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Consumer borrowing posts significant gain in April
WASHINGTON - Americans increased their borrowing in April at the fastest pace in 10 months as credit-card spending and auto loans both picked up.
Stocks dropped Wednesday, extending investors' losses for the third straight session and pushing the Dow Jones industrial average below 11,000 for the first time since March 9.
U.S. stocks closed lower Tuesday, following a second day of negative price action after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's fighting talk on inflation increased the likelihood of further interest rate increases, while his remarks that economic growth is slowing raised concern about the outlook for corporate profits.
Taking the FirstStep
Four finalists are now in the hunt for $10,000 grants from West Texas A&M Enterprise Network's FirstStep Innovation Challenge.
Waters choppy for inventor
Jay Perdue is no stranger to the ups and downs of innovation and invention.
Continental Airlines orders more Boeing planes
HOUSTON - Continental Airlines said Tuesday it has ordered 10 more Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets and 24 more Boeing 737s to increase its ability to serve long-haul routes and remove gas-guzzling planes from its fleet.
Pampa Albertsons on closure list
DALLAS - Albertsons has announced it will close 30 grocery stores in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma as part of a national move to shed unprofitable stores, but Amarillo's three Albertsons will remain open.
Inflation worries jolt markets
WASHINGTON - Hints by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke of still more interest rate increases sent stocks tumbling for a second day Tuesday on Wall Street, where investors had hoped for a pause in the Fed's long credit-tightening campaign.
Dillas stretch win streak
It's official. The Amarillo Dillas own a winning streak.
Dear Abby: Don't patronize senior citizens by addressing them as young
DEAR ABBY: Last night, on a popular television reality show, the host repeatedly addressed a 70-something-year-old participant as "young man." I have seen it many times before, of course - young man, young lady, sweetie, dear, etc.
Grab a chance to win a Harley Fat Boy
Can a dream get any better than sitting astride a special edition 2006 Harley-Davidson Screamin' Eagle Fat Boy?
Heloise: How to keep drapes fresh
DEAR READERS: As we all know, drapes and curtains get dusty and dirty. They should be dusted and cleaned on a regular basis to prevent permanent staining.
Nature center hosting hummingbird seminar
Mark Klym, coordinator of the Texas Wildscapes Program for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, will discuss the natural history of Texas hummingbirds with emphasis on the Panhandle species.
BeefaThon to feature auction, meat sale
The Panhandle Division of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society will hold the 36th annual MS BeefaThon from noon to 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
Dr. Peter Gott: Bowel problems defy a fast diagnosis
DEAR DR. GOTT: I have stomach and bowel problems that are very disturbing, and no doctor can find what is causing my bloating, discomfort and occasional diarrhea. A surgeon gave me a colonoscopy and found nothing, then gave me something for my bowels, which made me sick to my stomach. A gastroenterologist gave me something else for my bowels, which also made me sick. Another gastroenterologist gave me a flexible sigmoidoscopy and found nothing. I think that my trouble is coming from my stomach. What doctor will take X-rays of my stomach?
Dr. Peter Gott: When it comes to sharing food, be cautious
DEAR DR. GOTT: Could you please address the issue of sharing food and beverages with others? When I say "share," I mean drinking from the same cup or biting from the same piece of food.
Power up in your shower with heads that blast
The wimpy showerhead is all wet. Washed up, if you will.
Critters come knockin'
A truism that never stops being true: The best defense is a good offense.
Heloise: Recipe using tomato paste draws rave reviews
DEAR READERS: We recently printed a recipe for making tomato juice using tomato paste and water. We have since received some reader feedback and thought we would share what a few readers had to say:
Cancer survivors to be honored at Friday event
The Don & Sybil Harrington Cancer Center, in conjunction with Baptist St. Anthony's Hospital and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, will host a free Cancer Survivors Day celebration Friday.
Dear Abby: Woman who sleepwalks has mom's suicide on mind
DEAR ABBY: I am a 37-year-old married woman with a problem. My mother committed suicide when I was 18, and I have never dealt with my loss. The day after she died, my father bagged up all of her possessions and gave them to charity. I tried talking to him about her, but he told me she was "gone" and I had to move on. I guess I have just put my pain on the back burner all these years.
Draw guests to explore your garden with an arbor
For grace and style in your garden, consider an arbor. But, resist the urge to place it at the curb or center of your front sidewalk. Instead, place it in a spot that draws guests to enter and walk into another area, maybe a pretty rose garden in your backyard.
Untangling hairy issues for furry friend owners
Hair's the problem.
Do great things with grapes
If you pull grapes off the bunch to pop into your mouth as you unpack the groceries in the kitchen, you're taking the natural first step in grape appreciation.
Wine of the Week: Mionetto "il" Prosecco
Forget the corkscrew, this chilled bottle of Prosecco is crown-capped like beer bottles, which suggests a more casual style of celebration, ideal for summer entertaining.
Crave fast food? Try this cookbook
If you get a hankering for fries from McDonald's, want to pick up some KFC for picnics or stop by Starbucks for a Mocha Frappuccino Blended Coffee on Monday mornings, you might like a cookbook that helps you do it yourself.
Staffers try recipes in their kitchens
The Big Mac I cooked at home tasted very much like the burger purchased at McDonald's.
Tilapia dish a fast and tasty idea
Fish is ideal for cooks in a hurry: It often behaves best with light-handed cooking, and picks up flavor easily from standard seasonings used in just the right combinations.
Representatives elected to Silver Haired Legislature
Alan Abraham, Jean Clark and Betty Trotter from Amarillo and Chester Cunningham from Fritch were recently elected to represent the Texas Panhandle in the 11th Texas Silver Haired Legislature.
Starz gymnasts bring home 84 medals
Starz gymnasts competed recently at Muleshoe in the Spring Fling Competition. The Amarillo team, based at 5740 Canyon Drive, brought home 43 gold medals, 26 silver and 15 bronze.
'Papa' celebrates 91st birthday
Papa turned 91 years old over the Memorial Day weekend.
Wendy's, Kids Inc. announce sportsmanship award winners
Kids Inc., in conjunction with Wendy's, announced the Wendy's Sportsmanship Awards from the recently completed indoor soccer and track seasons.
De Zavala Middle School student HUDSON BILODEAU has been selected to participate in Action's Lone Star Academy.
Chasin' Gabe
Landergin Elementary School students Donald Encinias, from left, Tyler Skeen and Drake Bouska chase Gabriel Rico as he finishes first in a race during the schools May 25 field day.
Big Boom
Boom, an Amarillo Soccer Association U-7 girls team, finished its spring season undefeated. Boom posted a 7-0-1 record with 82 goals scored. The team includes Kensie Martinez, from left, Cayman Loukas, Lexi Hill, Ashton Burris, Kyleigh Peoples, Kaki Simpson and coach Cash Burris. Not pictured are Abby Warner and assistant coach Dory Mogelinski.
Hidden Treasures
To order Liz Ball's 56-page Treasures or Holiday Hidden Treasures, send $4.50 plus $1.25 shipping and handling for each book to Hidden Pictures, P.O. Box 64, Tipp City, OH 45371; e-mail email@example.com.
Girl's artwork to be on calendar
Claire Mayfield, a third-grader at Olsen Park Elementary School, is one of 12 students from across the 10-state Xcel Energy service area whose artwork will appear in the company's safety calendar.
Independence seminar slated for seniors Thursday
Seniors will learn about the "Wheels to Independence" at Thursday's Senior Seminar at 1:30 p.m. in the Amarillo Senior Citizens' Association's, 1217 S. Tyler St., Meeting Room 115.
Lucky Winners
Paul Harpole, left, representing John Chandler Ford, presents a 2006 Ranger pickup to Cathy Immell and her husband Rusty. Rusty Immell's name was the last to be drawn during a recent dinner and dance at St. Marys School.
Events set for Juneteenth
The Amarillo United Citizens Forum's Juneteenth Committee is finalizing plans for its Juneteenth Celebration.
Five Generations
A recent family gathering in Amarillo brought together five generations. Roberta Davis, left, great-grandmother, joined great-great-grandfather Chester Scobey in welcoming young Joey Truman to the family that also includes father Keith Truman and grandmother Debbie Truman.
Nellie Moore given party for 100th birthday
Nellie Moore had reason to celebrate recently, and family and friends gathered to celebrate along with her.
Student Crimestoppers
Burglars broke into a residence on the 1700 block of Walker Drive, vandalizing walls, furniture, clocks, photos, pictures and appliances with spray paint. Loss is more than $10,000.
Keeping on track
Trains have always held a certain fascination for a lot of folks.
Masonic Family run names winners in marathons
San Jacinto Masonic Lodge No. 1330 joined with A.E. Shirley No. 986 Order of Eastern Star and Amarillo Assembly No. 19 of the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls to stage the Masonic Family Run on May 27.
