For almost 50 years, the Catholic Boys Home fielded the loudest, most exhilarating, most talked-about, most raucous marching band the city of Mobile had ever seen. Now, 53 years after their last parade, former band members explain how it all came to be — and how a band of orphans found a way to steal the show

 

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ROBERTSDALE, Ala. – Baldwin County 2021 housing statistics still managed to top 2020’s sales volume, sales price and total properties sold, as reported by Baldwin REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service (MLS).

A total of 11,356 properties sold in Baldwin County last year, which is a significant increase of 22.8% from 2020 (9,248). Additionally, these properties moved even faster with an average of 59 days spent on the market, compared to 95 days in 2020.


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Take a deep dive into the Hangout experience by enjoying all that the beach has to offer! Everything from a dip in the gulf to a lap around the roller rink. Gear up for some serious fun in the sun.


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‘Tis the season for good cheer—and that requires a great beverage for saying ‘cheers!’ with friends and family. Everyone has their own holiday traditions that involve special food and drink recipes, including Global Real Estate Advisor for Sotheby’s International Realty, Donna Burns, who has a fondness for hot apple cider. Burns, who is a luxury specialist and has bought and sold real estate on the Alabama and Florida coasts for 20 years, shares how something as simple as a warm beverage has the power to bring people together.

“My favorite memory of this drink recipe is when we first made it for a neighborhood holiday party,” she says. “We invited all our neighbors to our home (many of which had never met each other) and we served everyone a cup of…

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ROBERTSDALE, Ala. – Sales prices continue to trend upward, and houses continue to fly off the market at record speed, but the number of properties sold in October 2021 lessened compared to the year prior. According to Baldwin REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service (MLS) statistics, October 2021 only saw 675 closed sales – an 11.4% decrease compared to 762 in October 2020. The Resort area of Baldwin County did see a 16.4% increase in closed sales from the year prior, but it was not enough to offset the Traditional Residential area’s major decrease of over 100 less homes sold in October 2021 compared to October 2020.


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Kaiser Vacation Rentals Introduces Ocean Edge with EV Technology

ORANGE BEACH, AL - The first EV (Electric Vehicle) equipped residential/vacation community on the Gulf Coast, OCEAN EDGE, was unveiled recently at a ribbon cutting ceremony in Orange Beach, Alabama. The project developer, David Lee, introduced the residential community in collaboration with Kaiser Vacation Rentals, Kaiser Sotheby’s International Realty, OK2Charge and BeHome 24/7.

OCEAN EDGE is a Gulf-front 14 home community at Romar Vista Place featuring 3 and 8 bedroom homes, all with EV charging stations. Erin Kaiser, the listing and marketing agent with Kaiser Sotheby’s International Realty, worked with Mr. Lee through the project’s…

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ROBERTSDALE, Ala. – September proved to be another hot month in real estate for Baldwin County with increases across the board in Average Sales Price, New Listings, and Total Sales. Baldwin REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service (MLS) reports a year-over-year increase of 78.9% in total sales revenue from September 2020 and an increase of 69% in new listings. Average Days on Market (DOM) also continue to be at record lows with just 23 DOM for the Traditional Residential area of Baldwin County and 25 DOM for the Resort/Island-based area. This means the overall average days a listing sits “Active” in Baldwin County is less than one month.

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Few things are as intriguing as a wooden shipwreck half-buried in white sand beside emerald waters. Thoughts turn to old salts and peg legs, tall tales and ratlines, exotic ports and loquacious parrots. Alabama’s most famous example, the Rachel, lies five miles east of Fort Morgan between a stilted vacation house and the wrack line, easily visible to beachgoers. This wonderful artifact especially fascinates children and adults from landlocked states. As one Kentuckian told an Associated Press reporter, “We don’t ever see anything like this.”

Speculation as to the vessel’s identity runs the gamut. Was she a pirate ship? A Civil War blockade runner? A rum runner? None of these guesses is unreasonable; all of these vessels are known to have once…

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ROBERTSDALE, Ala. – While real estate continues to move quickly on and off the market in Baldwin County, the number of sales is showing a slight slowdown. Baldwin REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service (MLS) reports a major year-over-year decrease in average Days on Market (DOM) in August 2021 for both Resort and Traditional Residential areas, as well as decreases in both areas in the total number of closed sales.


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