This Alabama Town Is One Of The Best Places To Live In The South And It’s Incredibly Affordable

Some towns just have a way of making you feel like you’ve been missing out on something wonderful your whole life, and Cullman, Alabama is exactly that kind of place. Tucked into the rolling hills of north-central Alabama, this charming city has quietly been earning a reputation as one of the most livable, lovable, and surprisingly affordable places in the entire South.

Ervin and Bridget Lewis Paid More Than $25,000 for a Pleasant Grove Backyard Deck, and the Unlicensed Contractor Left It Up to 12 Feet High With No Railings

Ervin and Bridget Lewis paid more than $25,000 for a Pleasant Grove deck rebuild. It sits up to 12 feet high with no railings, and no contractor license was found.

Fairfield residents react as company buys vacant Walmart property for planned data center

FAIRFIELD, Ala. (WBRC) - A company planning a data center in Fairfield has bought property in the city. According to property records, Patmos bought the former Walmart property off Aaron Aronov Drive. Past reporting shows Patmos is planning to build a co-location data center in Fairfield. Neighbors said they don’t...

Hoover rejects Valleydale Road storage facility despite developer's concessions

HOOVER, Ala. (WBMA) — Plans for a new climate-controlled self-storage facility along Valleydale Road have been rejected by the Hoover City Council, despite the developer's efforts to address concerns from neighboring homeowners. The council voted against conditional use approval Monday, Nov. 9, for a proposed two-story Self-Ease storage facility...

Near Birmingham Is Alabama's Laid-Back City With Affordable Living, Antique Shops, And Southern Charm

Home to more than 1.1 million Alabamians and counting, Birmingham anchors the largest metropolitan area in the entire state. More and more people are favoring suburban living though, opting to put down roots outside Birmingham proper. Situated about 10 miles north of downtown Birmingham, just a straight shot up Interstate 65, the suburb of Gardendale has certainly seen steady growth over the past several decades, and it's easy to see why.

AI infrastructure company buys property in Fairfield after announcing data center plans

FAIRFIELD, Ala. (WBRC) - An AI infrastructure company has bought property in Fairfield after announcing plans to build a data center there, according to the Birmingham Business Journal. Patmos Fairfield LLC purchased roughly 16 acres for $32 million, the Business Journal reported. The property includes the site of the former...

Davidson Homes, loanDepot launch in-house mortgage JV

LoanDepot and Davidson Homes have launched Davidson Mortgage, a mortgage joint venture serving buyers in Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas and Arizona. The move reflects a broader builder trend toward affiliated mortgage operations to reduce fallout, manage incentives and improve closing predictability in a volatile rate environment. AI Summary.

Charnita and Jason Horton bet big on Black wealth in Alabama

Charnita and Jason Horton have spent years building businesses together. Now they own the building, too. The entrepreneurial couple and television personalities have acquired a nearly 15,000-square-foot commercial property in Birmingham, Alabama, that will serve as headquarters for Just Tax Pros, a new tax preparation, training, recruiting and entrepreneurial development company founded by Charnita Horton. The 14,990-square-foot property at 8315 1st Avenue North officially changed hands in September.

Defunct Steele Hall Brewing building in Trussville purchased by SmartBank

An empty building on Main Street in Trussville that was once home to Steele Hall Brewing has been purchased by SmartBank for $1.2 million.

AmFirst purchases land for new Alabaster branch

ALABASTER — AmFirst has acquired 7.59 acres of land in Alabaster for the creation of a new branch off Highway 119. The new AmFirst Branch is planned for Shelby County off of Highway 119, north of the intersection of Thompson Road. The Alabaster location will mark AmFirst’s fourth branch to open in Shelby County, following existing branches in Inverness, Calera and Pelham.

Irondale Unveils 5-Mile Rails to River Plan, Then Council Admits It's Flying Blind

Irondale Mayor James D. Stewart Jr. laid out a sweeping vision this week for transforming downtown and a roughly 5.1-mile stretch of the city reaching toward the Cahaba River, but the rollout immediately ran into a snag: several council members said they hadn't even seen the full proposal before being asked to discuss it.

Irondale unveils ambitious plan to transform downtown, 5-mile corridor

IRONDALE, Ala. (WBMA) — A major transformation could be coming to downtown Irondale, where city leaders envision replacing aging municipal facilities with shops, restaurants, housing and gathering spaces as part of a larger redevelopment effort stretching more than five miles toward the Cahaba River. Mayor James D. Stewart Jr....

Birmingham Inventory Climbs as List Prices Sit Well Below the National Median

Birmingham buyers found more listings, more time to decide, and prices well below the national median.

Seniors 65 and older in Alabama’s Blount and Covington counties vote Tuesday on freezing their homes’ assessed value for property taxes

Voters in two Alabama counties decide Tuesday, Nov. 3, whether homeowners 65 and older can freeze the assessed value of their homes for property tax purposes. The questions are on the ballot in Blount County and in Covington County. Each is a separate constitutional amendment, and each is worded almost the same way. What a […]

Construction Underway at New Saban Smart Home

Zoning plan submitted for 331 acres in west Hoover

Signature Homes has presented the development plan for its next big community in western Hoover, and the proposal is slated to be considered by the Hoover Planning and Zoning Commission on Nov. 2. Update: The Collier Vallley development plan was continued by the zoning board on Nov. 2 and was...

Love a home with character? See inside Birmingham homes with Southern charm

There’s something about a Southern home that just feels good. A wide front porch made for coffee-drinking, a big kitchen for reinventing grandma’s recipes or original hardwood floors that will see generations of family gatherings. In Birmingham, these homes come with some cool character, too. Our neighborhoods are...

Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 10-30-2026

Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended October 30, 2026, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report:. At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended October 30, 2026, receipts at 16 markets totaled...

Best places to retire in Alabama 2026-2027: See all cities ranked by U.S. News

Florence ranks first among Alabama cities in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026-2027 Best Places to Retire, tying Huntsville and Hoover with a score of 5.7 out of 10. U.S. News ranked 13 Alabama cities out of 859 nationwide. Six landed in the national top 250. How U.S. News...

Howard Hanna enters Alabama; C21 adds 100-agent affiliate

Editor's note: The brokerage business is a busy one, with frequent moves, mergers and milestones. Here we highlight some of the latest activity among brokerages across the U.S. Howard Hanna expands into 19th state. Howard Hanna Real Estate Services is expanding into Alabama through a partnership with ARC Realty and...