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Monday, December 5, 2022   /   by Global Marketing

Living in Tuscaloosa, Alabama: A Guide to Your New Home

Are you new to Tuscaloosa, Alabama? Are you interested in learning more about the city and what it has to offer?

As a real estate team in the area, we understand how intimidating the transition of moving to a new city can be. That’s why we’ve put together this comprehensive guide to living in Tuscaloosa.

 
Tuscaloosa is located in the heart of West Alabama and is home to more than 100,000 people. It’s the fifth-largest city in the state and is known as a college town due to its proximity to the University of Alabama. With its thriving economy, friendly people, and beautiful natural scenery, Tuscaloosa is an ideal place to call home.
 

If you’re new to Tuscaloosa, you’ll be happy to know that the city has plenty of entertainment options. From shopping and dining to art galleries and live music venues, there’s something for everyone in Tuscaloosa. The city also boasts some of the best museums and historical sites in the state, inc. ...

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Wednesday, February 23, 2022   /   by Global Marketing

Meet Nicole Free - Global Homes Group's Latest Agent

The 3 most important words in Real Estate are:
Location
Location
Location
But there is 1 word that matters with Your Real Estate Agent:
Local

And that's exactly what you get with Nicole Free.


Nicole is a graduate of Hillcrest High School and has lived in the Taylorville / 69 South area of Tuscaloosa her entire life.

Not only is she a Hillcrest Patriot, but so is her daughter Colby who is a Crimsonette.

And her son who plays baseball for the Hillcrest Patriots.

Remember what we said about Local? 

Find you a Realtor who not only knows the area or the business but find a Realtor who is part of the community, who is from the community - someone like Nicole Free. Someone from the area will simply know more and it will matter to them more.

Nicole joined Global Homes Group in January 2022 after being a successful independent Keller-Williams agent here in the Tuscaloosa metro area. She was looking to grow her Real Estate career, wanted to join a family-focused ; ...

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Sunday, January 30, 2022   /   by Global Marketing

Your 5 Reasons Local Realtors Help More

Check out this story where we helped a local homeowner - you’ll see exactly why using a Local Realtor is important for you, your family, your goals, and your home/property. 

Nicole Free just joined Global Homes Group in January 2022 after being an independent agent with Keller Williams, Tuscaloosa for about 2 years. (Full introductory post coming soon but this story where she helped a Tuscaloosa client has to be told right now) 


This client came to Global Homes Group and Nicole after using a family member who is a real estate agent in Birmingham to list a home. Their thinking was - it didn’t matter where the listing realtor lived because this market is selling homes so fast.

Because of their thinking - and thinking to list with a Birmingham-based family member agent - their 3BR/2BA home sat empty and unsold for 90 days in a market where that type of home should sell quickly and for top dollar.

(they were losing money with it not selling)
The homeo. ...

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021   /   by Global Marketing

When $67 Becomes Over $44,000

If you are interested in homes and real estate, you have to read this!

STOP WAITING - IT IS COSTING YOU SERIOUS MONEY!!!

As we write this post (November 2021) a lot of banks are writing mortgages with an interest rate at/around the 3.1% mark. Some are a little higher, some are a little lower - just keep this in mind.

And as we write this, you can bet that banks are going to be raising the 3.1% interest rate soon. Nobody knows when or by how much.

(We are not going to review all the reasons why banks are increasing their interest rates, that’s not something we can help)

This is incredibly important to each and every one of us in this community.


You’re probably asking, why are we - a real estate team - writing about mortgage interest rates? We’re not a bank and we don’t and can’t control the % a bank uses when they provide a mortgage.

We are writing to you - the readers, our friends, our family, and clients - who are waiting for the ho ...

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Monday, August 23, 2021   /   by Global Marketing

Why Global Homes Group? From our agents...

We asked our agents, “Why choose Global Homes Group?”

They’re not just caring real estate experts, they’re client relations experts. They’re the front lines of Global Homes Group in the real estate industry and we wanted to know what people are telling them are the reasons why they selected a Global Homes Group agent?

The answers to this important question were much more personal than we expected…


“They chose me because they’d heard about ‘off-market’ opportunities. They didn’t see what they liked online, they didn’t like anything they’d try to find on their own, so they reached out to see if I had any sellers that were interested but not listed yet.”

What’s interesting here is - Global Homes Group agents know plenty of people looking to sell who aren’t fully committed to sell unless there is a hot buyer. (who likes to wait?!) The good news is we have a team of agents and al ...

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