Card Sharps
David Gleason, from left, Landon Blair, Rudy Kaye Gleason and Dena Landers play bridge recently at the OBrien Bridge Center, 2409 S.W. 42nd Ave. The Unit 210 Duplicate Bridge Club gathers at 7 p.m. every Wednesday through Saturday.
Super Team
The Amarillo Dusters recently won the 16U division of the 2006 Super Series Memorial Day Tournament at The Ballfields At Craig Ranch in McKinney. The team includes, front row from left: Clay Dickson, Tyler Porter, Clint Townsend, Kyle George and Rob Carter. Back row from left: Jacob Burton, Ryan Houston, Brant Guyer, Trevor Guston, Jase Morgan and Clayton Cook.
Opportunities to volunteer
The Wesley Community Center needs volunteers for two of its programs.
Bikers remember lost loved ones
The Walter K. Randolph memorial run and the Texas Bikers4Bikers Foundation Memorial Wall dedication recently paid tribute to bikers and loved ones who have lost their lives.
Legal Aid offers free clinic
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas will have a free legal clinic from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Wesley Community Center, 1516 S. Roberts St.
Parks department offers variety of activities
Children taking part in the Amarillo Parks and Recreation Department will do all sorts of things this summer.
New Neighbors
The new board members of New Neighbors, an organization dedicated to welcoming women new to Amarillo, gathered recently at the group's End of Year Luncheon and Style Show at the Amarillo Club. Officers include font row: Lucy Clyde; second row from left: Oma Zimmerman and Nancy White; third row from left: Janice Burkholder, Marie McMurry, Linda Humphrey, Valerie Knight, Liz Knorpp, Karen Buchanan and Marlena Kerns.
Elementary science brains display experiments
The finest scientific brains in the elementary schools of the Caprock Cluster gathered near the end of school at the high school's Activity Center to show off the results of their experiments in the Caprock Cluster Science Fair.
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Coronado poets recite at their corner
The Coronado Elementary School campus was awash with poets recently, as the fifth-grade students took up positions to recite poetry to family, friends, students, teachers and anyone who happened by and touched them.
For team submissions
The Amarillo Globe-News Friends & Neighbors section publishes team sports photographs as a free public service. It is our policy to run a team's photograph only once during its particular sport's season.
Gorillas to play in new division
When the Amarillo Gorillas take to the ice this year, they will be playing in a new Central Hockey League conference and division.
Amarillo High's Black, Perryton's Merrell selected in MLB draft
Ex-Amarillo High pitcher Victor Black and Seward County Community College freshman infielder Bo Merrell of Perryton were selected Wednesday in the 41st round of the 2006 amateur baseball draft.
Texas MLB: Rangers top Royals; Astros down Cubs
KANSAS CITY, MO. - Brad Wilkerson hit a home run and doubled, helping the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Tuesday night.
Texas MLB: Houston rookie stymies Cubs, 1-0
HOUSTON - While Roger Clemens gets ready to return, the Houston Astros have found someone else to give their pitching rotation a boost.
Rangers, Astros take prepsters in 1st round
The Texas Rangers selected Alabama high school left-hander Kasey Kiker with the 12th overall pick in the first round of the amateur draft Tuesday, while the Houston Astros took Florida high school catcher Max Sapp with the 23rd overall selection.
Dean Kelley Jr. run scheduled for Saturday
The 20th annual Kids Inc./Dean Kelley Jr. Memorial Run is scheduled for Saturday at Austin Middle School.
Young challenger upsets Williams to reach semis
PARIS - Venus Williams shanked overheads, dumped volleys into the net and sailed strokes several feet long, 70 unforced errors in all. Not at her best, it didn't help that she was facing a younger version of herself in 17-year-old Nicole Vaidisova.
My Two Cents: Other than the Big Three of Dirk, Shaq and Dwyane Wade, what player will have the biggest impact in the NBA Finals?
It's not so goes Dirk, so go the Mavericks. A better gauge to Dallas' quest for a title is so goes Josh Howard, so go the Mavericks.
Nowitzki has mastered the art of rebounding after a bad game
DALLAS - As the Miami Heat try to find ways to handle Dirk Nowitzki, they'll no doubt look at his mistakes that cost the Mavericks playoff games against San Antonio and Phoenix. The Heat would be wise to heed what happened next.
Clarkson: Tempo key for Mavs' title hopes
After a six-month regular season and a playoff run that feels like six decades, the NBA Finals have finally arrived. Not only has the wait ended, but the Finals includes a team from Texas for the third time in the last four years.
Heath: Take your best shot at this Texas sports quiz
Tonight, the Dallas Mavericks will take on the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
Camper destroyed by blaze
A camper belonging to Bill Culver at 601 N. Buchanan St. was engulfed by fire Monday after it, a storage building and part of a garage next door caught on fire. Neighbors said there was a man living in the camper. Culver said there had been homeless people getting into his camper, according to fire department officials.
Lighthouse Ranch fire coming under control
A grass fire that was sparked by lightning Sunday night is expected to be under control today.
High Noon returns to the square
Big Texan Opry singer Michala Yearwood performs "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the kickoff Wednesday of the 12th year of High Noon on the Square in the lawn of the old Potter County Courthouse. Beside her is Harvey Kinikin. The event happens at noon every Wednesday during June and July. The entertainment is free and lunch is $5. High Noon on the Square is sponsored by Center City.
Youngsters given chance to taste cop's life
Betty Boop killed herself in Room 482 of the Cross Bars Hotel.
Former lawman wins primary in sheriff's race
CLOVIS, N.M. - At the Curry County Courthouse, where votes were tabulated until well past midnight Tuesday, sheriff's candidate Matt Murray showed up late and stuck around even later. Now, Murray can plan on spending much of the next four years at the building after winning a tight Republican primary battle over Doug Bowman.
Woman held in kidnapping, endangerment
LUBBOCK - The woman arrested and charged with kidnapping a newborn is described by neighbors as someone who kept to herself.
Man sought in connection with fatal crash
An arrest warrant has been issued for a 22-year-old man in connection with a Saturday car wreck that killed a Clovis man, the Curry County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
Man executed for girlfriend's ax murder
HUNTSVILLE - A former crack cocaine user who was on probation for auto theft when he was arrested for capital murder apologized profusely Tuesday before he was executed for the ax slaying of his girlfriend almost 14 years ago in Amarillo.
Family relieved to have infant safe at home
Erica Ysasaga sits on her couch, smiling down at her daughter, Priscilla, caressing her nose with one finger.
Authorities looking for fake DPS trooper
A lawsuit filed Tuesday over a firetruck accident that killed an Amarillo firefighter last year alleges negligence by the truck's makers and service providers while challenging the constitutionality of the state's caps on punitive damages in product liability suits.
Everyday heroes
They risk their lives everyday to save lives and property. The Globe-News is looking for firefighters across the Texas Panhandle with great stories to tell. We want to hear from you.
DPS: Beware of fake trooper
Law enforcement across the region is on the lookout for a man pretending to be a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper who has pulled over at least one person, authorities said.
University teaching kids to saddle up
Horses are part of the landscape in the Panhandle, almost as much as cows and pickup trucks.
McCormick Road to be rerouted
Motorists who use McCormick Road to access Farm-to-Market 1541 (South Washington Street) need to find an alternate route for most of the day today.
Tyler standoff ends with 2 dead
TYLER - A man shot and killed an East Texas constable and injured a deputy responding to a domestic disturbance call Wednesday before officers fatally shot him, authorities said.
Family sues firetruck maker
A lawsuit filed Tuesday over a firetruck accident that killed an Amarillo firefighter last year alleges negligence by the truck's makers and service providers while challenging the constitutionality of the state's caps on punitive damages in product liability suits.
Complaint filed after vet de-barks dog
MUSKOGEE, OKLA. - A woman has filed a complaint against her neighbor, a veterinarian who, without permission, neutered her 10-week-old puppy and surgically quieted his bark.
Hispanic women's health conference coming
Bringing Hispanic women in the Panhandle into the health-care fold took center stage Tuesday.
Winds rip through Tulsa
TULSA, OKLA. - Public works and utility crews combed a 60-square-block area of the city Tuesday attempting to clean up damage from an early morning storm that left thousands of homes and businesses without electricity.
Mended Hearts to plan 40th anniversary
Mended Hearts Inc. of Amarillo will hold its monthly meeting at noon Thursday at Western Sizzlin' Steakhouse, 2921 W. Interstate 40.
Former sheriff has lead in N.M. primary race
CLOVIS, N.M. - Tuesday was primary election day in New Mexico and in Curry County, former sheriff Matt Murray held a late lead over undersheriff Doug Bowman in the sheriff's race.
Wanted man ratted out by chatty pal
Ratted out by someone he knew.
Teacher ties coordination to learning
All first-graders should know how to walk a straight line or jump off a chair and land on their feet, but too many of the first-graders in Bill Hubert's classroom 15 years ago could not.
A fighting chance to live
Cancer had no chance against Willila Abell, 73.
