Turns out the rest of the country figured it out — Alabama isn’t just sweet tea and football. It’s jobs, affordability, and room to breathe. After a slower 2024…2025 came back strong with real momentum and real numbers to back it up.

🌎 Statewide Highlights

  • 📈 71,485 homes sold — up 3.9% (goodbye 2024 slump)
  • 💰 Median price: $233,969 — up 11% and a record high
  • 💵 $19.37B in sales volume — up 20.3%
  • 🏘️ Inventory up 17.6% — more choices for buyers
  • ⚖️ 4.7 months of supply — finally flirting with “balanced”
  • 💼 Unemployment under 3% — steady jobs = steady demand

Translation? The market didn’t just recover — it stabilized. Less frenzy. More strategy.

But here’s the thing: real estate is hyper-local. What’s happening statewide sets the tone… but what matters most is what’s happening right here at home.

🏖️ Baldwin County: Growth with a Cooler Head

Baldwin County wrapped 2025 with stronger sales, higher prices, and more inventory — which means opportunity on both sides of the table.

🔎 Year-End Snapshot

  • 🏡 7,772 homes sold (up from 7,454)
  • 💰 Average price: $474,214 (yes, that’s up nicely)
  • 💵 $3.68B in total sales volume
  • 📋 14,161 new listings — buyers had options again

🌴 Resort Market

Our coastal market kept flexing:

  • 🏖️ 1,789 resort sales
  • 💰 $1.37B in resort volume
  • 📈 Steady price appreciation
  • ⏳ Longer days on market = less panic, more planning

🏘️ Traditional Residential

  • 🏡 4,960 homes sold
  • 💵 $2.05B in sales volume
  • 📈 Moderate price growth
  • ⏳ More inventory, slightly longer marketing times

🧭 The Bottom Line

The chaos cooled. The demand stayed.

We’re in a healthier, more sustainable market — not the wild bidding-war days, but not a slowdown either. It’s a thinking market now. And in a thinking market, strategy wins every time.