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Drought & Alabama Power Lower Lake Martin Level
2007-05-26 18:03:00
Lake Martin’s water level is low this year, and it could get even lower.Alabama Power  says that Lake Martin’s water level started dropping on May 18 and “could be much lower on July 4.” It is no news flash that Alabama and much of the southeast has suffered a severe drought so far in 2007.  This follows ...
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Mythbuster: Alabama Power Leased Lots - Lake Martin
2007-05-12 23:05:00
Alabama Power has leased waterfront lots on Lake Martin for decades.  Yet, so much rumor, speculation, and innuendo surrounds the topic it remains mysterious to many people, real estate agents included. Allow me to try to bust the myth on this subject.   Why are there leased lots on Lake Martin? Lake Martin was created in 1923 when the ...
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Lake Martin Real Estate Spotlight: Bolton Cove Update
2007-05-11 18:40:00
Lake Martin has a lot of development and new construction going on right now.  One of the newest neighborhoods is called Bolton Cove.  Below are some pictures of the construction progress, and how it compares to their plans. Will the above be the site of the Bolton Cove Clubhouse? The above is a rendering of the planned Bolton ...
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Free Boats At The Ridge Boat Show & Spring Home Tour
2007-04-27 20:37:00
Free boats Lake Martin !!  Russell Lands’ big event is the Russell Marine In-Water Boat Show and Spring Tour of Home s at The Ridge.  It is scheduled for two weekends, April 28 & 29 and also May 5 & May 6. For the past couple of years, Russell Lands has done a couple of the Tour of Homes ...
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Hey Lake Martin Fishermen - Live Bait For Sale!
2007-04-24 19:56:00
Lake Martin live bait fishermen have a new spot to buy bait.  Kowaliga Live Bait And Tackle is open for business.  The new store on Kowaliga Road (aka Highway 63) is south of Kowaliga Bridge.  In fact, it’s just south of my office, a tad north of the intersection with Highway 229. The other day while driving ...
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Alabama Bloggers Carnival - April 23, 2007
2007-04-23 18:32:00
Welcome to the April 23, 2007 version of the Alabama Bloggers Carnival .  A blog carnival showcases different blogs that have something in common – in our case – we are all Alabama Bloggers. Since I am admittedly the odd blog in this carnival, being the only real estate blog in the midst of political / cultural ...
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Lake Martin Real Estate Spotlight: The Ridge
2007-04-17 05:36:00
Russell Lands has developed neighborhoods on Lake Mart in for over thirty years, but its newest, The Ridge, is vastly different from any one it has done before. Russell Lands has gated communities like Willow Point, and the Ridge is near to its other developments of Windermere, Windermere West, and Windover.  But The Ridge is a totally new animal.  Here are 5 Things That Make The ...
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Why I Give Away The Milk For Free
2007-04-10 05:06:00
The Lake Martin Real estate market, like every other one in the country, has changed irreversibly.  When my father Walter started in the business in 1973, the process was pretty much the same as when my grandfather Temple founded Coley Real Estate in 1953.  If you were a seller in the Lake Martin Area, and wanted to ...
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Lake Martin Sellers - Don?t Pick This Realtor
2007-04-02 05:45:00
Let’s say you own waterfront property on Lake Mart in , and want to sell it.  Let’s also say that you have the good sense to hire a Realtor to help you list and sell it.  What are your choices?  Whom should you pick? Selecting an average agent instead of a great one could end up costing you major dollars.  You need to ...
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Lake Martin Named Top Real Estate Market In AL
2007-03-27 06:22:00
Here we go again - Lake Martin was described as the top real estate market in the entire state of Alabama.  The Central Alabama Business Journal - a sister publication of the Montgomery Advertiser recently interviewed J. Danny Cooper, the Executive Vice President of the Alabama Association of Realtors.  The article covered various topics from the condition ...
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4 Great Lunch Meals Around Lake Martin
2007-03-19 03:09:00
It’s lunchtime on Lake Mart in - where should we eat?  When I was growing up on Lake Martin, there weren’t many restaurants around the Lake, much less on the water.  Families had to pack their on provisions and make do.  You drove to the cabin, unpacked everything, and lived on ribbon sandwiches, chicken salad, hamburgers, ...
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Lake Martin Home Prices Not Affected By Sales Drop?
2007-03-13 22:42:00
Rest easy.  Alabama home sales have dropped, but not on Lake Mart in .  Or should you be alarmed that the average sales price of a home in Lake Martin plummeted 15% in one month?  Which is it? On March 12, 2007, Patrick McCreless wrote an article in the Alex City Outlook entitled, “Home sales still strong on Lake Martin.”  The ...
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Jazz Fest 2007 Lineup Finalized
2007-03-10 00:21:00
The Lake Martin area is in for another musical treat – the Jazz Fest has finalized its lineup for 2007 (all times Central PM): Friday,  June 8, 2007 at the Strand Park in downtown Alex City 6:00 – 7:00  – The Robin Hill Band – local Alex City band 7:30 – 9:00 –  Kelley Hunt – Roots R&B / ...
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Lake Martin A Top 12 US Vacation Home Market
2007-03-06 05:20:00
The Lake Martin real estate market was honored again on November 9, 2006, by the Wall Street Journal’s RealEstateJournal.com, by being named a Top 12 Vacation Home market in the United States. Regional and even national accolades are becoming common for Lake Martin.  In other words, the news is getting out.  I usually don’t pay much attention to ...
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Lake Martin Real Estate Spotlight: Willow Point
2007-02-27 07:41:00
Willow Point was the first Lake Mart in neighborhood by developer Russell Lands.  After years of having only rental cabins, Russell Lands started a new era in Lake Martin real estate by developing and selling high end deeded lots in the early 1970s.   Willow Point is unique in that it is the only Russell Lands development that currently has ...
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Ricky Bobby And NASCAR Coming To Lake Martin?
2007-02-20 06:27:00
Is it true that one of the events that affects Lake Mart in area hotels is a NASCAR race?  Absolutely.  A recent article in the Alexander City Outlook points out that area hotels are jam packed with race fans whenever the track at Talladega is running.  The spring and fall races are so big that they top even ...
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Top 5 Shortcuts To Lake Martin
2007-02-19 23:57:00
Looking for the fastest directions to Lake Mart in ?  Or maybe a better way to get there from here?  We all have our tried and true routes, but recent road work has opened up a few new ways to get to the fun faster.  Also included are a few well worn trails, so take a look ...
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