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February 8, 2009

Lake Martin Real Estate Sales – 2008 Year In Review

The waterfront property sales in the Lake Martin MLS* ended the year by tying 2007’s December sales of 4. When we looked at November 2008 sales […]
August 11, 2008

From The Lake Martin Voice Mailbox: A Reader Asks Some Tough Questions

A Lake Martin Voice reader submitted these questions to me about the Lake Martin real estate market in general. They were so good that I thought […]
July 29, 2008

Guess What? Nothing Happened At Lake Martin Auctions

Recently two auctions were held at waterfront property on Lake Martin. A quick check with each of the auction companies revealed that neither homes sold for […]
June 23, 2008

John Coley Featured In Bham News Article On Vacation Homes

I guess part of being a realtor, even in the web 2.0 world, is cheesy self promotion, hence the obnoxious headline. Alison Ketcham of the Birmingham […]
May 1, 2008

Tell Your Realtor To Shut Up And Listen To You

I grew up on Lake Martin, in the real estate business. I know what I like. I know which parts of Lake Martin I prefer. I […]
January 6, 2008

Local Lending Would Have Helped Mortgage Mess

The Lake Martin real estate market has not really felt a direct effect of the mortgage meltdown yet.  Sure, the subprime fiasco has caused conventional and jumbo […]
October 3, 2007

ElCo Tax Man Squeezes Lake Martin Property Owners

If you own Lake Martin waterfront property that is in Elmore County, chances are that your assessment (and therefore property taxes) went up this year.  I […]
September 25, 2007

To Predict Lake Martin Real Estate Market Cycle – Look West

Most Lake Martin real estate observers now recognize that the sellers’ market is over, because all real estate is local.  In fact, we are in a […]