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Buying Fixer-Upper Real Estate in Mobile Alabama
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When you first start looking for homes in Mobile Alabama you may find some “steals” on the Web. Homes that are advertised as handyman’s specials. It is very important to look at the neighborhood when looking at these houses. If the homes surrounding the house in question are well maintained and it is a nice neighborhood, then you should calculate what it will take to improve the home to a comparable standard. If the cost of the fixer-upper and the cost of the home improvements is still under the median cost of other houses in the neighborhood and you have the skills or the cash to do the repairs, then buying a fixer-upper might be a good investment. You can then make the house into your home!
However, beware of homes that are extremely cheap in neighborhoods that are in a decline. The home’s price may be not only a reflection of the condition of the house, but of the declining neighborhood. This is where a Mobile Real Estate agent who is an expert in Relocation to Mobile Alabama can help you evaluate whether the purchase will be a sensible investment for you. Click on the FREE “Relocation to Mobile Alabama” real estate information package. One of our Mobile Alabama Real Estate agents will contact you to help with your relocation to Mobile Alabama.
Whatever you do, if you are considering buying a fixer-upper home, make sure you have it inspected by a qualified home inspector. Place a contingency clause in the contract subject to approval by you of improvement estimates. Repairs that you guess may take $10,000 may end up costing twice that! Make sure that before you close you have the necessary skills and assets to turn the house into a home within your budget! Click on the link above and our New Quest City Mobile Real Estate agent can help you with your relocation to Mobile Alabama by providing guidance and expert advice on every process of the purchase.
FINANCING A FIXER-UPPER. Some mortgage lenders will allow you to close on the home with a construction loan and then place permanent financing on the home as soon as the repairs are made. This gives you the freedom to put your cash down on the home to benefit from reducing or eliminating Private Mortgage Insurance without having to come up with additional cash to do the improvements. Your New Quest City Mobile Alabama Relocation Realtor can help you find a local mortgage company that can help you with a construction loan.
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The settlement, then called by the French name "Fort Louis de lá Mobile", was first established in 1702, at Twenty-seven Mile Bluff on the Mobile River, as the first capital of the French colony of Louisiana. Following a series of floods, the town was relocated downriver to its present location near the head of Mobile Bay in 1711 and named Fort Conde. The capital of Louisiana was moved to Biloxi in 1720 and to New Orleans in 1723 and Mobile was relegated to the role of frontier town and trading post. In 1763, the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the French and Indian War. The treaty ceded Mobile to Great Britain and under British rule the colony flourished. The British renamed the city Fort Charlotte, after the English Queen, and reenergized the port. Major exports included timber, naval stores, indigo, hides, rice, pecans and cattle. -- Source: Wikipedia.com
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Census Data for Mobile, Alabama
| Mobile | Alabama | United States | |
| Population | 198,915 | 4,447,100 | 281,421,906 |
| Median age | 34.3 | 35.8 | 35.3 |
| Median age for Male | 32.3 | 34.4 | 34 |
| Median age for Female | 36.1 | 37.2 | 36.5 |
| Households | 78,480 | 1,737,080 | 105,480,101 |
| Household population | 192,735 | 4,332,380 | 273,643,273 |
| Average household size | 2.46 | 2.49 | 2.59 |
| Families | 50,764 | 1,215,968 | 71,787,347 |
| Average family size | 3.09 | 3.01 | 3.14 |
| Housing units | 86,187 | 1,963,711 | 115,904,641 |
| Occupied units | 78,480 | 1,737,080 | 105,480,101 |
| Vacant units | 7,707 | 226,631 | 10,424,540 |
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