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Al Cheney is your home advisor in regards to a credible residential valuation opinion report when thinking about buying or selling or fulfilling any other personal necessary reason. Al Cheney has over 35 years’ experience in the Mobile Bay Metro Area, Baldwin County & Mobile County of Alabama. Call Al Cheney at 251-533-2424 to discuss your particular residential property as well as the very appealing appraisal fees depending on complexity, location and satisfying your necessary personal requirements.

Al Cheney is a Certified Residential Real Property Appraiser licensed within the State of Alabama. Al Cheney has very appealing and competitive home appraisal fees for individuals from $225-$275 depending primarily on location. If your residential property has more complex and unique characteristics, Al Cheney will have to quote on a case-by-case basis. Let Al Cheney be your home advisor in regards to completing a residential real property appraisal on your home by calling him today at 251-533-2424! Please visit www.CheneyAppraisalServices.com/ to read additional information about him and some of our neighborhoods as well as other information about our Mobile Bay Metro Area.

Al Cheney, Cheney Appraisal Services, 251-533-2424, has over 35 years’ experience within the Mobile Bay Metro Area, Baldwin County & Mobile County of Alabama. Al Cheney is ready to assist you with all your personal legal requirements for a home or thinking about selling a residential property.

Al Cheney has very appealing & special appraisal assignment fees for a straightforward appraisal report depending on its particular location. The appraisal report fees for most homes are as follows: within the City Limits of Mobile, the fee is $225; the immediate outskirt beyond the City Limits of Mobile has an appealing fee of $250; more distant locations generally will have a fee of $275. Of course, any home having a more complex nature or distant location and or any other special requirement will require a quote from Al Cheney.

Please visit www.CheneyAppraisalServices.com as well as call Al Cheney at 251-533-2424 today to schedule your real estate appraisal inspection. Al Cheney is ready to assist you in fulfilling your necessary legal requirement regarding your home or when selling a residential property located within the Mobile Bay Metro Area of Alabama.

(The quoted appealing and special appraisal assignment fees are for all non-financial or non-mortgage appraisal reports.)

Call Al Cheney at 251-533-2424 in regards to your special “non-financial” appraisal fee for your home within Baldwin County, Alabama. Here is a list of the special “non-financial” appraisal fees within these areas:

Barnwell 36532: $250
Bay Minette 36507: $275
Belforest 36526: $250
Bon Secour 36511: $250
Crossroads 36507: $250
Daphne 36526: $250
Elberta 36530: $275
Elsanor 36567: $275
Fairhope 36532: $250
Foley 36535: $275
Gulf Shores 36542: $275
Josephine 36530: $275
Lillian 36549: $275
Malbis 36526: $250
Magnolia Springs 36555: $250
Marlow 36580: $250
Montrose 36559: $250
Mullet Point 36532: $250
Ono Island 36561: $275
Orange Beach 36561: $275
Oyster Bay 36542: $275
Perdido Beach 36561: $275
Perdido 36562: $275
Pinegrove 36507: $275
Point Clear 36564: $250
Rabun (Rabon) 36507: $275
Robertsdale 36567: $250
Seminole 36574: $275
Silverhill 36576: $250
Spanish Cove 36549: $275
Spanish Fort 36527: $250
Stapleton 36578: $250
Stockton 36579: $275
Styx River 36578: $275
Summerdale 36580: $250
Tensaw 36507: $250
Whitehouse Forks 36507: $250
Wolf Bay 36530, 36535: $275

The above special discounted fees for homeowners within these areas are typical for “non-financial” appraisal reports completed by Al Cheney, a Certified Residential Real Property Appraiser in the State of Alabama, having over 35 years experience within the Mobile Bay Metro Area. More complex and or waterfront properties as well as undeveloped acreage or land will be quoted on a case-by-case basis.

Call Al Cheney at 251-533-2424, www.CheneyAppraisalServices.com/, www.AlabamaRealEstateAppraisals.com

“Grant Park Entrance Marker”, 13 July 2015

The Grant Park subdivision is located in the Midtown West area near major shopping centers and a quick access to U. S. Interstate Highway 65.

The vast majority of homes will have 3 bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms with a few homes having an extra half bath. The square foot range is mostly between 1,700 and 2,400.

There are only 3 reported home sales within the past 12 months according to the Mobile Area Association of Realtors’ MLS. The average price per square foot is $106.96 and the median sale price is $190,500 based on these three home sales.

Al Cheney has very special discounted “non-financial” home appraisal fees ranging from $225-$275 depending on complexity and location. The vast majority of “non-financial” appraisal fees within the city limits of Mobile are only $225 to assist the homeowners in making a decision, i.e. thinking about selling, tax appeal.

Call Al Cheney at 251-533-2424 and let’s discuss the appraisal process within the Grant Park subdivision or any other Midtown residential neighborhood. Visit website www.CheneyAppraisalServices.com/ for additional information.

Al Cheney’s Comments and Opinions for 29 August 2010.

As a local, born and raised in the Mobile Bay Metro Area, I am sincerely happy that the bubbling crude has finally been capped after 90 days-after 90 days! It is worth repeating since this horrific ecological and environmental disaster should have never lasted this long if it wasn’t for the many faux pas by BP Oil and our own government. They say, the majority of the surface oil has dissipated and now can’t be found. Oh, really? The “on the surface” crude problem is only hiding in the depths of the sea-harming crustaceans, oysters and other seafood for years to come.

