Watts Happenings: News & Blog

Have you heard? People outside of Birmingham enjoy what this city has to offer.So much so that one of the worlds most elite travel magazines listed Birmingham, Alabama as one of the top places to travel in the world for 2022. INTHEWORLD!    https://www.cntrave...

When students graduate from a new kind of school in Birmingham, Alabama, at the age of 20 or 21, they could end up owning a house.The program, called Build UP (Urban Prosperity) Birmingham, is unlike any other school in the country. Low-income ninth-graders enter to earn a high s...

Along with representatives from the Institute of Real Estate Management as well as the National Association of Realtors,Chip Watts of Watts Realty Co. Inc. and IREM president elect met with officials on Sept. 15 to voice their concerns.The group told officials at the National Eco...

There exists a misconception that rental housing owners enjoy large margins and can continue operating in the absence of rent payments. With so much discussion around rent payments during COVID-19, the rental housing industry would like to explain the breakdown of $1 dollar of re...

When you experience it in your life, you just want others to experience it in theirs. Help send a child to camp. https://bhamnow.com/2020/02/03/ymca-camp-cosby-change-life/ 

3 Story Commercial office building off Valley Road near Greensprings Highway was sold for $1.5 million.  David Watts represented the seller.https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2020/01/02/west-homewood-office-building-sells-for-1-5m.html?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Tre...

FYI... If you work or live downtown within this 100 block district (it's basically all of UAB campus and Hospital District), you can no longer light up or vape outside.  Private owners can only provide up to 200 sq ft of "smoking zones" on their property.  ...

Changes in the law that could affect your lease with your property managers: "Starting Sept. 1, there will be a criminal penalty for those who misrepresent a pet as a service animal or animal-in-training in public spaces or when seeking housing accommodations in Alabama...

Watts Realty is proud to support the Laura Crandall Brown Foundation by sponsoring its 10th annual Head Over Teal Race Day & Fall Festival on Saturday, September 21st at The Preserve in Hoover.   Please join us for a fun day for the family! There will be 10k and 5k ...

We'd like to thank Marian McKay Rosato for all her years of tenancy and keeping the music playing.  If you're looking for a hard to find record, head to Charlemagne Record Exchange and let them know. The vinyl network they've created is amazing. They'll find ...