Accounting
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Prestigious Cybersecurity Professional to Speak at both ALAres and ACREcom 2020
According to an FBI public service announcement, Business E-mail Compromise/E-mail Account Compromise victims in the real estate sector rose over 1100% between 2015-2017.
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What does Trump's presidency mean for business in 2017?
A new administration could mean big changes for American businesses.
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Affordable Housing
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Alabama Housing Affordability Increases Slightly in Fourth Quarter
Falling interest rates helped offset rising home prices, leading to a slight gain in home affordability from one year ago.
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Alabama In the Middle of the Pack Among the Best States For the Middle Class
Alabama tied with Florida for 29th in a recent study by Smart Asset ranking the best states for the middle class in America.
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How Affordable is Housing in Alabama?
Real estate markets throughout Alabama had a strong first quarter in 2019.
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Appraisal
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Ronnie Lee Phillips to Discuss the CRE Market Cycle: 2020 & Beyond at the 1st Annual Alabama Appraisal Forum
Ronnie Lee Phillips, principal advisor at RealStar Realty Advisors LLC, will present on the how to use the momentum of the real estate market cycle at the 1st Annual Appraisal Institute ...
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Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington to Present at the 1st Annual Appraisal Institute Fall Forum
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KC Conway to Preview CCIM Insights Paper “Retail e-Volution” at 1st Annual Alabama Appraisal Institute Forum
K.C. Conway will present on how the changing Alabama economy plays into retail commercial real estate via ACRE and CCIM’s new Insights paper “Retail e-Volution” on October 2, 2019, in Birmingham, ...
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Commercial Real Estate
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Green Street CPPI Increases 0.3% in February 2020
According to the Green Street commercial property price index, manufactured home parks and industrial properties had the strongest price growth over the last 12 months.
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ACREcom2020: Learn to Leverage LinkedIn with Cherie Moman, ACRE’s Director of Education, Marketing and Communication
Moman will discuss how to break through the noise and leverage LinkedIn for businesses and careers by building a compelling organic presence on the digital platform.
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ACREcom20 Keynote: The 2021 Birmingham World Games Impacts on the City with CEO Nick Sellers
The World Games 2021 Chief Executive Officer, Nick Sellers, is the featured lunch keynote at ACREcom 2020, “Building the Future.”
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COVID-19
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Alabama housing starts post big gain in February 2020
Based on large year-over-year permit gains in January and February, housing starts are off to a fast start, yet uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic clouds the forecast somewhat.
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Economic Rulers and Benchmarks Made Obsolete by COVID-19
The BLS Jobs report of -700k for March doesn’t measure up to the jobless claims, airline passengers or drop in oil demand measures.
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A look beneath the surface of the first month of COVID-19 economic data
A review of economic data featuring ISM manufacturing data, ADP Private Payrolls data with another record Jobless Claims report double that of last week’s record, and March’s auto sales.
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Development
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Distinguished Industry Leaders Attending ACREcom as Featured Speakers on the Industry CEO Panel
Greg Fine, CCIM; Tom McCormick, SIOR; Jim Amorin, Appraisal Institute; and Denise Froemming, IREM will participate on the Industry CEO Panel at ACREcom20 on Friday, February 7, 2020, at The Club ...
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ACREcom20: Building the Future
Join ACRE at the 20th Annual Alabama Commercial Real Estate conference at The Club in Birmingham on Friday, February 7.
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Birmingham’s Midtown Office Market Likely to Remain Strong
Of the five submarkets in Birmingham’s office market, the midtown market is likely to continue outperforming others in the coming years.
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Education
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All-Star Panel of Alabama Real Estate Capital Experts Discuss Industry’s Future at ACREcom 2020
The panel includes Chad Hagwood of Hunt Real Estate Capital, Cynthia Stanford from Regions Bank, and Steve Clikas of Protective Life.
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Alex Flachsbart Returns to ACREcom20 with Opportunity Zones Updates
Hoping to incentivize investment in low-income areas through federal tax deferrals, Opportunity Zones were created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
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ULI Emerging Trends Panel to Discuss Recent Report at ACREcom 2020
The report is published every year by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and is a comprehensive study on emerging trends impacting commercial real estate.