Amarilloan busy after stint at National Spelling Bee
Caitlin Campbell, 14, still wishes she would have spelled "collyrium" correctly at the 79th annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and become the national champion.
Vandals damage equipment, utilities
Joyriding vandals struck the town of Melrose, N.M., early Saturday, damaging equipment and stealing a water truck for a destructive ride through town.
Troopers inspecting trucks for violations
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and inspectors pulled over dozens of tractor-trailers on Interstate 40 and across Texas on Wednesday during "Roadcheck 2006," an intensive 72-hour inspection program across the United States.
Woman hit by pickup
A woman was transported to a local hospital after a pickup struck her in Amarillo Tuesday morning.
HealthLink promotes coalition growth
HealthLink 2006, the Coalition of Health Services Inc.'s nod to its growing health care network, offered a job and trade fair, education for health care professionals and public seminars Wednesday.
Amarillo buys out wastewater contract
A document approved Tuesday releases the city of Amarillo from a deal to sell treated wastewater to one family farm.
Charges filed in stabbing during family outing
The Randall County Criminal District Attorney's office Tuesday filed charges against a 38-year-old man who allegedly stabbed a family member at Southeast Park on Sunday.
Texans' top pick sits after toe surgery
HOUSTON - Houston Texans No. 1 draft pick Mario Williams will be sidelined for the rest of the week after having the toenails on both of his big toes removed.
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Deborah Ann Beavers
CLOVIS, N.M. - Deborah Ann Beavers, 49, died Friday, June 2, 2006, near Davis, Okla.
Clarence E. Pool
Clarence E. Pool, 64, of Amarillo died Sunday, June 4, 2006.
Omer Edward "Junior" Mills
CHILDRESS - Omer Edward "Junior" Mills, 87, died Sunday, June 4, 2006.
Dr. William Neil Dixon
ABILENE - Dr. William Neil Dixon, D.D.S., 79, died Tuesday, June 6, 2006.
Carolyn Jean Roy
Carolyn Jean Roy, 62, of Amarillo died Sunday, June 4, 2006.
Mary N. Dempsey
SAN ANTONIO - Mary N. Dempsey, 86, died Tuesday, June 6, 2006.
Vernnie Mae Day
DALHART - Vernnie Mae Day, 69, died Monday, June 5, 2006.
Ron "Hammer" Page
Ron "Hammer" Page, 48, of Amarillo died Sunday, June 4, 2006.
Marjorie Harris
Marjorie Harris, 79, of Amarillo died Saturday, June 3, 2006.
Robert E. "Bob" Noah
Robert E. "Bob" Noah, 86, of Amarillo died Saturday, June 3, 2006.
N. Bernice Reid
N. Bernice Reid, 93, of Amarillo died Sunday, June 4, 2006, in Clayton, N.M.
John Edward Robinson Jr.
John Edward Robinson Jr., 51, of Amarillo died Tuesday, June 6, 2006.
Sherry Hendricks McDowell
Sherry Hendricks McDowell, 70, of Canyon died Wednesday, June 7, 2006, in Amarillo.
William Irvin "Lil' Pa" Marsh
BORGER - William Irvin "Lil' Pa" Marsh, 70, died Monday, June 5, 2006, in Amarillo.
Neva Rich Dyer
PAMPA - Neva Rich Dyer, 82, died Wednesday, June 7, 2006, in Amarillo.
Floyd James Bullock
HEREFORD - Floyd James Bullock, 89, died Monday, June 5, 2006.
Loyd Warren Jr.
QUANAH - Loyd Warren Jr., 54, of Wichita Falls died Tuesday, June 6, 2006, in Wichita Falls.
Joyce Johnson
Joyce Johnson, 89, of Amarillo died Monday, June 5, 2006.
Roger Dale "Rocky" Cobb
KEYES, OKLA. - Roger Dale "Rocky" Cobb, 52, died Sunday, June 4, 2006, near Clayton, N.M.
Arnel G. Collums
Arnel G. Collums, 57, of Amarillo died Sunday, June 4, 2006.
Versie Ann Washington
PLAINVIEW - Versie Ann Washington, 94, died Sunday, June 4, 2006.
Ray "Buzz" Busby
Ray "Buzz" Busby, 70, of Amarillo died Monday, June 5, 2006.
C.T. Nunnelley
CHILDRESS - C.T. Nunnelley, 86, died Wednesday, June 7, 2006.
Charlie Harrison Taylor Jr.
Charlie Harrison Taylor Jr., 74, of Amarillo died Friday, June 2, 2006.
Frances A. Murrell
GRUVER - Frances A. Murrell, 77, died Tuesday, June 6, 2006, in Spearman.
Edna Violet Southern
PAMPA - Edna Violet Southern, 92, died Monday, June 5, 2006.
Robert "Burt" Murillo
HEREFORD - Robert "Burt" Murillo, 51, died Tuesday, June 6, 2006.
Jessie Holmes
DUMAS - Jessie Holmes, 87, died Monday, June 5, 2006.
Pearl Cervantez
BOVINA - Pearl Cervantez, 88, died Tuesday, June 6, 2006, in Amarillo.
Detta Fears
DUMAS - Detta Fears, 76, died Monday, June 5, 2006.
Earl McKinley Carr Jr.
WHEELER - Earl McKinley Carr Jr., 80, died Tuesday, June 6, 2006.
Leona Dahlia Christie Lawler
DUMAS- Leona Dahlia Christie Lawler, 80, died Monday, June 5, 2006.
Louise Elaine Hill
PAMPA - Louise Elaine Hill, 75, died Wednesday, June 7, 2006.
Kerry "Doc" Bills
Kerry "Doc" Bills, 58, of Amarillo died Monday, June 5, 2006.
Jesse P. James
Jesse P. James, 59, of Amarillo died Monday, June 5, 2006.
Jack W. Smith
Jack W. Smith, 71, of Amarillo died Tuesday, June 6, 2006.
Matthew Rex Griffin
Matthew Rex Griffin, 46, of Amarillo died Saturday, June 3, 2006.
Helene M. Patterson
GLADSTONE, MO. - Helene M. Patterson died Saturday, June 3, 2006.
Lazelle Perry
Lazelle Perry, 72, of Amarillo died Sunday, June 4, 2006.
Editorial: Congress not warming up to Alaska
The United States has ample supplies of oil under its real estate. It sits under a piece of land in Alaska called the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Editorial: Don't DeLay in going away
The late Randall County Republican Chairman Mike Ussery could be as partisan as any political activist.
Editorial: Hospital security needs new diagnosis
There was a happy ending Monday to what could have been a horror story.
Editorial: On the Ball for the Panhandle
Mention the Texas Panhandle and you might think of cattle.
Guest Column: Valuing assets begins with knowing they exist
Isn't it incredibly embarrassing when someone outside of our region demonstrates a greater knowledge of some special local "asset" than do the residents of the area who have lived here for decades?
Henry: Death penalty is a penalty for death
Comedian and Fritch native Ron White of "Blue Collar Comedy" fame was doing a stand-up routine on television the other night, telling a story about an argument he had with a death penalty opponent.
Guest Column: AISD AmeriCorps program gives teens a good name
I often tell friends in the community that, as opposed to popular opinion, today's teenagers are a bright promise of tomorrow. They are intelligent, motivated, creative and generous - especially to those less fortunate than them. They are involved with their schools, churches and families far more than the teenagers in the 1960s - my friends and I.
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Buddy and Rose Messer of Canyon celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception Tuesday, Dec. 28, in the Fellowship Hall at First Baptist Church of Canyon.
Hosts for the event were the couple's children and their spouses.
Messer married the former Rosa Leigh Sparks on Jan. 1, 1950, at Clovis, N.M. The couple previously resided in Roswell, N.M., Amarillo, Stinnett, Gruver and Stratford. They have lived in Canyon for 14 years.
Messer is retired from Southwestern Public Service Co. Mrs. Messer is a homemaker. The couple belong to First Baptist Church.
Children of the couple and their spouses are the Rev. and Mrs. T. Jeff Messer of Amarillo, Maj. and Mrs. Douglas D. Messer of White Sands, N.M., the Rev. and Mrs. Randy Messer of Oak Grove, Mo., the Rev. and Mrs. Waide Messer of Robert Lee, and Mike and Janice Hughes of Canyon.
The couple have 13 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Sunday News-Globe, Jan. 2, 2000
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Bluto – The Lake Martin Bear Market is Over!
Bluto Blutarsky might not want to admit it, but the bear market in Lake Martin waterfront real estate is over! As I have said many times on my various posts about Lake Martin Market Reports, I think the tide turned in the middle of 2008.
People keep talking about it, though, and that is understandable. So I covered the topic in my latest article in Lake Magazine. Here's the link:
Nothing's Over Until We Decide It Is
I am very grateful to publisher Kenneth Boone, aka Mr. Perfect, for allowing me to write these columns this year for his excellent Lake Martin Magazine. I have really enjoyed the different medium of writing that his magazine offers, and also relished the crossover discussions I have had with those who read his magazine more than they read my blog.
