Tag Archive for: Madison County

Real Estate Update: Third Quarter Report Quantifies Impact of Inflation and Interest

The Huntsville Area Association of Realtors (HAAR) has released its report, compiled by faculty of UAH’s College of Business, on the state of Madison County’s residential real estate market for 3Q 2022.  The statistics reported shed more light on shifts that we’ve been tracking, putting them into context with both the previous quarter and the […]

Don’t Believe the Hype, Quiet Quitting is Nothing New and There Is a Solution

Early in my career I worked at a very large corporation where it felt like we spent a considerable amount of time listening to conference calls. This was a multinational organization where the conference calls would have hundreds of participants, often with several people from the same location on the call. Sometimes the calls were […]

Mayor Presents Balanced Budget to City Council, Voting Tomorrow

The Huntsville City Council is prepared to vote on Mayor Tommy Battle’s proposed Fiscal Year 2023 budget at its Thursday night regular meeting. Battle presented the budget at the council’s last regular meeting on Sept. 8, and council members reviewed it further at a work session Sept. 15. The mayor proposed a balanced budget, which […]

Real Estate Update: August Report Shows Residential Trends Continuing

The Huntsville Area Association of Realtors has released its monthly report for the month of August, 2022.  Madison County homes spent an average of 11 days on the market, a stark contrast to the national average of 42 days.  Despite the continued quick pace of sales in the county, Madison County experienced a 100% increase […]

CASA of Madison County Rebrands to Enable Madison County

On Wednesday, the former CASA (Care Assurance System for the Aging and Homebound) of Madison County celebrated its adoption of a fresh new name and look with an event held at the space it shares with United Way of Madison County at 701 Andrew Jackson Way in Huntsville.  Attendees at the unveiling included representatives from […]

Huntsville’s Free Dental Clinic Seeking Funds to Keep Helping Patients

Huntsville’s Community Free Dental Clinic held a press conference on Tuesday to remind city officials how important their work is within the community and stressed the need for continued funding from the city’s budget.  The Community Free Dental Clinic opened in 2013 and is the only organization of its kind, providing free dental services to […]

Real Estate Update: Quarter 2 Report Shows High Demand, High Inflation. High Hopes as Well?

The Huntsville Area Association of Realtors has released its Q2 report for the year of 2022. This report illustrates continuing trends in the price, inventory, and average sale time of residential real estate properties in Madison County. The overall inventory of homes for sale rose 125% in Q2 2022, with the lion’s share of those […]

New county courthouse among topics at State of the County address

Huntsville’s downtown square has always been centered by the Madison County Courthouse. That will no longer be true once a site has been determined to build a new courthouse. And while the destination for the new building that will replace an outdated courthouse that was built in 1964 has not been decided, one thing is […]

Mayor Battle announces closure of TIF

A financial tool used to provide millions of dollars toward school improvements and job creation will retire in August, two years ahead of projection and nine years before its required closing. On Wednesday, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle announced that the City of Huntsville will soon make its last bond payment to close a tax increment […]

Warehouse needs grow as more businesses move into Huntsville

Less than two years ago, as Huntsville’s population began to mushroom, the city didn’t have the structures to handle the business growth that came with it.  That’s changed along with the number of residents that continues to rise, making Huntsville the largest city in the state. Recently, the city was named No. 1 as the […]