570 Clarke St · Mobile, AL
Flood risk 1/10 · Minimal
- FEMA flood zone
- X (unshaded)
- Chance of flooding over 30 yrs
- 0.0%
- Est. flood insurance / yr
- $507 – $1,088
Fire risk 1/10 · Minimal
- Est. fire insurance / yr
- $916 – $1,700
Heat risk 9/10 · Severe
- Hot days now (above 105°F)
- 7 days/yr
- Hot days in 30 yrs
- 20 days/yr
Wind risk 9/10 · Severe
- Chance of severe wind over 30 yrs
- 99.0%
Air-quality risk 2/10 · Minimal
- Unhealthy air days now
- 1 days/yr
- Unhealthy air days in 30 yrs
- 1 days/yr
Risk factors via First Street. Map © Google.
Why this score? — see what drove the B- grade
The composite is a weighted blend of 9 inputs, each scored 0–100. Each bar is that input's sub-score; the figure is the points it added to the 100-point composite (weight × sub-score).
- Cash flow +30.0/30.0
- 1% rule +10.0/10.0
- DSCR +10.0/10.0
- ARV discount +7.5/15.0
- Rent growth +3.8/5.0
- Livability +3.8/5.0
- Condition / age +2.5/5.0
- Schools +2.3/10.0
- Appreciation +0.0/10.0
$58,000
🖨 Deal sheet 📄 Offer letter ✓ Due diligence
Listing remarks MLS
Great opportunity for an investment property. This home offers a newer roof, nicely sized bedrooms, and a spacious fenced backyard. With a little TLC, it has excellent potential. Schedule your showing today. Buyer/Buyer's agent to verify all measurements and information deemed necessary.
Key facts
- Newer roof
- 6,159 sq ft lot
- Listed 266 days
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What this means for you Summary
Snapshot
- This is a 2-bed/1.0-bath single-family listed at $58k.
Deal economics
- At list price, monthly cash flow is $487 ($6k/yr) — positive.
- The deal already cash-flows at list — no discount required.
- Meets the 1% rule at list price ($1k rent vs $58k).
- Recommended offer: $51k (12.0% below list) — sets the bar for market timing.
- Cap rate 16.4% vs local median 4.9% in Mobile — top-decile yield for the area; either an underpriced asset or a hidden risk that comps aren't pricing in. Stress-test before assuming the spread holds.
Location & tenants
- Location reads 75/100 on livability (#20 in AL, #4,262 nationally) — a middle-class / working-renter tenant base. Strengths: commute A+, cost of living A+, housing A+; Watch: schools D-, crime F, employment D-.
- Mobile County (urban): math 15% / reading 39% proficiency, ranked #81 of 129 in AL (top 63%) — low school quality limits family demand, transient renter base, plan for 1-2y turnover; 67% free/reduced lunch — lower-income household profile, screen leases tightly.
- Market conditions: Rents rising fast (+5.1%/yr); 174 active listings in the ZIP; 27 comparable units currently listed for rent nearby; rentals lingering (median 44d on market — plan ~5-8 weeks vacancy on turnover, expect pricing pressure); 67% of comp listings sitting > 30 days — soft ceiling on asking rent; 1,678 units permitted in Mobile County in 2024 (264 in 5+ unit buildings).
Forward outlook
- Local home prices are declining (-3.0%/yr); year-one equity from $401 of loan paydown is wiped out by about $2k of value loss. Plan a longer hold.
- Mobile County population projected to shrink 8% by 2050 — rents likely to lag national; underwrite the cash flow, not the appreciation.
- At projected returns (-3.0% appreciation + 5.1% rent growth), your $16k cash investment doubles in ~4 years — after that, you're playing with house money.
Negotiation context
- It's been on market 266 days — a 12% lower offer ($51k) is reasonable based on typical stale-listing flexibility.
- 3 sale attempts; this cycle's ask has dropped $32k (36%) from the opening price — seller is motivated, your offer sets the floor, not the list.
