grounds—Homes in Monroeville
Buyenlarge/Getty ImagesTuesday marked one of the biggest days in literary history with the release of “Go Set a Watchman,” Harper Lee’s much anticipated sequel to (even if she actually wrote it before)...
View ArticleSolid as a Rock: This Alabama Mid-Century Home Brings the Outside In
realtor.comIt’s easy to label a home that’s lasted for centuries as “rock-solid.” And there are examples of a house literally built on a rock in Wisconsin and a home built from ancient boulders in...
View ArticleWhy Real Estate Is Suddenly Looking Rosy in Mobile, AL
realtor.comWe all know the story: Places with terrific employment opportunities usually have crazy expensive real estate prices. When we read in the The New York Times that the first Airbus factory in...
View ArticleHow a $40K Prize Helped One Family Score Their Dream Home in a Tight Market
Wes FrazerIt took only 12 days for Cameron Barnes’ house in Hoover, AL, to sell. At any other time, the rapid-fire home sale would have been welcome news. But it meant that the Barnes family had to...
View ArticleNew Georgia Football Coach Kirby Smart Selling His Alabama Home
Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesKirby Smart is officially a Bulldog, and he’s trading in his real estate as proof. The newly anointed University of Georgia football coach is selling his Tuscaloosa, AL, home...
View ArticleHistoric Barton Hall in Alabama Has a Double-Reverse Spiral Staircase
realtor.comBuilt in the 1840s, this Greek Revival has stood through—and stood out in—Alabama’s history. From the Civil War, through the Depression era, and into the present day, Barton Hall has seen it...
View ArticleGolfer Jason Dufner Selling Auburn Home for $540K
Streeter Lecka/Getty ImagesProfessional golfer Jason Dufner won’t be Dufnering in this four-bedroom home in Auburn, AL, any longer. He’s put the home he purchased for $457,000 in 2010 on the market for...
View ArticleBuy Civil Rights Icon Angela Davis’ Childhood Home in Birmingham
Matt Carr/Getty Images; realtor.comThere are a handful of women who have raised the consciousness of the public and the ire of the powers that be to the extent of civil rights leader and educator...
View ArticleTexas Longhorns’ New Football Coach, Steve Sarkisian, Selling $725K Alabama Home
realtor.com, Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesJust three weeks after being hired by the University of Texas, the new Longhorns head football coach, Steve Sarkisian, has listed his Alabama residence for...
View ArticleAlabama’s Most Expensive Home Is a Massive $10.5M Lakefront Mansion
realtor.comAlabama’s most expensive mansion is a lakefront home with a bit of a history. Now on the market for $10.5 million, the huge estate includes a 15,695-square-foot residence and straddles...
View ArticleExclusive: Ty Pennington, Alison Victoria, and Taniya Nayak Dish on ‘Battle...
HGTVHGTV’s hottest stars are heading to the beach! In its new show “Battle on the Beach,” Ty Pennington (of “Ty Breaker”), Alison Victoria (“Windy City Rehab”), and Taniya Nayak (“Restaurant:...
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