Right renovations pay off in slow market

Dian Hymer
Inman News

Remodeling Magazine’s 2008-2009 Cost vs. Value Report, produced each year in conjunction with Realtor Magazine, contains good news about the value of remodeling projects.

The recent Cost vs. Value Report showed that renovations on a nationwide basis held their value better than home prices did in 2008. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), home prices declined 7 percent in 2008, while the value of homeowners’ investments in remodeling dropped only 2.8 percent in 2008.

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Kaiser Realty sales associates helped make history Oct. 1 when they teed off at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Golf Tournament. Billed as the “Largest Shotgun Start in the World”, Kaiser Realty was a hole sponsor for the event and also sponsored a team in the tournament. Former Auburn University Football All-American and St. Louis Cardinal safety Larry Willingham is a Kaiser sales associate and a member of the ASHOF. “What we wanted to do was make it into the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest shotgun start for a golf tournament in the history of the world. We had more than 1,000 golfers starting at the same time on nine Robert Trent Jones courses throughout the state,” he said. [Read more...]

Kaiser Realty, Inc. sales assiciates took to the links at the Cypress Bend course at Craft Farms Aug. 24 as part of the annual Mary’s Shelter golf tournament. Kaiser Realty and Cosmo’s Restaurant and Bar were the title sponsors of the tourney. Mary’s Shelter is a home in the Elberta area that provides housing, education, counseling and supportive services for young women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy.  “We were more than pleased to sponsor the tournament and support Mary’s Shelter,” Kaiser Realty Vice-President Glen Kaiser said. “The great work Jo Godfrey, Jack Gleeson and the others at Mary’s Shelter do can’t really be described with just words. It’s emotional and uplifting.” [Read more...]