TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The latest look at the housing situation in Alabama from the Alabama Center for Real Estate is now available on the Web. The center, known as ACRE, is part of The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce.
The Alabama Housing Report, which tracks total home sales on a monthly basis, shows Alabama home sales for September 2009 down .3 percent from August and down 7 percent from September 2008. The complete report can be found at http://acre.cba.ua.edu/housing_report.php
New home construction in September 2009 is down 7.9 percent from August, and 20.5 percent behind September 2008. The complete New Construction Report can be found at http://acre.cba.ua.edu/pdfs/construction_statistics/New%20Construction%20Report.pdf
Contact
Grayson Glaze, ACRE executive director, 205/348-7714, gglaze@cba.ua.edu; Bill Gerdes, media relations, bgerdes@cba.ua.edu, 205/348-8318