Alabama home sales up 14% in May
Birmingham News – June 24
Alabama home sales rose 14 percent in May, the 11th consecutive month of year-over-year improvement. Last month’s home sales totaled 3,826, compared to 3,363 in May 2011, according to the Alabama Center for Real Estate at the University of Alabama. The average selling price was $149,543, up 2 percent from a year ago, while the median selling price rose 2.4 percent to $127,143. Most of the local and state housing data indicates a real estate market that is gradually improving, said Grayson Glaze, ACRE’s executive director.
Title IX praised, assessed on 40th anniversary
Birmingham News – June 24
As Title IX marked its 40th anniversary on Saturday, national experts agree the federal law, which prohibits discrimination based on sex in schools that receive federal money, has had a profound impact on equal opportunities for young women in Alabama, both on the sports field of competition and in the classroom… Montre D. Carodine, an associate professor of law at the University of Alabama law school, sees the impact of Title IX firsthand. She said the ratio of female to male students is often roughly equal, in what traditionally had been a male-dominated field. “We are sending women all over the country in various high-level legal positions,” she said. “They are working for judges, becoming judges, working in various blue-chip law firms. That’s exciting to see.” Carodine credits Title IX with providing the opportunities for her success. She will be associate dean for special programs in January. In Alabama, women now lead some of the state’s largest universities. Dr. Carol Garrison is the second woman to be president at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Dr. Judy Bonner, executive vice president and provost, is serving as the University of Alabama’s interim president.