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Environmental
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From Boneyard to Laboratory
The lake house has grown from a home goods’ boneyard to high tech testing ground.
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It's time to go green: Study shows demand for sustainability growing with homebuyers
Homebuyers are looking at sustainability more.
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Finance
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Green Street CPPI Unchanged in December, Up 2.5% in 2019
With interest rates near record lows and risk appetites back to normal levels, pricing should continue to see support in 2020.
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CCIM 4Q19/1Q20 CRE Insights Report
Recalibration of Commercial Real Estate Investment Strategies Needed in 2020
This report reconciles the plethora of data and conflicting views to provide the industry with a comprehensive resource for reallocating capital and realigning commercial real estate investment strategies in 2020. ...
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Alabama Wage Growth vs. Home Price Appreciation
As total wages and salaries in Alabama have been on a steady climb since 1998, the cost to purchase a home has shown a similar pattern of growth.
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Home Building
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Single Family Building Permits Up Significantly in January 2020
After a strong year in 2019, single family building permits post another year-over-year gain in January 2020.
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Top 5 Markets for New Construction in January 2020
New construction represented 15.9% of all residential sales statewide during January 2020.
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Top 5 Markets for New Construction (August 2019)
The Alabama Center for Real Estate created these rankings based on new construction as a percentage of total residential sales during August 2019.
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Industrial
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Industrial Real Estate Forecast
Industrial continues to be the darling of the commercial real estate industry, but what impact could tariffs, new supply, and our economic cycle have on the sector?
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Huntsville Commercial Real Estate from the Experts Q2 2018
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Google, Facebook, and Resicum International LLC invest in Alabama, MasterBrand decides to close its Alabama operation
Alabama Added 4,300 Jobs in April 2018, Up 24,200 Year-To-Date Versus 2017
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Industry News
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Ask the Experts: Construction in Alabama
Frank Anderson, business and development manager, at Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC provides some of his expertise on what issues the Alabama construction industry is facing and how Brasfield & Gorrie is ...
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K.C. Conway Receives American Property Tax Counsel's Martin S. Katz Memorial Award
The American Property Tax Counsel (APTC) presented its prestigious Martin S. Katz Memorial Award to ACRE Director of Research and Corporate Engagement K.C. Conway at the Annual APTC Client Seminar in ...
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Clayton McKinnon, Hoar Construction
Ask the Experts: Construction in Alabama
Clayton McKinnon, director of business development - commercial, at Hoar Construction provides some of his expertise on what issues the Alabama construction industry is facing and how Hoar is keeping up ...
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Insurance
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Some look to 'health sharing' as alternative to health insurance
For Realtors, health sharing may be a viable alternative to health insurance.
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Land
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Lake Martin Real Estate Report: March 2018
What’s going on with real estate sales at Lake Martin?
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February 2018 Market Report for Lake Martin
What’s going on with real estate sales at Lake Martin?
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Alabama land broker instructs Kansas Realtors, bringing ALC designation course to Montgomery
Alabama land broker instructs Kansas City Realtors
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Legal
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Opportunity Zone Update: New Guidelines Provide Clarity
Recently, the Trump administration released 74 pages of new proposed regulations for opportunity zones geared toward increasing tax-advantaged investments in low-income areas
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Battle of the Liens – Lender vs. Builder!
The Alabama Supreme Court recently reached a controversial decision on whose lien takes priority – the Lender's mortgage or a builder's materialman lien –when a builder is not paid for his ...
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Developers Face Additional Hurdle In Exercising Property Rights
Graffiti As Urban Blight Or Protected Street Art?
Moving forward, an issue for developers to consider will include what precautions must be taken if the project involves removing graffiti art.
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Media
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ACRE Unveils New "exploRE” Multimedia Platform
The Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) today announced its newly designed multimedia platform.