- Current owner paid $20k; list at $58k implies a 190% gain — meaningful room to come down on a strong offer.
Risks & watch-outs
- Climate carrying-cost: severe wind risk, 99% chance of damaging wind over 30y; extreme-heat days projected 7→20/yr by 2055 (HVAC capex compounding) — expect insurance premiums to compound above CPI over the hold.
Questions for the listing agent
- It's been on market 266 days. Have you received any prior offers? Is the seller open to a 12% concession, seller financing, or rate buy-down credit?
- Why hasn't it sold? Are there any deal-killer items the seller is aware of (foundation, flood, title, zoning, code violations)?
- Is there a deadline driving the sale (1031 exchange, divorce, estate, relocation)? That informs how much negotiation room exists.
- Schools are D-rated, which usually means shorter tenancies and higher turnover. Who's the typical renter profile here, and what's been the actual vacancy rate?
- Crime grade is F in this area — have there been break-ins, vandalism, or insurance claims at this property in the last 3 years? What carrier currently insures it and at what premium?
- What's the average days-on-market for RENTAL listings here right now (not sales)? A rising rental-DOM trend means longer vacancies and softer asking-rent achievability than the comps imply.
- What's the recent tenant-quality profile in this submarket — average credit score on applications, eviction rate, late-payment / NSF rate, and stable-employment percentage? A property-management company in the area should have these aggregated.
- How much new for-sale + rental construction is in the pipeline within 1–3 miles? Heavy new supply typically softens prices + rents 12–24 months out; constrained supply supports both.
Investment metrics
- 1% rule
- 1.83% ✓
- Cap rate
- 16.36%
- Cash-on-cash
- 35.96%
- DSCR
- 2.60
- GRM
- 4.6
CMA / ARV
- ARV (median comp)
- $57,983
- List price
- $58,000
- Delta
- 0.03%
- Verdict
- FAIR
- Comps
- 20 within 1.0 mi
Show comp detail 12 sales within ~0.75 mi
| Address | Dist | Beds/Ba | Sqft | Sold | Price | $/sf | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 419 Crenshaw St | 0.12mi | 3/1.0 (+1) | 872 (-1%) | 3mo | $36,000 | $41 | 85 |
| 702 Glenwood St | 0.26mi | 2/1.0 | 889 (+1%) | 7mo | $40,000 | $45 | 81 |
| 559 Westwood St | 0.15mi | 2/1.0 | 968 (+10%) | 3mo | $37,000 | $38 | 75 |
| 460 Pinehill Dr | 0.33mi | 3/1.0 (+1) | 864 (-2%) | 3mo | $51,500 | $60 | 74 |
| 731 Jemison St | 0.45mi | 2/1.0 | 951 (+8%) | 2mo | $75,531 | $79 | 65 |
| 2067 Victory Ct | 0.67mi | 2/1.0 | 846 (-4%) | 5mo | $44,500 | $53 | 57 |
| 2565 Kreitner St | 0.67mi | 2/1.0 | 915 (+4%) | 8mo | $149,999 | $164 | 56 |
| 169 Morgan Ave | 0.69mi | 2/1.0 | 830 (-6%) | 2mo | $115,000 | $139 | 56 |
| 216 Pinehill Dr | 0.64mi | 2/1.0 | 831 (-6%) | 5mo | $168,500 | $203 | 56 |
| 167 Crenshaw St | 0.69mi | 2/1.0 | 946 (+7%) | 4mo | $213,500 | $226 | 53 |
| 2063 Victory Dr E | 0.73mi | 2/1.0 | 849 (-4%) | 9mo | $107,000 | $126 | 52 |
| 753 Shannon St | 0.71mi | 3/1.0 (+1) | 984 (+11%) | 7mo | $85,000 | $86 | 37 |
Match score weights: distance 35% · size 25% · config 20% · recency 20%. Top-matched comps best support the ARV.