So if you are a Lake Martin Voice blog reader who is unfamiliar with Lake Martin Magazine, please check it out online and in print. They have the best photography around, and (present company excluded) some of the the best writing as well.
Movie References
When I think of the phrase "it's over" – I always think of Animal House. However, as I was working on this article, I initially wanted to reference a different movie that also uses "it's over" but in a much more dramatic way:
There's that scene where the hard core Green Beret Colonel Trautman comes to the hick town to reign in his master warrior John Rambo, played of course, by Sly.
It really is a much better scene to convey the shake-them-into-reality feel that I wanted.
He hollers at Rambo:
"It's over Johnny!"
I even was going to let that be the headline. But I thought it might confuse the reader into thinking he was screaming at me. Plus, Vietnam is not really a good comparison to second home real estate on Lake Martin. I didn't want to stir up images of that.
Stallone fan or not, you have to admit that was a great movie, and an even better scene.
Even more, it launched an entire sub industry of survival knives.
I bought one at the Santuck Flea Market when I was 11 or 12. I still have it. I didn't use it to fight any commies or even cauterize my own wounds but we do use it to dig up weeds in our yard.
Lake Martin Home Sales Post Best May Since 2006
May, 2011, was a great month for waterfront home sales on Lake Martin. A total of 24 lakefront properties were sold on the entire lake – all brokerages, all agents. This is the highest number of Lake Martin homes sold in the month of May since 33 were sold in 2006. It beats the 22 sold in May of 2010 and 2009, the 14 sold in 2008, and 23 sold in 2007.
When I pull the numbers from the Lake Martin MLS*, I find that 2011 is trending to be yet another strong year for us, perhaps to be the third year in a row that we will have bested the prior year in waterfront home sales.
Please note that in the above chart, and for the all charts going forward, I plan to quit showing 2005 – 2007 data, unless I am trying to make a specific point.
My reasons for this are:
1.) Visually, it's hard (for me at least) to look at so many years on one chart. They just all mix together and lose context.
2.) It is my sincere belief (backed up by the numbers) that 2008 was the bottom of the Lake Martin real estate market. "The bubble" is old news. Instead of focusing on how off we are from 2005, I think the more pertinent topic to people interested in buying or selling on Lake Martin now is: how high up are we from the bottom? And, are we in danger of dipping back down again? To highlight these topics I need more space, and 2005 – 2007 must go.
I'm not throwing away the data or anything, I can always trot it back out of needed.
The below chart will show you the trend of waterfront homes sold on Lake Martin for 2011. We are trending about 10% above 2010, which suggests that we will end up selling about 50% more homes this year than in the bottom of 2008.
See The Momentum
I am a firm believer that in order to understand the direction any real estate market, anywhere, at any time, one must study the comparison of year to year monthly sales. In other words, did the number of homes sold this month beat the same month last year? And how many months' of victories have been tallied in, say, the last running 18 months? The answer to this will tell you that market's momentum, and give you insight to the likely direction of pricing.
Yes, that's right. I'm saying pricing trends follow sales trends. If home sales go up, so will prices. Dropping sales will drop prices.
What is the real estate sales trend for Lake Martin? Why am I so confident that we are at a low (relative) risk to a double dip? See this chart:
The above is a chart of the numbers of waterfront homes sold on Lake Martin since January 2008. It shows the result of taking the current month homes sold and subtracting the same month in the prior year. Take January 2008 for example. It sold 5 fewer homes than January 2007, thus the -5 position on the chart. Ditto February 2008. But in June 2009 – we see it sold 19 more homes than June 2008, so it registers a big blip up. The key here is to focus on that zero line on the y (vertical) axis. Anything above that is "good" – aka an increasing sales momentum. The reverse is also true.
I have often cited this chart, but it is proof positive to me that Lake Martin is still on an upswing from the real estate bottom. Furthermore, you can see from the chart that in 2008 it swung from mostly negative numbers to mostly positive.
This is excellent news. We are very fortunate here.
Waterfront Lot Sales On Lake Martin
Another bit of big news is the huge increase in waterfront lot sales for 2011. Looking at the entire Lake Martin market, 4 lots were sold in May, 2011. This equaled May 2010. If we consider the entire calendar year, we are trending above 2010, which was a boom year for lot sales.
Looking Ahead
Obviously, we have many more months to go so it doesn't pay to get too ahead of myself. But I do think that so far we can draw two conclusions:
1.) Lake Martin waterfront home sales for 2011 will be strong again, matching or beating 2009 and 2010. Personally I would not be surprised if it ends up at 10 – 15% higher than last year. I think this also gives a little upward pressure to prices, if not this year, maybe 2012. Preliminary looks at June numbers look strong.
2.) Lake Martin lot sales in 2011 will again be strong. I think 2009 will be the bottom for lot sales, and it's interesting to me that its bottom happened 12 months after the waterfront home sales bottomed. If lot pricing follows home pricing behavior, then we will see that 2011 will be the year that Lake Martin waterfront lot prices stop dropping.
One Final Tidbit
I always puzzle a bit when the numbers don't match my gut. For the last 60 days or so something has been gnawing at me. We know that real estate prices are still low on Lake Martin. Check. We know that there are many waterfront homes for sale right now. Check. So:
Why am I having to hustle so hard on the last 3 or 4 deals I have done?
By hustle I don't mean work in general. Not looking for pity. What I mean is that on these deals it seems like each one of them has had 2 or 3 other buyers at the sixteenth pole.
To drop the sports analogies, it seems like the "good deals" are being snapped up faster.
Am I correct? If so, that would mean that we have a high majority of homes that have been for sale for a really long time. The dogs (bad deals or junky situations) and the dreamers (sellers that are being ridiculous) are so numerous that it clouds judgement of the market as a whole. But is that a fact? And how can I go about proving or disproving my gut?
If anyone out there has a suggestion for metrics, please let me know.
Related Posts:
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2011 – Through April
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2010 – Lot Sales
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2010
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2009 – Year In Review
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2008 – Year In Review
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2007 – Year In Review
All Lake Martin Market Reports
(*)Disclaimers: All of the above info was taken from the Lake Martin Area Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service. Accuracy is not guaranteed but deemed reliable. The above does not include sales by FSBOs or developers that sell privately and not through the MLS. But, I do think that the above represents a very large majority of all waterfront sales on Lake Martin, Alabama.
Lake Martin Spring 2011 Real Estate Sales Results
Lake Martin has seen strong waterfront home sales for the first four months of 2011.
Forgive me for the boring title to this post, but sometimes straightforward is better. It's also tough to make up a headline that encompasses a four month period (January 1, 2011 – April 30, 2011). The reason I wait so late to give the first Lake Martin MLS* real estate market report is that sales are typically low in January and February. Plus, I around that time I am compiling the much more statistically significant 2010 year end review. This year is no exception.
I am pleased to see that the overall Lake Martin real estate market reflects my gut feeling of a very swift sales season for waterfront homes. Personally for me, and also for my fellow Lake Martin Voice Realty agent John Christenberry, 2011 has been a year of tremendous blessing thus far. We have been able to help more buyers and sellers this year than ever before, and we thank you for that!
2011 Looks Like Another Strong Year
I read and watch a lot of so called real estate experts that predict a "double dip" – or another wave of foreclosures, or some such other phantom menace that will upend the market once again. Who knows? Maybe they are right. But one thing's for sure – if it does happen again, we will see the fundamental market indicators start to weaken. By "fundamental market indicators" I simply mean the important statistics we all should be watching: homes sold versus last year and average prices. We haven't seen those indicators weaken since their low of approximately July of 2008.
Since we are in such a small real estate market here at Lake Martin can only look once a year at pricing trends in order to have any degree of certainty. And when we look at homes sold versus last year, we see a strong market.
In the first four months of 2011, 56 waterfront homes were sold through the Lake Martin MLS – this is almost 8% over the 2010 total of 52.
If you look at the waterfront home sales by month, you see that 2011 beat 2010 three out of four of those months:
I realize with so many years' worth of Lake Martin MLS sales on this graph, it's starting to be a bit busy looking. I might drop anything pre 2008 in the future, just to make it more readable.
Here are the same monthly numbers in a chart, in case you are more of a numbers person than a graph person:
When you look at cumulative sales, you can see that 2011 is already way ahead of the trough year of 2008, and the comeback year of 2009:
Here are the numbers, once again taken from the Lake Martin MLS and filtered for waterfront home sales only:
Obviously, it is way too early in the year to say for sure that we will beat 2008 again. But at the pace that Lake Martin is on currently, and when I look on the MLS now and see how many sales are pending, I think it's pretty safe to say that 2011 will be a good year for home sales, at least as many as 2010. And, when a market, whether we are talking about Lake Martin homes or yearling thoroughbreds, beats the previous year, that's the definition of a rising market.
