October 2008 MLS data for Daphne AL shows 445 homes on the market with an average sales price of $310,231 which is unchanged from Sepember. The median price of $230,000 is down about 4% over the same time period. The median is the point where there are the same number of prices lower than higher. These homes have been on the market an average of 137 days.

In October, 21 homes sold in Daphne with an average sales price of $224,521, down 6% from last month. The median sales price of $215,000 represents a 13% increase. These homes spent 179 days on the market, which is a slowdown over September’s 123 days average.

The number of homes that are currently under contract in Daphne is 40. The average sales price of $2247,004 represents an 8% recovery, after a 10% drop from August. The median price point, however, is down 10% at $201,750. Homes under contract were on the market for an average of 121 days, a little shorter than in Sept.

Mobile makes top 50 list for best places to ‘live and play’

Mobile joins the likes of Seattle, San Francisco and Chattanooga, Tenn., in the September issue of National Geographic Adventure magazine as one of the "50 next great towns" in which to live and play. Magazine editors said their annual choices "aren’t just on prime relocation spots now, but smart choices for the future." National Geographic asked the Mobile Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau for its recommendation of interesting, offbeat local destinations, according to bureau President Leon Maisel. Editors made their choices after visiting the various locales. In Mobile, tours of the local river delta system were a major draw, Maisel said.

Mobile was the only Alabama site among the magazine’s 50 choices. Most of the areas were in the western part of the United States. Tourist spending is big business in Mobile, according to the Convention & Visitors Bureau, which put 2007 tourism spending at $888.6 million in Mobile, which welcomed an estimated 2.6 million visitors. Other Mobile highlights in the top-50 list included the outdoor patio at Café 615 on Dauphin Street and the Kate Shepard House bed and breakfast.

The Mobile area has been in the pages of other National Geographic publications, including an article earlier this year in National Geographic Traveler that focused on the Eastern Shore on Mobile Bay.

The Daphne Alabama commission gave the proposed Central Park subdivision a favorable recommendation at a recent meeting, as reported at Baldwin County Now. The multi-use parcel on Alabama Highway 181 is 50-acres and will include a variety of different buildings; the proposed development plan for this area of Daphne Alabama includes senior-citizen homes and apartments, dry cleaners, doctor’s offices, and cafes. The purpose of having such an extensive multi-use plan is to offer the retiring “baby boomers” convenience and accessibility in a safe community environment.

Developers are hoping to assuage some opposition to the purposed plan coming from nearby TimberCreek residents by committing to main their quality of life standards; there will be a 50-foot buffer wall to contain noises and other disturbances associated with supermarkets.

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