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Take a look at prime Madison Alabama Real Estate for sale. Here is a wonderful home located within a quiet neighborhood in the heart of Madison, Alabama which is close to Madison schools, parks, Redstone Arsenal, the Huntsville International Airport and Research Park.

This home boasts a large family room with vaulted ceilings, plant ledges and a gas log fireplace.   The large kitchen is bright with lots of cabinets and a pantry.  There is crown molding in all the bedrooms, each of the rooms are very spacious, plus there are 10' ceilings in the formal dining room which also has crown and chair molding.  Hardwood floors welcome you as you enter into the foyer (and the dining room).  The master suite is isolated from the rest of the home, plus the master bath has a large jetted tub and a separate shower.  To see this wonderful example of Madison Alabama Real Estate, please click the play button below to view a virtual tour of this very special Madison AL home.

Call the Steve Thomas Team for more information about this fine home, 256.694.4663.

There's no better time than today to boast about the great reasons why buying and living within the Huntsville, AL real estate area is the best decision you are going to make!

Below is a list of this great city's accomplishments and recognitions over the past year - from one of America's leading greenist cities to one of the top ten cities for job growth.

	Huntsville named one the South’s leading cities for Defense Jobs February 2009
	The City of Huntsville receives Standard & Poor’s highest possible “AAA” bond rating for strength of the local economy January 2009
	Huntsville named one of 10 Great Cities for Salary Growth January 2009
	Madison County named the country’s Best Place to Live to weather the economy November 2008
	Huntsville named one of the Top 50 Best Places to raise children in the U.S. November 2008
	Huntsville named one of the Top 5 locations in the U.S. for aerospace companies October/November 2008
	Huntsville named one of America’s Top 5 Cities for Job Opportunities September 2008
	Huntsville named one of the Top 5 Best Performing Cities in the Country September 2008
	Huntsville named the #1 Mid-market in the South August 2008
	Huntsville named one of America’s Top 5 Mid-Sized Cities for Doing Business July 2008
	Huntsville is one of the country’s Top 10 Technology Cities, ranking 3rd in the country for concentration of technology workers June 2008
	Huntsville named one of the country’s Top 10 Places to Live May 2008
	Huntsville named one of America’s Leading Greenest Cities”. -Popular Science, March 2008 March 2008

For more information on why buying a Huntsville, AL home should be in your future plans, please call me anytime.  I've got over a dozen EXCELLENT reasons why I'd love to talk to you more about!

222 Legacy Park Drive

Welcome to this fabulous one owner custom built 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath pool home, including a three car side entry garage, and approximately 600 sqft unfinished floored walk out storage accessible through closet in master.

Formal living room, dining room and family room will be enjoyed by all. Hardwood and tile throughout except in bedrooms. You can just imagine your family taking advantage of the fun activities on the large 500 sqft deck and very private back yard in the coming months.  And next winter, enjoy the gas log fireplace...

Transferable Cook's Termite Bond.  Located within Legacy Park subdivision, this home is within Monrovia Middle & Monrovia Elementary school districts.

Note - Seller will provide a $4,000 Decor. Allowance at Closing too!  For more information on this or any other Huntsville Real Estate property, please contact me anytime.

Here is my newest listing available for sale in the much sought after Rosebud Gardens community in NE Madison County. 

This full brick Huntsville, AL home listed at $144,900, is positioned on a 1.10 acre corner lot with nice trees and includes the large lot to the right of the home too.  The spacious wooden deck overlooks the chain-link fenced yard and includes your own hot tub to enjoy on those brisk nights! (Sold "AS IS").

Convenient to I-565, this home features three good sized bedrooms, two full bathrooms and a side entry one-car garage.  Below you will find the dimensions of each of the rooms:

Great Room - 25 x 17

Kitchen - 10 x 8

Breakfast / Dining Room - 12 x 10

Master Bedroom - 16 x 14

Second Bedroom - 13 x 12

Third Bedroom - 11 x 10

Laundry Room - 13 x 6

For more information on this Huntsville, AL real estate property, please contact me any time.  I would be happy to personally show you this home at a time convenient to you too.