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Alabama week in real estate 9/30/17
Week in real estate
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Alabama Week in Real Estate (9/9/17
Alabama Week in Real Estate
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Multifamily
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Boxer Properties and Stemmons Enterprise Andrew Segal to Discuss the Impact of Technology on the Next Generation of Property Managers at the 4th Annual Alabama Real Estate Management Forum
Andrew Segal, Chairman and CEO of Boxer Properties and Co-Founder of Stemmons Enterprise, will present on what skills the next generation of property managers will need at the Alabama Real Estate ...
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Q1 Update
Birmingham CRE from the Experts
Q1 Update
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Mobile Capitalizes on the ‘M’ in Multifamily
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Office
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Strategies to Address Office Tenant Improvement Allowances
There are two ways to address the Tenant Improvement Allowance, a very important component of your office lease.
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Huntsville Office Market Surging in 4th Quarter
The Huntsville office market continues to impress not only within Alabama, but is outperforming many national metrics.
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Huntsville Commercial Real Estate from the Experts Q1 2018
Huntsville Q1 CRE review of retail, office, multifamily and industrial.
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Property Management
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5Q Cyber’s Don Goldstein to Discuss the Importance of Cyber Security in Commercial Real Estate at the 4th Annual Alabama Real Estate Management Forum
Don Goldstein, CEO of 5Q Cyber, will present on trending cyber security issues within the commercial real estate industry at the 2019 Alabama Real Estate Management Forum powered by IREM and ...
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NiceNets’ Chuck Niswonger to Discuss Big Data and AI Technology at the 4th Annual Alabama Real Estate Management Forum
Chuck Niswonger, President at NiceNets Consulting LLC and Chairman of the Investment Management Advisory Council, will present on big data and AI technology at the 2019 Alabama Real Estate Management Forum. ...
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Price-to-Rent Ratio
One crucial metric can be used as a tell-all on whether or not the market is strong for income-producing residential properties - Price-to-Rent ratio.
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Research
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Lake Martin Area Homes Sales Average 96 Days on Market in February 2020
Residential sales in the area are up 11% year-to-date, but the impact of COVID-19 on home sales is still to be determined.
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Statewide Residential Sales Remain Strong in February 2020 While Uncertainty Lies Ahead
While February sales results were very encouraging, up 7.2% year-over-year, they do not reflect the current turmoil in the stock market or the sizable hit to the global economy expected from ...
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ACRE Forecasts Sales Growth in Most Residential Markets in 2020
Statewide residential sales are expected to rise 1.9% in 2020.
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Residential Real Estate
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Lee County Residential Sales Up Again in February 2020
Sales are up 18% on the year but are likely to moderate amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Morgan County Residential Sales Flat in February, Down Slightly On Year
Properties listed for sale in the area remained tight in February, decreasing 32% from one year ago.
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Gadsden Area Residential Sales Up Again in February 2020
Area sales are off to a fast start (up 35.3% YTD) but are likely to moderate amid growing uncertainty surrounding the impact of COVID-19.
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Retail
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Adaptive Reuse Projects Help Revitalize Downtown Birmingham
Renewed interest in downtown Birmingham has led to a significant increase in adaptive reuse projects in recent years
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CCIM 3Q19 CRE Insights Paper
Changes in Store: 5 Predictions for the eVolution in Retail
This 3Q19 CRE report details five predictions for the future of retail real estate that debunk several primary myths behind the glut of bankruptcies and store closings in the past decade. ...
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Julie Melander to Discuss the Top 10 Issues in the Real Estate Industry at the 2nd Annual Alabama Retail Real Estate Forum
Melander will present the Keynote Lunch Session at the 2019 Alabama Retail Real Estate Forum powered by ICSC and ACRE on September 19, 2019, in Birmingham, Ala.
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Technology
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REBAC Hall of Fame Winner Marki Lemons-Ryhal to Speak at ALAres 2020
Ryhal is an Inman and six-time NAR conference and expo featured keynote speaker and is also a podcaster and international best selling author.
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Report from the Emerging Business and Technology Forum
Robots and New Realities
The Emerging Business and Technology Forum (EBITS) was held during the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo on May 17, 2018, at the Omni Shoreham in Washington, DC.
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A Christmas Re-Gift
My Christmas present to you is the gift of information.
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