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What Prevents Millennials from Buying Gulf Shores Homes?

January 16, 2015 by Malcolm Bond

When it comes to buying Gulf Shores homes, first-time buyers, the millennial generation, falls under the "prime" home buying demographic. Unfortunately, many millennials also fall into another, less desirable, category: adult children. An adult child is a term that's caught on recently, and simply refers to adults roughly between ages 18 and 30 who still […]

Buying Gulf Shores Real Estate: Things to Consider

January 14, 2015 by Malcolm Bond

If you're thinking about buying Gulf Shores real estate, perhaps for the first time, we know it can seem like chaos trying to figure out all the things you have to do and the order you need to do them in. We're here to help with a list of things you might not ordinarily think […]

Gulf Shores Short Sellers Get Last Minute Tax Break

January 12, 2015 by Malcolm Bond

Gulf Shores short sellers who completed short sales during 2014 and had mortgage debt cancelled, got a huge 11th-hour tax break when the Senate extended the Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Act. The average Gulf Shores short sellers had a mortgage balance one and a half times higher than the market value of the house. Big Break […]

Setting a Budget This Year

January 10, 2015 by Malcolm Bond

Are you one of the many people who set New Year's resolutions each year, only to find that you've strayed away from that goal by the end of January? If you've resolved to setting a budget this year, here are three things you MUST do in order to achieve your budget goals for the year… […]

Gulf Shores Housing Market: 3 Biggest Threats

January 8, 2015 by Malcolm Bond

A lot of housing experts and economists are expecting the Gulf Shores housing market recovery to gain steam in the new year. But three big factors could still derail the whole ball of wax! Biggest Threats to the Gulf Shores Housing Market 1. Incomes Not Keeping Pace – Despite a much rosier outlook for jobs, […]

Gulf Shores New Homes: Market Looking to Recover

January 6, 2015 by Malcolm Bond

The Gulf Shores new homes market was a bit on the sluggish side overall in 2014, but some analysts look for things to turn around in the next 2 to 3 years. Some blame the overall slow comeback on builders who are reluctant to move very far outside of their familiar markets into more peripheral […]