Steve A. Thomas
Realtor, Associate Broker, ABR, e-Pro
RE/MAX Huntsville/Madison
Cellular: (256) 694-HOME (4663)
Toll Free: (800) 239-4749 Ext. 4945
Fax: (256) 533-1555
E-mail: mail@SteveAThomas.com
Web sites: http://HuntsvilleAreaHomes.com
http://HuntsvilleHomeSales.com
http://HuntsvilleHomeInfo.com

This Doll House is better than move in condition!  With almost 1,200 square feet of living area, three bedrooms, two full bathrooms and super clean, all you'll need to do is to pack and move right in!

This Huntsville, AL home (located within Harselle) listed for $99,900, is very convenient to I-65 with many amenities, shopping and restaurants within close vicinity.  The property also is on just under 1 acre of land with the back yard being fenced - ready for your pets and/or children to enjoy. 

Here are the dimensions of each of the rooms within this Huntsville home:

Living Room - 16 x 13

Kitchen - 17 x 10

Breakfast Area - 10 x 8

Master Bedroom - 13 x 13

Second Bedroom - 11 x 10

Third Bedroom - 11 x 10

Please contact me if you would like any additional information on this great Huntsville home located within the Spark/Brewer School District, or would like to set up an appointment to view this home.

Steve A. Thomas
Realtor, Associate Broker, ABR, e-Pro
RE/MAX Huntsville/Madison
Cellular: (256) 694-HOME (4663)
Toll Free: (800) 239-4749 Ext. 4945
Fax: (256) 533-1555
E-mail: mail@SteveAThomas.com
Web sites: http://HuntsvilleAreaHomes.com
http://HuntsvilleHomeSales.com
http://HuntsvilleHomeInfo.com

Huntsville, AL is the proud home of the renowned golf course community of The Ledges.  This 18-hole course (located within the Ledges Country Club facility, which opened in 2000) features 7,159 yards of golf, from the longest tees of a par 71.  The course's received a rating of 75.3 and a slope rating of 136 on this gorgeous well-maintained Zoysia grasses.

Officially known as "The Ledges of Huntsville Mountain", this incredible community has pride of ownership and designership throughout every street and crevace!    But what is The Ledges?   The President of the Association, John Blue, describes it as "the architectural style of the historic district of downtown Huntsville with the softness of Mooresville."   With every home within the community having a front porch and with garages and mailboxes in back out of view, it reflects the atmosphere of days before.  Each homeowner has the pleasure of enjoying the world class golf facility, jogging paths, junior Olympic swimming pool and splash pool, golf learning center and pro shop, tennis courts, fitness center and nature and hiking trails.

Huntsville home styles include Townhomes, Cottages, Villas, and Estates. There will also be a commercial area with offices on the bottom floor and owners living in the upper level.  The community is also gate guarded at the bottom of the mountain to ensure residents privacy and security.

This Huntsville real estate community was designed by Urban Design Associates of Pittsburgh, with the golf course having been designed by Dr. Michael Hurdzan to enhance the natural environment.  There are currently about a dozen homes for sale within The Ledges, ranging from a traditional styled single family home with 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and just over 3,400 square feet of living space for $698,500, to the custom Italianate masterpiece, featuring 5 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, over 10,000 square feet of living area and currently listed at $2,875,000. 

With all that The Ledges of Huntsville has to offer, this truly is a prime location to call home for you and your family. 

HPH Homes has been building new homes throughout North America for over 80 years, with award winning designs, livable floor plans and, of course, quality craftsmanship within each and every home they have built.  HPH Homes is one of the largest home builders of Huntsville homes and is able to offer additional amentities, more square footage and superior materials than other builders in the area, which makes them a great choice for your next home builder.

HPH Homes has built and assisted in the rehabilitation of more than 250,000 homes within the Habitat for Humanity organization over the course of the last two years (2006 - 2008), and are one of the "Home Builders Blitz" partners this year.  

HPH Homes' newest Huntsville homes community is Magnolia Park, which is located in the popular southwest side of town, at the southern most part of the Appalachian mountains and only minutes to many recreation activities - Cove Park, Hays Nature Preserve, equestrian center, and a Robert Trent Jones Golf Course.   Magnolia Park offers affordable luxury homes with a community pool and cabana.  For those looking for larger water sports, Lake Guntersville is also only 20 minutes south of this Huntsville homes community. 

