Member Highlight: Craig and Theresa Bayer
Craig and Theresa Bayer are the married co-owners of TMB Title, Inc., where they work as title abstractors specializing in examining legal documents, identifying potential…
Category: News
Will Alabama Realtors’ efforts to change NAR membership lead to anything?
Industry experts weigh in on whether the changes will occur — and if they will be good for agents and consumers
Participants Needed: Survey of Market Expectations
Stuart Norton, Associate Director with the Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) at The University of Alabama, is looking for new participants, especially in the…
Alabama Mortgage Professionals Association
Sean Culhane and I were grateful for the opportunity to attend, represent LTAAL and network with our Alabama Mortgage Professionals at the Hoover Country Club…
Member Highlight – Underwriter: David Higginbotham
Please meet our second underwriter board member, David Higginbotham. David is the Alabama agency representative for Westcor Land Title Insurance Company. Prior to joining Westcor,…
Calling All Volunteers!
Our association needs you! Committees are the backbone of our association. They are the way the association accomplishes the goals of the membership: If you…
Table Funding: Broker/Agent Fees
Recently a memo was released by an Assistant Attorney General with the Alabama Real Estate Commission. The memo was circulated to the Real Property and…
Member Highlight – Underwriter: Sean M. Culhane
Sean M. Culhane, Esq. is one of two underwriter directors for the Land Title Association of Alabama. He is the Southern Regional Manager for The…
Member Highlight – Agent: Coleman Bryars
Coleman Bryars is a director for the Southwest Region which includes Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Conecuh, Escambia, Baldwin, Mobile and Washington Counties. In 1995, he and…
Alabama Mortgage Professionals Association (AMPA) Awards Luncheon
Spencer Huey, President, Stephanie Martin, Treasurer, and Anna Batten, Executive Director, attended the March 13th Alabama Mortgage Professionals Association (AMPA) Awards Luncheon at Hoover Country…
U.S. District Judge Rules Corporate Transparency Act Is Unconstitutional
A federal district judge in Alabama on March 1 issued an opinion finding that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is unconstitutional on the grounds that…
ALTA Policy Forms Update
The ALTA Board of Governors on Feb. 9 approved a recommendation to adopt revisions to the 2021 ALTA Forms Collection, as well as the approval…
Member Highlight – Agent: Mark Davis
Mark Davis is Director of the Plains Region which includes Chilton, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Chambers, Lee, Russell, Bullock, Montgomery, Lowndes, Autauga, Elmore and Macon Counties. Mark…
Realtor Day at the Capitol 2024
Spencer Huey, Jeff Parmer, David Higginbotham, Anna Batten and Joe Wiley Mitchell attended Realtor Day at the Capitol in Montgomery as the Silver Sponsor on…
Alabama Supreme Court Narrows Grounds to Challenge Mortgage Foreclosure Sales
The Alabama Supreme Court recently issued a major published decision on circumstances in which a residential borrower can challenge a mortgage foreclosure sale. In Littlefield…
Alabama home sales decrease 5% year-over-year in December
By: Stuart Norton December home sales in Alabama decreased 4.9% year-over-year from 4,289 to 4,081 closed transactions. Following seasonal trends, sales increased 3.7% from November.…
AL Courthouse Systems: Helpful Hints
Several counties in Alabama use the Ingenuity software platform. As with all software, there are nuances when using it. Mark Murphy has set out some…
Member Highlight – Agent: Mark Murphy
J. Mark Murphy, Attorney, is a director for the Southeast Region which includes Butler, Crenshaw, Pike, Barbour, Henry, Houston, Geneva, Covington, Coffee, and Dale Counties.…
Alabama’s November new home sales increase 5% from one year ago
By: James Benedetto New home sales in Alabama increased 5.1% year-over-year in November, rising from 668 to 679 closed transactions. Following seasonal trends, sales increased…