Number Of Waterfront Homes For Sale On Lake Martin
Over the last six months Lake Martin has seen the typical, seasonal rise and fall of homes on the MLS that are "Active" – aka For Sale. At April 30, 2011, that number stood just under 500.
It's a total guess, but my feeling is that we will peak out at the low to mid 500s in 2011. We don't have any big condo projects that are about to dump a lot of units on the market at once, that I know of.
Lake Martin Waterfront Lot Sales
As of April 30, 2011 has been the best year for waterfront lot sales since 2006 at Lake Martin.
A total of 15 waterfront lots have been sold on Lake Martin in 2011, through April 30.
In short, it looks like 2011 will be another good year for Lake Martin real estate. Barring a huge blip in the road, we look to avoid the low of 2008 and continue to look like a post real estate bubble market.
I am not sure what kind of evidence people need to finally move past the mentality that we are in a crisis market. If three straight years of strong sales don't do it, what will?
Related Posts:
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2010
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2009 – Waterfront Lots
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2009 – Year In Review
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2008 – Year In Review
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2007 – Year In Review
All Lake Martin Market Reports
(*)Disclaimers: All of the above info was taken from the Lake Martin Area Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service. Accuracy is not guaranteed but deemed reliable. The above does not include sales by FSBOs or developers that sell privately and not through the MLS. But, I do think that the above represents a very large majority of all waterfront sales on Lake Martin, Alabama.
Lake Martin Homes for Fifty Cents on the Dollar?
A Lake Martin Foreclosure Update
If a cliche gets repeated enough, it becomes empty and loses all meaning. Every male whitetail that we see on the side of the road – especially during hunting season – is an 8 point buck. I've never heard different – "Dude, I was driving home last night and I saw this huge 8 point." Never a 6. Or "I'm not sure."
Almost every police briefing I've ever seen opens with "At this time" and repeats it several times. "At this time we are searching," or "At this time we are asking," or "At this time we have in custody." Of course it is at this time.
"(So and so is) here for the right reasons" – you hear this a lot during recruiting season. Coaches are always so happy because every single player that committed did so "for the right reasons." All their coaching staff is there "for the right reasons." Consider the opposite – how helpful would it be to announce that you plan to NOT recruit kids who want to be there for the WRONG reasons. You also hear it a lot on these silly reality shows like the Bachelor. I am sure that you, dear intellectual reader, do not stoop to watch such drivel, so I will let you know that I have heard that every single bachelor since Season One is in earnest search for ladies who are "here for the right reasons."
That's a long intro to get to Lake Martin foreclosures.
I bring in these cliches at this time for the right reasons.
Twice this week I have heard a Lake Martin foreclosure cliche. Buyers often ask:
Aren't Lake Martin foreclosures selling for fifty cents on the dollar?"
(I could riff on the minutiae of this forever. It's never expressed as fifty percent of anything. Or half of anything. It's always fifty cents on the dollar. And never 53 cents. Never 47 cents.)
So can you buy a Lake Martin waterfront home for half price? My answer is: "Yes and no." It depends on what you are calculating. Fifty percent of current listing price? Fifty percent of the original listing price? Or fifty percent of what the builder hoped it would sell for in 2007?"
I hear, "Well, I know for a fact my cousin bought a home in Tallahassee last year, and he told me it sold for fifty cents on the dollar."
Pause the conversation – let me say here that I cannot blame a buyer one bit for wanting an extremely good deal. If my cousin told me this, or if I saw it on the Today show, I would get my hopes up too.
My job as a responsible Lake Martin real estate agent is to help buyers gather accurate information. I don't ask these questions to cross examine or doubt them, but to examine the information from which they are making assumptions. Once I start asking questions, if they are working with a real world example of their cousin (instead of just the Today show), the more questions I ask, the more realistic it gets. "Well, he bought his foreclosure in Mediumburg for 150,000 and I know that's different than Lake Martin. Well, yes, the listing price from the bank was only $200,000. But three years before that, the builder was asking $300,000."
OK – I see. In a certain manner, I can see the fifty cents on the dollar with that example. Furthermore, I can point to many examples like that with Lake Martin foreclosures on waterfront homes. But, if a waterfront home has already been foreclosed upon, it is pretty rare to sell for fifty percent of the current listing price.
I suppose I could, if I wanted, advertise similar deals going on in the Lake Martin real estate: Lake homes for 50% off! I would have to put in real tiny print "As compared to the wishful thinking listing price of 2007."
(I can think of several bank stocks that I used to own that I wish still would sell for what they did in 2007.)
That's why, whether I am helping buyers or sellers, I try to help them concentrate on today's prices. Today's situation. Forget yesterday. It doesn't matter if you are trying to buy a foreclosure, or competing to sell against one. It's all the same.
Buyers want a good deal. Same as always. Sellers want the best deal for their home. Same as always.
The Lake Martin real estate market is still seeing some new foreclosures on waterfront homes, condos, and lots. There hasn't been a flood, or a second wave, or anything like that. Taken as a percent of market, we still don't have as many foreclosures as compared to the rest of the nation.
The foreclosures, short sales, and conventional sellers that we do have on Lake Martin are enough to effect the market, though. Supply and demand.
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Lake Martin Foreclosures Update: April 2011
As a Realtor on Lake Martin, I get asked about foreclosures a lot. Lake Martin's waterfront real estate market seems to be a little different from other second home markets, and that is currently creating a unique spot in the market cycle for buyers and sellers. Watch this video, and I'll try to explain:
Basically, I think the Lake Martin waterfront real estate market bottomed in 2008. Numbers of waterfront homes sold were up about 40% in 2009, and steady with that in 2010. 2011 seems to be trending above 2010 for numbers of homes sold. Prices stopped dropping in 2010. You can say what you want about the economy, the President, the Congress, or the price of tea in China. If this isn't a clear sign of recovery for the Lake Martin market, I don't know what is. If the dreaded double-dip happens, you will hear about it here first, but it's got to start dipping to be a double-dip.
I also get asked a lot about specific homes that are on other websites and are listed as foreclosures. People ask me, "Hey John, why isn't 123 Main Street on your list? I see it on McHuge McForeclosuresite.com." The answer is, 99% of the time, by the time they get to McHuge, they have already been foreclosed, listed with an agent, and sold. McHuge is way, way slow.
Lake Martin is made up of 3 rural counties in east central Alabama. There is virtually zero online newspaper coverage of legal notices or foreclosures. The huge aggregator websites pick up information that is old, inaccurate, and many times, not waterfront.
So, I make my own list of foreclosures, and am glad to share it. If you'd like to request a current list of waterfront foreclosure properties, just fill out the form (I do not spam, nor do I give, sell, buy, or receive email accounts from anyone or any other company. Read more about why you need to fill out a form).
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Lake Martin Waterfront Lot Sales: 2010 Year In Review
2010 proved to be a pivotal one for waterfront home sales on Lake Martin. But what about waterfront lot sales? Would they follow the pattern set by homes? That is, would our real estate market see an increase in number of lots sold, then finally a halt to the drops in prices?
Well, first we have to see an increase in the number of waterfront lots sold on Lake Martin in a year. Prior years have seen that number slide. So what happened in 2010?
2010 was a great year on Lake Martin for waterfront lot sales. Lot sellers saw that the number of lots sold jumped from a bottom of 18 in 2008 and 19 in 2009 to a healthy 27 in 2010.
Market Shift in Waterfront Lots
I think that this increase signals a market shift for Lake Martin waterfront lots. Tracking the number of lots sold should tell us that changes in prices are not far behind. We have studied this theory, and now seen it in practice with waterfront homes on Lake Martin.
While waterfront home sales bounced back in 2009, it took until 2010 until prices quit falling, as we saw in this market report.
Similarly, I think that 2011 lot sales will display that same trend. I think that if – that's if – we see continued strong lot sales, prices will stop declining in 2011. Therefore my best guess is that it will be 2012 before we have any real chance of seeing lot prices of up. Obviously, 2011 sales will dictate that.
At the end of December, 2010, the Lake Martin MLS showed that 162 waterfront lots had the status of "Active" – aka are for sale. That means that at the sales rate of 27 per year of 2010, it would take 6 years to sell all of the lots. That's 72 months of inventory. Tons. That's my one reservation for predicting too quick a stop of slide on prices. The "months of inventory" number needs to be drastically reduced before the market will exert any upward pressure, in my opinion.
Waterfront Lots Sold: Price Distribution
It's always interesting to see how the prices of lots sold on Lake Martin look.
A Word On Price Per Waterfront Foot
In my opinion, the single BIGGEST screw up that Lake Martin buyers, flippers, appraisers, real estate agents, and bankers made in the "boom times" was estimating a lot's worth at price per waterfront foot. Maybe it didn't hurt the average lot buyer too bad but I can think of 3 or 4 specific incidents where people bought, say, 1,000 feet of Lake Martin shoreline and applied some vague price per square foot to it, and assumed they made money when they bought it.
