After three consecutive quarters of decline, housing affordability in Alabama actually increased during the last three months of 2004, according to figures from the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.
The Alabama housing market finished the year with a strong showing in December and yet another sales record, according to figures released by the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.
Alabama’s economy is expected to grow by 3.3 percent this year, according to the first quarter 2005 forecast from the Center for Business and Economic Research at The University of Alabama.
Researchers from The University of Alabama and Auburn University recently released study results that focus on the role of wildlife habitat and its influence on deer-vehicle crashes.
A University of Alabama ecologist is among a select group of scientists chosen to help develop guidelines for a newly formed national organization focusing on environmental science issues.
Amidst the Christmas festivities as 2004 came to a close, the facts revealed in the widely-circulated mid-December newspaper article, “More Alabamians live in poverty than in 2000”, were nothing to celebrate and certainly do not honor the one whose birthday most of us were celebrating. Fifteen percent of our citizens, nearly 700,000, and 22 percent of our children, well over 200,000, live below the poverty line. When you add to that the many families struggling just above poverty who are one paycheck, layoff, divorce or health setback from sinking into poverty, the picture becomes more tragic.
Being associated with The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, I am often asked by community leaders and rural residents with whom we work how we are doing in rural medical care. It is a fair question because CCHS was created in the 1970s and was assigned a mission relating to rural health and medical care, especially to produce rural physicians.
Existing home sales in Alabama slipped slightly during November, down 256 units from the previous month, to 3,954, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.
Alabama’s housing market is off to a good start for the fourth quarter, according to figures released by The University of Alabama’s Real Estate Research and Education Center.
Court authorities often struggle to balance protecting society with appropriate treatment for youth who commit crimes. A University of Alabama professor recently authored a psychological test that measures key juvenile concepts and assists professionals in achieving that balance.