Projected returns pro-forma
-3.0% appreciation · 5.06% rent growth · sell at horizon
- IRR
- 33.8%
- Equity multiple
- 2.47×
- Total profit
- $23,827
- Equity at exit
- $8,648
- IRR
- 41.8%
- Equity multiple
- 5.32×
- Total profit
- $70,198
- Equity at exit
- $5,015
Cash invested: $16,240 (down + closing). Projections, not guarantees.
Landlord ↔ Tenant lean methodology
- Overall (STATE)
- 90 Strongly Landlord-Friendly
- State Alabama
- 90 Strongly Landlord-Friendly · R+15
- County
- — inherits STATE
- City
- — inherits STATE
ZIP-level market 36606
- Rents YoY
- 5.1%
- Active inventory
- 174
- Price-to-rent
- 4.6×
Monthly cashflow live
- Estimated rent
- $1,060 high interval (Pro) →
- Mortgage (P&I)
- −$304
- Tax from tax record
- −$22 /mo · $265/yr
- Insurance
- −$24
- HOA
- −$0
- Vacancy / Maint / Mgmt
- −$223
- Net cashflow
- $487
Break-even live
UW: 25.0% down · 7.5% · 30yr · 1.5% tax · 5.0% vac · 8.0% maint · 8.0% mgmt
Financing live
Cash to close
- Down payment
- $14,500
- Closing costs
- $1,740
- Reserves months
- —
- Total cash needed
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Loan-product check · same deal, 3 products live
Conventional
25% down · 7.5% · 30yr
- Down + closing
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- Monthly P&I
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- Monthly cashflow
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- DSCR
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- Eligible?
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Personal DTI + credit; lowest rate.
DSCR
20% down · 8.5% · 30yr
- Down + closing
- —
- Monthly P&I
- —
- Monthly cashflow
- —
- DSCR
- —
- Eligible?
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No personal income docs; deal must DSCR.
Hard money
10% down · 12.0% · 12mo
- Down + closing
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- Monthly P&I
- —
- Monthly cashflow
- —
- DSCR
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- Eligible?
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Short-term bridge; refi at stabilization.
Rent comps 27 comps
| Address | Beds | Baths | Sqft | Rent | $/sqft | DOM | Units | Dist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 562 Clarke St Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1061 | $1,025 | $0.97 | 43d | 1 | 0.03mi |
| 400 Westwood St Mobile, AL | 1.0–2.0 | 1.0 | 750 | $1,005 | $1.34 | 43d | 1 | 0.23mi |
| 728 Bankhead Pl Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.0 | 810 | $675 | $0.83 | 43d | 1 | 0.36mi |
| 767 Jemison St Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.0 | 850 | $750 | $0.88 | 43d | 1 | 0.54mi |
| 2008 W Victory Dr Mobile, AL | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1011 | $1,200 | $1.19 | 43d | 1 | 0.58mi |
| 2503 Richard Ave Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.0 | 928 | $805 | $0.87 | 13d | 1 | 0.77mi |
| 900 Courtney St Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1020 | $1,200 | $1.18 | 43d | 1 | 0.79mi |
| 2656 Pathway Pl Mobile, AL | 2.0–3.0 | 1.0 | 778 | $949 | $1.22 | 13d | 9 | 0.81mi |
| 2500 Taylor Ave Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.0 | 840 | $1,195 | $1.42 | 43d | 1 | 0.83mi |
| 104 Ellinor St Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.0 | 896 | $1,275 | $1.42 | 21d | 1 | 0.88mi |
| 2161 Homewood St Unit B Mobile, AL | 1.0 | 1.0 | 600 | $1,295 | $2.16 | 21d | 1 | 0.93mi |
| 442 Cottage Hill Rd Unit 13 Mobile, AL | 1.0 | 1.0 | 637 | $860 | $1.35 | 43d | 1 | 1.04mi |
| 461 Magnolia Rd Unit A Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.0 | 989 | $825 | $0.83 | 43d | 1 | 1.07mi |
| 250 Tuttle Ave Unit B Mobile, AL | 1.0 | 1.0 | 928 | $1,100 | $1.19 | 43d | 1 | 1.22mi |
| 168 W Collins St Mobile, AL | 3.0 | 1.0 | 968 | $725 | $0.75 | 21d | 1 | 1.23mi |
| 2859 Brierwood Dr Mobile, AL | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1057 | $1,500 | $1.42 | 13d | 1 | 1.26mi |
| 2425 Nortons Ln Unit D Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1050 | $1,100 | $1.05 | 13d | 1 | 1.33mi |