Many of those parcels of land are in foreclosure now, but they are in the form of failed subdivisions. This method IS WAY TOO INACCURATE to be used. To wit:
In 2010 the least expensive waterfront lot was sold for $30,000 – a 100 foot lot north of the 280 River Bridge. Yes, $300 / waterfront foot.
One of 2010's most expensive lots sold was one in the Russell Lands development of Trillium. The Lake Martin MLS stated it had about 427 waterfront feet and sold at $900,000 – or about $2,100 per waterfront foot.
$300 to $2,100 – that's a pretty wide spread. Don't be tempted to dumb things down and use averages. Avoid that method all together and use the comparable sales method like we do for homes.
Do you own a waterfront lot on Lake Martin and are wondering how this news affects you? Or maybe you are looking for one. We can help. Please contact us here or at 334 221 5862.
Related Posts:
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2010
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2009 – Waterfront Lots
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2009 – Year In Review
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2008 – Year In Review
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2007 – Year In Review
All Lake Martin Market Reports
(*)Disclaimers: All of the above info was taken from the Lake Martin Area Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service. Accuracy is not guaranteed but deemed reliable. The above does not include sales by FSBOs or developers that sell privately and not through the MLS. But, I do think that the above represents a very large majority of all waterfront sales on Lake Martin, Alabama.
2010 Lake Martin Home Prices Suggest Bottom Has Passed
Big News For Lake Martin Real Estate
Lake Martin waterfront home prices did not drop 2010, suggesting "the bottom" arrived sometime in 2009 or 2010.
About this time every year, I take an in depth look at waterfront home sales on Lake Martin as reported by the Lake Martin Area Association of Realtors' MLS(*) (of which I am a member). Prior years' market reports have shown us that, in terms of number of waterfront homes sold, 2008 was the low point. 2009 showed an over 40% increase in homes sold at 194, and 2010 topped that amount at 195.
The final piece of the recovery was to figure out when prices would finally quit dropping. I think the below chart gives evidence that we are there.
Once again, we see that the bell curve of prices remains the same in 2010 – essentially even with 2009 and 2005.
"Big deal" – you might say. Stagnant home prices? What's to brag about? Plenty…..
The First Step In Getting Out Of A Hole: Stop Digging
Anyone who follows Lake Martin real estate (or any market for that matter) and is who is watching for a change in the market focuses on two trends: number of waterfront homes sold and price of waterfront homes sold.
1. Number of Homes Sold Bottomed in 2008 – check this one off of the list. 2009 showed us by tallying over 40% more sales that 2008 was the bottom. Similarly strong sales in 2010 showed us that 2009 was no fluke.
2. Price of homes sold bottomed in 2009 – 2010 – I think we can check this one off, too. True, 2011 could see a drop in prices, but I doubt it. Why? Because of number #1 above. The number of homes sold is the leading indicator of average prices. We have been over and over Nicolai Kolding's research that proves this. We have a lot of momentum with the number of waterfront home sales – too much momentum, in my opinion, to turn prices back down. At any rate, even if prices do drop in a double dip maneuver, we will have plenty of warning from the number of homes sold.
Why This Is Big News
To Buyers:
Quit waiting for the bottom. It is here. Make your move now before prices start going up again.
I can't tell you how many times over the past 2 years I have helped someone find something they like, only to have their lake home plans be put on hold by the phrase "I think it's going to get worse. I will wait." Understandably, some buyers have hesitated based on fears that the Lake Martin real estate market will suffer more price cuts, and to these buyers, it was worth the wait.
No more. The day I have been predicting since 2009 is here. It's hard to refute the numbers.
Are some Lake Martin waterfront homes, lots, or condos still overpriced? Absolutely. But that will be the case in any market, at any time. But the key here is that it should remove the fear that another market wide adjustment is looming. It also reassures us that as long as we keep focused on year to year monthly sales, we will have plenty of warning to market shifts.
To Sellers: The End Is Near
You can't raise prices just yet, but it should be reassuring that at least the slide is over.
See also:
This is the first post in a series that will cover the 2010 Lake Martin Real estate market reports and statistics. I will do my best to present the data clearly.
Please stay tuned to my real estate blog to keep up with my future posts on the 2010 year end review.
As always – I welcome your comments below or on my Facebook page, or my Twitter feed, or my Youtube channel. While numbers are hard to dispute, everyone has their own opinion about what they mean. I know that I constantly learn a lot from everyone out there when we talk privately.
Please help me and the rest of the readers out, and comment publicly!
Related Posts:
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales – November 2010
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2009 – Waterfront Lots
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2009 – Year In Review
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2008 – Year In Review
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2007 – Year In Review
All Lake Martin Market Reports
(*)Disclaimers: All of the above info was taken from the Lake Martin Area Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service. Accuracy is not guaranteed but deemed reliable. The above does not include sales by FSBOs or developers that sell privately and not through the MLS. But, I do think that the above represents a very large majority of all waterfront sales on Lake Martin, Alabama.
November Home Sales On Lake Martin Mirror Last Year
Ten waterfront homes were sold in the Lake Martin MLS in the month of November, 2010. This equals the ten sold in November, 2009, and brings 2010's total to 181, slightly behind 2009's November total of 186.
I don't have too much analysis to add here except to say that November 2010 continues the trend of pretty much equaling last year. Normally that wouldn't be too exciting news, but since 2009 was such a comeback year from the low of 2008, we will take it. Yesterday I read a big headline in my beloved Wall Street Journal that analysts fear the double dip in national real estate markets. A 2010 that is stable as compared to last year I think gives great evidence that Lake Martin will be able to avoid a double dip. Most markets that fear another slide have not really recovered from the first one.
In short, we have much to be thankful for at Lake Martin. When you look at cumulative totals, we see that through November, 2010 scored 181 sales as compared to 2009's total of 186.
Next is the all important chart where I look to compare each month's sales to the same month last year. In my opinion this is the key factor to judge the momentum or direction of Lake Martin's real estate market health. Since November 2010 equaled 2009 at ten, we are back to the zero axis.
I use Google Spreadsheets to make these, and Google updated their chart software. My charts are all wacky looking now. Instead of spending hours to figure this out for this month, I am going with it this month and hope to fix it for the year end review.
Gearing Up For The Year End Review
As a recovering accountant, I still twitch a little bit when I hear the term "year end."
When I rolled up year end numbers for a privately held company, it wasn't so bad. But publicly traded companies are a different animal altogether. All of us nerds in the accounting departments started to wince about December 15, knowing the pain that was ahead until March 1 or so. The heavy hitters from sales and production would actually stop by our cubicles and ask how it was going. It was nice to be noticed, I guess, but mostly it made us more nervous. We worked round the clock for weeks. It was kind of like studying for finals at college, except we wore cheap ties, had constant coffee breath, and it wasn't fun. OK, maybe it was nothing like college.
However, year end in the Lake Martin real estate market means I get to indulge myself by rolling around in numbers that are a lot more fun. I get to slice and dice and revel in the nerdliness of the numbers. Because I do many more attempts at analysis, this post usually comes out in early February, so please be patient.
What To Expect
Nothing really shocking will be revealed. Total waterfront home sales on Lake Martin will pretty much track with 2009. Waterfront lot sales were up, though, and we will take a look at that.
The most fun part of it to me will be finally being able to calculate pricing trends. Lake Martin is a small market with a relatively small number of sales. Therefore our sample size is small, and prohibits (in my opinion) cogent average price analysis on a monthly basis.
Stay tuned!
Related Posts (I recently edited these links to make sure they work):
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales – October 2010
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2009 – Waterfront Lots
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2009 – Year In Review
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2008 – Year In Review
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2007 – Year In Review
All Lake Martin Market Reports
(*)Disclaimers: All of the above info was taken from the Lake Martin Area Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service. Accuracy is not guaranteed but deemed reliable. The above does not include sales by FSBOs or developers that sell privately and not through the MLS. But, I do think that the above represents a very large majority of all waterfront sales on Lake Martin, Alabama.
Average October For Lake Martin Home Sales
Lake Martin Waterfront home sales posted a pretty typical October for 2010.
Following a dismal September, which posted the lowest amount of September sales in the last 5 years, October returned to just "average." The 13 waterfront homes sold in the Lake Martin MLS* represent a pretty typical October.
Year to Date Totals
This sales month pushes the year to date total of Lake Martin waterfront homes sold to 171. To compare this to prior years at the end of October, we see that it is not as good as last year, but still way ahead of 2007 and the low point in 2008. Not too shabby.
I think this lukewarm month also sets Lake Martin up to lose to last year in total waterfront homes sold. I can't really expect 2010 to have an above average November or December, so I think we will come in slightly behind 2009. It's not exciting, but there are plenty of markets that are still sliding downward and would change places with us in a second.
I haven't looked at the dollar value yet, nor the average sales price. I expect that prices held steady.
Market Diagnosis
I really thought that this October was going to be a big winner. I alluded to that a bit in my post where I wrote about September Lake Martin home sales. When I was writing September's, the date was actually November 2. So I looked on the MLS at the same time to get a preliminary feel for October. When I did that, I saw 27 waterfront homes that were closed in October.