Huntsville homes within Magnolia Park community are priced starting at as low as $214,900 currently.  If you would like more information on this new community, please do not hesitate to contact me.  You can also view all Huntsville homes available within the area through my website. 

Our city ranked 4th on the "Fastest Growing Metros" list according to research forecasts created by Moody's Economy.com website. 

It's not shocking news that the Southeast and Western portions of the United States are booming.  Both of the cost of living and doing business in these areas are often cheaper than in big coastal States and cities.   Take Alabama.  Our State has some of the fastest-growing metro areas in the country, including Huntsville, Alabama, which is projected to have a fourth largest change in "gross metropolitan product (GMP)" of a staggering 26.36% between the years 2007 to 2012.

Huntsville, Alabama's projected GMP growth (population) has been forecast at just over 15% by 2012, due to the defense, aerospace and technology industries that drive the Huntsville, AL economy.  The area's Redstone Arsenal (home to the Army's missile and space commands), is expanding greatly due to the US military base realignments (BRAC) which is creating as many as 12,000 new jobs in the area.

Another Alabama boon is ThyssenKrupp's announcement in 2007 to construct a $3.7 billion steel plants in Mobile, located in the southern portion of the State.  Such growth is not new to Alabama; since the mid-1990s, Alabama has also become a manufacturing center for automakers like Chrysler, Toyota and Hyundai.

To be certain of the accuracy of these forecasts, the GMP is not the only method used to measure a metro area's economic stance.  Personal income growth, job growth, housing starts and population growth are all other factors that were considered, but ultimately a close look at the output of goods and services was possibly the best method of determining how strong an economy will be several years to come.

This is just another great review that Huntsville homes has received lately.  And yet another great reason for people to relocate to such a thriving city.  If you would like more information on Huntsville homes and what this city can offer you, please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.

Making an offer that a seller either just can't refuse or will laugh in your face at the thought sometimes can be a fine line, and you can be assured that your Huntsville Realtor won't want to name that price for you either!  However, you can utilize your Realtor's experience to determine the best price to offer when buying your next Huntsville real estate home.

Here are some thoughts that you may want to take into consideration before making your next offer:

• Is it hot or cold?  the market that is - if you are in the midst of a buyers market (which is pretty much the whole of the United States currently), then you will have less competition and sellers will be more open to your offer since there are less buyers.  However, if you are in a seller's market then the offer needs to usually be no less than list price you may be in a bidding war.  
• Previous Price Tag.  It is very beneficial to find out what the seller bought their Huntsville real estate for originally - in doing so you may be able to adjust what you are willing to pay for their home today due to any appreciation, depreciation or remodeling completed.
• Market trend report.  It would behoove you not to discuss what other homes have sold for in the past six months to see if the home you are considering purchasing is priced right and the sales price that you are about to offer is valid.  An analysis of list price to sales price ratio may be in order.  *Note - you can check out my previous posts that document the Huntsville real estate market trends over the past months.
• History and days on market.  There is a little trick to the trade where realtors sometimes take listings off the market and then resubmit them as a new listing.  This can play with the days on market numbers and make a property look like it's newer on the market that it truly is.  This is important because if the seller has had their home listed many months, they may be more interested in selling their homes and more willing to negotiate with you.

A final note.  Never become emotionally attached to a home before buying it.  In doing so you may find yourself in an "eBay War":  Over-bidding due to Over-excitement! 

For more information on home buying tips, please check back often or bookmark this page for future reference.  You may also visit my website to view all Huntsville real estate than is currently available within the Huntsville and Madison areas.

According to the U.S. Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), Huntsville beat all but a few States in its first quarter home price gains.  In lamens terms, our home prices rose faster than the majority of the US, which is great news for our Huntsville Homes Sellers!

The OFHEO's quarterly survey is based from data obtained from home sales and appraisals on refinanced homes.  They reported that Alabama's homes rose 4.46% over last year (2007), being the fifth highest amount in the country, with Wyoming in the lead, with a 6.34% increase, and Utah, Montana and Texas coming in respectively thereafter.

The next quarterly report is due out on August 26th, so please check back to see the results and how Huntsville Homes are making the news in a positive way yet again!

You can always visit my website to view all Huntsville Homes currently for sale and send me an email if you have any questions any time.  I'm here to help, and it's free to you!