And, yes! I do realize that biological organisms will thrive on the raw crude and eventually remove it as a major threat but, this will take a very long time. The damage has already been done and its true damage is still hidden in the depths of the sea. Enormous amounts of crude, damaging dispersants, oil soaked wetlands and sea bottoms are here to stay for decades. A possible ecological disaster lurks beneath the sea and within the wetlands for years to come.

Furthermore, the inappropriate government overreach in shutting down oil rigs (overdramatic and very political), media sensationalism damaging our Gulf Coast tourism, and an already weaken real estate industry has created more negative affects upon Alabama and the other States along the Gulf Coast. Honestly, at this time, the affects of any significant real estate and tourism recoveries are unknown.

The fact is that, a fragile economy and a weakened real estate industry have been further exacerbated by the crude ecological and environmental disaster, and the crude politics of Washington. And, our tourism for this year has been damaged by irresponsible journalism by the media. Even so, the coastline of the Gulf States and its real estate will overcome this adversity and will eventually be less affected by the BP oil spill and the many missteps of Washington. The media needs to practice more responsible journalism and avoid the traps of sensationalism. Sensationalism is not journalism!

Well, our coastal properties along the beaches as well as other properties with gulf views and close to water tributaries will eventually improve over time. For now, the recent past spreading of crude through the Gulf of Mexico has resulted in a deeper real estate market slowdown affecting property values near and along the Gulf Coast. Whether legitimate, or not, many homes located well off water tributaries have also been affected to some degree. It is a real estate market slowdown caused by a fragile economy and the worse oil spill known in North America.

From my standpoint, the negative value affects for homes located off the beaches and the Gulf of Mexico should be negligible as time leads us into the future. When looking back in time, I believe, this catastrophe will reflect “a blip on the radar screen” when focusing only on the 90-day oil spill disaster. Then, there could be the possibility of a more normal level and slight positive return of property values; if a more normal level can be equated with a fragile economy under severe stress.

The fragile economy with high unemployment (9.5% but does not include the people who have given up) and uncertainty will be much more of a future problem for Gulf Coast property values than the BP oil spill. As time leads us into the end of 2010 and into the beginning of 2011, an even more fragile economy and real estate industry might be the result when continuing to implement recessive programs and tactics by the government while banks, entrepreneurs and small businesses mostly sit on the sidelines, “digging in their heels” or “going out of business” sales. Only deregulation and lowering taxes, the cessation of large government spending, small business incentives (get the oil riggers, shrimpers and other parts of the Gulf Coast seafood industry back to work) as well as “just plain honest positive talk” from the current Administration and our government representatives (most of them forget that they work for us) will improve the real estate industry– part of the backbone of America!

Certified Real Estate Appraisers and the Mobile Area Association of REALTORS provide statistics on the real estate activity for the last quarter.

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The 2009 fourth quarter, 1st October 2009 to 31st December 2009, indicates at least 838 sales within Mobile County, Alabama according to online REALTOR information records. The total sales can be broken down into four property type categories: (1) condominiums & townhouses, (2) manufactured homes, (3) new construction homes, and (4) single family older homes. Also, the last quarter of total sales compared to the third quarter of total sales indicate a drop of 146 sales, or -14.8%.

The approximate 31 condominiums & townhouses had an average list price of $107,838, 69 average days on market (dom) and a sale price to list price percentage of 91.03%.

The approximate 13 manufactured homes had an average list price of $41,923, 61 average days on market (dom) and a sale price to list price percentage of 86.24%.

The approximate 131 new construction homes had an average list price of $179,631, 70 average days on market (dom) and a sale price to list price percentage of 99.39%.

The approximate 659 single family older homes (18.44% drop when compared to the third quarter) had an average list price of $142,956, 86 average days on market (dom) and a sale price to list price percentage of 95.8%.

The average days on market (dom) for the fourth quarter was around 82 days and the average per square foot was $78.

The fourth quarter indicates more new construction in west Mobile, south of the Mobile Regional Airport, Semmes, southwest Mobile County, Theodore, and the Tillman’s Corner area when compared to other areas of Mobile County. Most of the single family residential or home sales occurred in the areas north and south of Cottage Hill Road, Municipal Park area & city west central, west Mobile, Semmes, Midtown area near downtown historic Mobile, and areas east of Wilmer, Alabama.

The average sold terms for the fourth quarter was CASH (21%), CONVENTIONAL (27.3%), FHA (42.4%), VA (6.4%) and OTHER-ASSUMPTION, AUCTION, VENDOR LIENS (2.9%).

The above statistical information has been compiled by Albert Marshall Cheney, Cheney Appraisal Services, located in the Mobile Bay Metro Area, Baldwin County and Mobile County of Alabama. Albert Cheney is an active Certified Residential Real Property Appraiser and FHA Approved Appraiser with 35+ years experience in the real estate industry. Contact Albert Cheney at (251) 533-2424 or Albert@CheneyAppraisalServices.com if you require more information about Alabama real estate and ordering a “Certified” real estate appraisal report.

For more information about the Mobile County statistical real estate listings and sales, call a local real estate agent and member of the Mobile Area Association of REALTORS.