Wow! I thought. That is awesome, one of the best months, regardless of market and season, in the last several years.
But –> I WAS WRONG!
When I ran the numbers again for October (yesterday), I came out with 13. I was baffled. I even posted it on my twitter stream . How could two market reports be so different, only 25 or so days apart? I even contacted my MLS provider, FBS Data Systems, to help me audit the difference, to no avail. The only thing I can think I did wrong was not to filter the results by Waterfront only.
I am sure now, though, that we only had 13 homes sold through the Lake Martin MLS in October 2010.
In the bigger picture, I think October's not flashy but average results mean that we are back to a stable market.
I am not ready to officially call it yet. I really want to see another two months' sales, and I want to use an entire 12 months to calculate the bell curve of pricing. But if we get there, I want to make sure that everyone is ready to admit that the gloom is done.
It's hard to step out on a limb and call a market shift. Real estate markets are like any other, there's a lot of resistance to leaving the company line. To wit, there were plenty of people that disagreed with me with I called the end of the seller's market. There were plenty of so called economists at NAR that predicted flowers and daisies forever, until the mortgage meltdown forced them to admit that the emperor has no clothes.
Well, I am saying that there is a distinct possibility that we have proof of another market shift. We won't flop instantly back to days of 30% annual gains. Lake Martin will be one of the few markets in the nation, a second home market at that, that will be able to confidently say that the worst is over. Not only have we seen the bottom, we have returned to stability.
Related Posts (I recently edited these links to make sure they work):
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales – September 2010
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2009 – Waterfront Lots
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2009 – Year In Review
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2008 – Year In Review
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2007 – Year In Review
All Lake Martin Market Reports
(*)Disclaimers: All of the above info was taken from the Lake Martin Area Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service. Accuracy is not guaranteed but deemed reliable. The above does not include sales by FSBOs or developers that sell privately and not through the MLS. But, I do think that the above represents a very large majority of all waterfront sales on Lake Martin, Alabama.
Lake Martin Sales Slump In September
Lake Martin waterfront home sales stalled in September 2010. Only 14 homes were sold through the Lake Martin MLS*, as compared to 24 in 2009 and 20 in 2008.
If you add this month to the previous year to date total, what does that tell us about the Lake Martin real estate market as a whole? We see that number of homes sold so far through September 30, 2010, is 158. This puts 2010 slightly behind the Sept. 30, 2009, number of 162.
The good news is that it puts 2010 far ahead of the entire 12 months' worth of sales in 2008 and 2007, thus ensuring us against the fabled, never-seen, yet dreaded, double dip.
Lake Martin Market Momentum
If we compare this month's waterfront home sales to the same month last year, we see that 2010 has been on a losing streak. We have had 5 straight months of either losing to (4) or tying with (1) 2009.
Should we be worried? Is this a legitimate trend now? I mean, come on. I used this graphic to prove that the Lake Martin real estate market had bounced back in 2009. Shouldn't it now show us that we are headed back downhill after 5 "lousy" months? Let's be honest!!
I don't think so.
The main reason is that I am writing this Market Report for September so late (November 2). I have the luxury of looking at waterfront property sales results for October 2010, which tells me that October is going to be a really big month. Probably the best October in 4 or so years. If preliminary indications hold, it will be so much better than October 2009 it will just about erase the last 5 months' lukewarmness. In fact, it may put 2010 in position to beat 2009 when it's all said and done on December 31.
I hate to call a downward trend when we are still beating prior year.
I guess many September scheduled closings have been pushed to October due to lending red tape and inspections. I know that personally I have been blessed to have signed more business (closings and listings) this fall than ever before.
Inventory of Lake Martin Homes for sale
The number of waterfront homes for sale in the Lake Martin MLS decreased again this month. No surprises here, it's a seasonal thing. I am considering publishing this chart only once a quarter, or near peak or trough times. I don't think it's necessary to mention each month.
Why Do You Report Sales So Late?
As I have said in countless disclaimers, I take all of my sales numbers from the Lake Martin Area Association of Realtors' MLS. Each sale must be recorded and reported by the listing agent. That means if you have a closing on September 30, the sale will show as a status of "Pending" until the agent goes into the MLS and changes it to "Closed."
Many times it takes a couple of business days, if not weeks, to do this. That's why I try to wait at least until the 15th of the next month before I do a Lake Martin Real Estate Market Report. Granted, for this month (September 2010) I waited a lot longer than that. Sorry.
Be on the lookout for the October 2010 report sometime the week of November 15 – 19, 2010.
Related Posts:
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales – June and July 2010
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2009 – Waterfront Lots
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2009 – Year In Review
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2008 – Year In Review
Lake Martin Real Estate Sales 2007 – Year In Review
All Lake Martin Market Reports
(*)Disclaimers: All of the above info was taken from the Lake Martin Area Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service. Accuracy is not guaranteed but deemed reliable. The above does not include sales by FSBOs or developers that sell privately and not through the MLS. But, I do think that the above represents a very large majority of all waterfront sales on Lake Martin, Alabama.


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I posted this in another review, however I thought that this should be placed in its own topic and expanded upon!
I worked for them as a manager for a year, and in several stores as I was a floating manager from florida to nc and back!
95% of the opening managers DO NOT rotate the produce in the morning, they throw fresh on top, so more often than not there is rotten produce under the fresh produce.
You ever see those stickers $1 $2 off meat? If its put over the date the meat is dated and they are trying to sell dated meat (trust me I was there and I know how angry district managers get at the store manager for throwing out meat)
Freezer and cooler loads when they come in do not stay in the cooler and freezer! More often than not what happens is the loads come in 3-4 pallets, the pallets that are not being worked are pulled into the back room YES THE BACKROOM where there is no NO refrigeration at all, I have seen several stores working a freezer load for 1-3 hours with the freezer pallets sitting in the back room, same thing with the cooler! Why does this happen? Aldi cuts costs everywhere and instead of giving you a walkin you can work in they give you this skinny little room where you can't work each of the pallets!
Aldi does not give their employees proper breaks either, in the year or so I was there I NEVER ONCE took a 30 min lunch break paid or unpaid, yet they instruct their employees to punch a time for break so they don't get sued!
Aldi also does not rotate floor stock properly, for example In florida (st pete store) I went to cover some vacations, and found 6 cases of cereal which were outdated, among other things on the shelves that were dated and placed for sale!
If the store is not to grand opening standards at the end of the night EVERYONE is expected to stay no matter how late after your shift it is and get it fixed! Then the next day they ream the cashiers/managers for staying late because aldi refuses to give more than 1-2 cashiers and a manager in a store that does 2-5 thousand dollars an hour...
I could go on and on and on, needless to say after working there and seeing the things (including several instances of vermin in the back room where you would get yelled at for calling the bug guy) I will never EVER shop there, yes the prices are low, but you do not see what goes on in the back rooms, especially here in florida!
As for the cashiers, they are treated like garbage! They have to meet a certain ring speed (which is why they throw the groceries) or they get fired. If their drawer is off slightly FIRED, if they are more than 10 min late to work FIRED, The cashiers are lucky if they are smokers and their manager is a smoker because in an 8-10 hour shift they may get one break for a smoke, if you get anymore than that you are really lucky.
The floors of the coolers and freezers are never cleaned, I have seen SEVERAL stores in Florida with dried milk (from where it leaked) that upon going back to the store 2 weeks later and after telling management there it is still there. The only major time that they do any major cleaning is when one of the big wigs are coming, other than that you are lucky if you get a scrubber through that place at night.
There have been several times in my bouncing from store to store that they are selling dated bread and when calling out the manager who was there about this, they state "our dm is psycho I can't throw out that bread I have to sell it"
The dates are rarely if ever checked on many items and on many of my shifts I would find dated items in the cooler (milk, sour cream, cheese, lunch meats etc...) and upon taking them out to throw them away got yelled at for creating inventory problems.
As for pay, yes they do pay you a lot and there are good benefits, however you can rarely use them since you are working 40-70 hours a week if you are the manager. If you are salaried, your life is Aldi, if your stores sales arent up enough for the month, they force you to send cashiers home and work the cashier shifts even if you haven't had a day off in 2 weeks. When we opened here I did not have a day off for a month straight!
As for any of you wanting to get in touch with aldi, good luck, a DIRECTOR OF STORE OPERATIONS has stated "we don't have phone numbers published because we aren't going to pay someone to sit on the phone to listen to people ***** about things that we do wrong, if they really need to get a hold of us they can write a letter, until then its not that important" This is the mentality about customers at aldi.
If the levels of the canned goods or other items are really low DO NOT BUY THEM as they are likely close to going out of date and the store manager isn't ordering new because new stock goes directly on top of old in the dry grocery section. They have monthly rotations and spot freezer checklists but THOSE NEVER GET FOLLOWED!
