Alabama’s real estate market remains strong despite adjustments to COVID-19

WSFA 12 | April 30, 2020

This is an important time of year for the real estate market. The spring season is a popular time to buy and sell a house. As the coronavirus pandemic began, there was concern that the housing market would suffer in its biggest season. New analysis from Zillow shows that despite a little dip around the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, real estate interest is rebounding. Alabama is moving right along with that trend, if not even better than the national numbers.

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In this week's video, John Chang discusses the three main factors causing investors to feel uncertain about the market!

Marcus & Millichap's research services division takes great pride in providing industry-leading research, and hope you find value in the insights we share as you shape your commercial real estate investment strategy. As always, please contact our team if we can be of service in providing you with market information, access to inventory, transaction execution and financing.

Spotlight

In this week's video, John Chang discusses the three main factors causing investors to feel uncertain about the market!

Marcus & Millichap's research services division takes great pride in providing industry-leading research, and hope you find value in the insights we share as you shape your commercial real estate investment strategy. As always, please contact our team if we can be of service in providing you with market information, access to inventory, transaction execution and financing.

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