Madison County real estate data from the Huntsville Area Association of Realtors (HAAR), current as of May 11, 2026, reveals a drop in new single-family home listings, while pending sales and inventory rose. For the week ending May 2, 2026, new single-family home listings decreased by 6.2% to 228. The three-month average reflected a 1.3% […]
On Monday, May 11, Bank Independent hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new team campus, located at 530 Reservation Road in Muscle Shoals. Special guests included U.S. Congressman Robert Aderholt, Muscle Shoals mayor Billy Hudson, Sheffield mayor Bryan VanDevender and Colbert County Administrator Roger Creekmore. “Our Team Campus stands as much more than a new […]
The Huntsville Area Association of REALTORS® (HAAR) hosted the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Candidate Training Academy on Wednesday, April 29th at the HAAR office on Monroe Street. This one-day intensive, which was free and open to the public, focused on helping members of the local community prepare to run for political office. “Strong communities […]
The April 13, 2026 weekly report from the Huntsville Area Association of Realtors (HAAR), for the week ending April 4, reported that new single-family home listings in Madison County decreased by 8.7% year-over-year. That’s a significant decrease from the three-month average: an increase of 4.1% year-over-year. Madison County pending sales increased by 10.2% year-over-year last […]
The 11th annual 2026 Huntsville Comic & Pop Culture Expo took place in downtown Huntsville at the Von Braun Center South Hall on April 17-19, 2026. The expo is a family-friendly, homegrown “celebration of all things geek” founded and operated by Huntsville native Jeremy Long. This year’s expo featured over 200 vendors and 58 special […]
According to the March 9 weekly report from the Huntsville Area Association of Realtors (HAAR), as of the week ending Feb. 26, 2026, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropped to 5.98%. Freddie Mac says this was the first time in three and a half years that mortgage rates dipped below 6%. Lower mortgage rates […]
ATHENS, Ala. — State and local officials broke ground at The Grove at South Jefferson in Athens, a first-of-its-kind affordable housing development supporting North Ala. workforce growth, on Fri., Feb. 20, 2026. The Grove at South Jefferson is an historic public-private partnership set to offer affordable multifamily apartments in response to increasing workforce demands and […]
Huntsville’s rapid growth continued throughout 2025, according to the latest Huntsville Development Review. Last year’s record home sales in Huntsville built upon 2024 momentum and kept the Rocket City at the top of the list of Alabama’s fastest growing cities. The review reported nearly 5,000 new housing units on the market throughout 2025. Single-family home […]