Now yes the quality of the food is good for the most part, however there are so many things wrong with the operations and not taking care of items which have gone bad that I will never shop there again, speaking about things that go bad, it was not uncommon for the produce/meat that was dated or spoiled to sit in the back room in a buggy (yes a buggy that you use in the store) rotting for days! Sneak a walk into your local Aldi back room here in florida if you don't believe me, I guarantee you will never shop there again.
As for cashiers, they are also almost forbidden to have conversations with customers as this kills their productivity, if a customer asks something they are trained to be short, curt, and to the point to get the customer out of their line and move along to the next customer. They are TRAINED to throw the items into the carts like that, and if someone gets mad they call the manager and the manager is TRAINED to say whatever to the customer to get them out of the store.
All in all the aldi up north are great (NY, PA etc) but here in Florida, I wouldnt shop one if you gave me a $50 dollar gift card!
Good luck and happy shopping at publix or hannaford!
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I work at an Aldi in Europe and even as a manager you would have been sacked in less than a week for doing any of those first several things you mentioned. I honestly didn't read any further because it doesn't even come close to working for them here0 0 Reply
Aug 31 Sarver, Pennsylvania
Have you guys ever worked in one of the where-houses.
It plain sucks.
When you have bad decisions from a manager system.It goes from bad to worse for the wrong people.
The Aldis where-house in PA sucks badly.The mangers are completely clue less.On how a system should work.
When they changed the system it went to He!!.
Most of the employee's there are annoyed with the changed and it's been over a little 3 months now.And they still hate the change.So way not change it back to the way it was.
Mar 11
I agree. It's true. Dont forget to mention the modern day slavery. Their employees work off the clock to get the work done. To make the productivity.I wouldn't send my dollar at place for sure.2 1 Reply
Feb 04
Since u were a.. MANAGER.. there too..y did u let it get so bad!!!!??..if what u said is all true..then i feel u r at fault too. If the other managers were doing things wrong then its YOUR responsibility to not give up on the store and its employees and especially the customers and go a step higher and talk to the next higher up and the next and next UNTIL THINGS R CHANGED. So for all your bashing of other employees performances at Aldis trying to make it so ppl wont shop there, the faulty way things are handled there..if what u said is true..then it falls on u too..even more so then the rest because they trusted u to b a MANAGER and it sounds to me as tho YOU failed. :-(6 13 Reply
to Anonymous Mar 17
It sounds like you are a manager or even district manager of this store from the way you are defending it. Especially anonymously.5 2 Reply
Feb 02
Thanks for the info. I love in FL and will never shop there again.0 2 Reply
Jan 25
Yes everything you said was true your never good enough for aldi7 1 Reply
Jan 15
What I don't understand about this absolutely absurd rant is how you continue to say Aldi does this Aldi does that when you have not been to all aldi. I've worked in five different Aldi (to help other stores) NEVER I mean NEVER have I been in one that has even 1/4 of the problems that you listed. And if you were a manager that makes you just as disgusting as you believe the store was. It is your responsibility as well as the team in which you lead to make sure those things were not happening. And if your DM was psycho then you should have called the president. There is nxo reason any store should be like that. We have a million dollar store here and pa and we are always slammed with customers and never do we sell dated products. We rotate and check dates of meat, produce, bread , cooler items DAILY all other products monthly with notes to what may date soon. The fact that you allowed everyone (including your store manager and Dm) to work in those conditions you shouldn't have been a manager. And to say you'll never shop in "ALDI" B/c of how the store you were in is wrong. I know my store is very clean the scrubber gets ran throughout the day (if needed for big spills or messes) and EVERY single night. If you're trying to get back at Aldi for getting fired your doing it the wrong way. All of our customers and employed know the truth. This post really disgusts me.
Jan 07
Your ranting and blaming language makes it sound like you got fired for not doing your work well, and you're determined to "get back at them". I've never been to an ALDI that didn't have good quality and service, or one where the employees didn't like their job. I myself am hoping to work there.
On a different note, why do people think they have a right to a smoke break? No, you don't have a right to feed your own personal addiction. It's the same reason we don't have Nutella or banana bread breaks.
Dec 17, 2015
I work at an aldi in Minnesota and I can disagree with every statement you just made.13 6 Reply
Dec 07, 2015
I work for aldi and everything written in here is what my store focuses on doing everyday I don't know what kind of stores you worked at my my experience they do not cut corners!!9 2 Reply
Dec 01, 2015
Ok so I have been employed at ALDI for two years, and I can assure you that you worked at a *** store with a *** district management. I work in Kansas and I can say right now there isn't a store in my state that is what you just described. It's all about how you handle the situation and how intellectual you are as a person when it comes to leading cashiers and shift managers. If you were the store manager and your store was what you described, I'm not surprised you only worked there a year because you failed as a manager.14 5 Reply
Nov 30, 2015
It really depends on management because at my Aldi in Iowa all the stuff you just said would NEVER GO BY UNNOTICED OR ALLOWED! Don't knock the whole company for poor management in other states.11 4 Reply
Nov 28, 2015
I work for ALDI, and I am not treated like garbage. Sounds like you just have a grudge against the company. Good luck with that.13 4 Reply
Nov 27, 2015
I started working at an aldis on Nov.10. No one told me my first pay dat...dpes anyone have any info. One person said they don't hold back the first pay...and another said they don't remember0 0 Reply
Nov 07, 2015
I also work at aldis here in Titusville Florida and there is a few things I can say. I've never been to any other store so I can't speak for them but as for our store we MAKE SURE TO rotate our product correctly. Our store manager walks around and will get very upset with you if he sees not doing it that is #2 on our lists of important things being next to customer service of course. Also we check our meats and bread multiple times a day! For example if a meat is dates 11/04 we can't seek it after 11/03. On 11/03 we would put a mark down sticker on it and if it didn't get sold by close we'd throw it away OUTSIDE! And as for anything that is dated, it gets thrown away for the most part. At our store we also have a donation spot where all of our bread that we can't sell but is still good and our products that we cant sell because the boxes or something is damaged go and every tuesday and thursday a food bank or a charity or a church comes and picks up everything and they go to people in need which i think is awesome in itself!!! Our managers And DM want things fine RIGHHHTT And the firsssttt time! As for bugs every place has a few this is Florida for goodness sake but err have a bug guy who comes out biweekly and sprays EVERYTHING. I can understand where your frustrated because I would bee too if my store was run like this I would cuss every last person out and MAKE them do it right. But there are obviously some stores out there that DO still follow guidelines and procedures.... Oh and also your break depends on how long you work. For example when I work an 8 hour shift I get 2 15 minute PAID breaks and we always get or breaks. There's even the option to get a 30 minute UNPAID meal break but no one really ever takes that at our store. All in all, we run a WONDERFUL store and have EXTREMELY high standards for our employees. The starting pay for just an associate is 11.25$ here which you will NOT find anywhere else with the benefits and everything so ya they do expect you to do a lot of work but it's worth it. That paycheck is MOST DEFINATELY worth it at the ends of the pay period. Show more6 2 Reply
Nov 04, 2015
I recently resigned at aldi. I was a shift manager i worked there for 5 years. I can state that most of the statements in this review are true. It is an awful company to work for. They have no consideration or respect for their employees or cutomers. Granted tgey do pay good, but basically you are signing your life to them. They try to make you feel bad when your shift ends and they try to keep you there up to 4 hours after your shift. And if you don't you will get harrassed,get your hours cut, or retaliated on. The reason why the cashiers look miserable is because we come in at 5am and at 9am we open and get put on the register and we don't get our breaks until almost the end of our shift. There were times we would work our 8 to 10 hour shift without a break and when you're about to clock out they make you go back and punch for a 30 minute break and stay at work even after your shift was over just to cover their *** so the company doesn't get sued. I hope somebody reports theses *** and they shut down. Im glad i got out of there. Granted i'm still without a job its a tough market out there, but atleast i have my dignity and my sanity.13 1 Reply
to Anonymous Feb 26
If they do in fact violate the meal break law you could have quit and still collected unemployment due to unsatisfactory work conditions. I did it. And instead of hoping someone reports them why don't you do it? Too many people hoping someone else will step up instead of stepping up themselves2 0 Reply
Oct 17, 2015 Saint Louis, Missouri
thank you for that report from now on i will lok at the dates and let them know this is not right3 0 Reply
Oct 04, 2015
I am curious to know if Aldi is selling second rate produce, treating it in some form to appear fresh. I have made numerous purchases of produce that appear; by touch and sight, to be fresh. Within 48 hours I have rotten veg leakage in the basket, on the counter top, on the floor, fruit flies etc. I grab a hold of something and my fingers slip through it. My sealed packs of mushrooms are a mold culture for a science experiment, Broccoli is grey, grapes are fermented for wine produce, the list goes on.
Is it a climate control / transport issue? I do not know!
I continue to shop there. As a whole; Aldi is a great store with many attributes. Price point, selection and European products sets it above all others.
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