Cullman Real Estate

Featured Article

• Do New Mortgage Rules Make Borrowers Safer?

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Realty Trac 

  You could hardly miss the headlines this week: More than 1,000 news outlets covered new rules from the Federal Reserve designed to "protect" America's mortgage borrowers.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: Home, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Local Headlines

• Property taxes increase

  Saturday Jul 19 | via Cullman Times 

  By Patrick McCreless PATRICKM@CULLMANTIMES.COM If Cullman residents need something to blame for the recent increase on their property taxes, they need look no further than the county's housing market last year.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: Cullman, AL, Cullman County, AL, Housing

• CullmanTimes.com, Cullman, Alabama

  May 6, 2008 | via Cullman Times 

  Want to sell your home? If you would like to run your home for sale in this Premium space, call The Cullman Times Classified Department to find ... >MORE Bethsadia - Spring Hill 3 BR hideaway on 40 acres, wood ...

  Comment?

  Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, Cullman, AL, Home Listing, Hanceville, AL

• Derek Price: It's about responsibility

  Mar 7, 2008 | via Cullman Times 

  A few years ago, when my wife and I were thinking about buying a new house in Texas, we had plenty of choices.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

• New shopping center coming

  Feb 18, 2008 | via Cullman Times 

  Cullman motorists traveling on State Highway 157 could see the construction of a large shopping center in the near future.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: Cullman, AL, Cullman County, AL, Foreclosures, Gulf Shores, AL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Joe Griffith: A real estate developer with vision

  Jan 21, 2008 | via Charleston Business Journal 

  If you've bought a home in Charleston any time during the past 50 years, you could be living in one of Joe Griffith's subdivisions.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• US foreclosure filings more than double in 2Q

  23 hrs ago | via Washington Post 

  By J.W. ELPHINSTONE The Associated Press Friday, July 25, 2008; 2:41 PM NEW YORK -- The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago, ...

  Comment?

  Related Topix: Housing, Alabama, Foreclosures

• U.S. foreclosure filings more than double in 2nd quarter

  21 hrs ago | via SF Gate 

  Nationwide, 739,714 homes received at least one foreclosure-related notice during the quarter, or one in every 171 U.S. households, Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac Inc.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: Housing, Alabama, Foreclosures

• Slump of state home sales continues

  Yesterday | via Prattville Progress 

  Slump of state home sales continues Staff and wire reports * July 25, 2008 Home sales across Alabama plummeted during June.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: Housing, Alabama

• Housing Rescue Bill Awaits Senate, but Questions Remain

  Yesterday | via WMFE 

  A hotly-debated housing bill aimed at helping struggling homeowners and shoring up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is next headed for the Senate.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: Alabama Government, Alabama, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Alabama home sales fell in June, except Dothan

  Yesterday | via Dothan Eagle 

  Metro area home sales dropped 35 percent last month against June 2007, while average and median prices also slid from June 2007, the Birmingham Association of Realtors said Wednesday.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: Dothan Metro, Dothan, AL, Real Estate, Housing, Alabama

National Headlines

• U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill

  16 min ago | via RedOrbit 

  The U.S. Senate, meeting in a rare weekend session, was poised Saturday to pass a landmark housing bill meant to ease the effects of mortgage crisis.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• U.s. Congress Passes...

  16 min ago | via 102.9 CKDS-FM 

  U.S. Congress passed a housing rescue bill Saturday aimed at sparing 400,000 struggling homeowners from foreclosure.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: Foreclosures, George Bush, US Politics, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  16 min ago | via WLOS 

  The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at helping thousands of struggling homeowners fight off foreclosure.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  17 min ago | via Z 106.7 Jackson 

  Federal regulators have closed two banks in the West, saying they were undercapitalized due to the poor performance of home mortgage loans.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Reno Metro, Reno, NV

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  17 min ago | via Examiner.com 

  Jul 26, 2008 10:03 AM By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, AP Newly built homes are offered for sale at the Brookville & Heirloom development by Lennar, in Valencia, Calif.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home Listing, Home