| 2425 Nortons Ln Unit C Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1050 | $1,200 | $1.14 | 43d | 1 | 1.33mi |
| 2604 Dauphin St #210 Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.0 | 950 | $1,150 | $1.21 | 21d | 1 | 1.35mi |
| 2604 Dauphin St Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.0 | 950 | $1,072 | $1.13 | 43d | 2 | 1.35mi |
| 2904 Pleasant Valley Rd Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.0 | 815 | $899 | $1.10 | 43d | 1 | 1.36mi |
| 2901 Pleasant Valley Rd Mobile, AL | 1.0 | 1.0 | 578 | $775 | $1.34 | 43d | 1 | 1.38mi |
| 957 Navco Rd Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.5 | 812 | $850 | $1.05 | 21d | 1 | 1.39mi |
| 111 S Catherine St Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.0 | 891 | $899 | $1.01 | 43d | 1 | 1.40mi |
| 751 Farnell Ln Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1100 | $1,400 | $1.27 | 43d | 1 | 1.41mi |
| 1417 Monroe St Mobile, AL | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1064 | $1,350 | $1.27 | 43d | 1 | 1.43mi |
| 276 S Sage Ave Mobile, AL | 1.0–2.0 | 1.0 | 850 | $1,055 | $1.24 | 43d | 1 | 1.45mi |
Listing history 26 events
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2026-06-18days on market $58,000 Active 266 DOM
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2026-06-17days on market $58,000 Active 265 DOM
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2026-06-16days on market $58,000 Active 264 DOM
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2026-06-15days on market $58,000 Active 263 DOM
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2026-06-14days on market $58,000 Active 261 DOM
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2026-06-13days on market $58,000 Active 260 DOM
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2026-06-10days on market $58,000 Active 258 DOM
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2026-06-09days on market $58,000 Active 257 DOM
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2026-06-08days on market $58,000 Active 256 DOM
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2026-06-07days on market $58,000 Active 255 DOM
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2026-06-05days on market $58,000 Active 252 DOM
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2026-06-03days on market $58,000 Active 251 DOM
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2026-06-02days on market $58,000 Active 250 DOM
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2026-06-01days on market $58,000 Active 249 DOM
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2026-05-31days on market $58,000 Active 248 DOM
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2026-05-30days on market $58,000 Active 247 DOM
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2026-05-04status Active 288-char remark
Show marketing remark (288 chars)
Great opportunity for an investment property. This home offers a newer roof, nicely sized bedrooms, and a spacious fenced backyard. With a little TLC, it has excellent potential. Schedule your showing today. Buyer/Buyer's agent to verify all measurements and information deemed necessary.
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2026-04-14status Pending 288-char remark
Show marketing remark (288 chars)
Great opportunity for an investment property. This home offers a newer roof, nicely sized bedrooms, and a spacious fenced backyard. With a little TLC, it has excellent potential. Schedule your showing today. Buyer/Buyer's agent to verify all measurements and information deemed necessary.
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2026-04-01status Active 288-char remark
Show marketing remark (288 chars)
Great opportunity for an investment property. This home offers a newer roof, nicely sized bedrooms, and a spacious fenced backyard. With a little TLC, it has excellent potential. Schedule your showing today. Buyer/Buyer's agent to verify all measurements and information deemed necessary.
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2026-03-24status Pending 288-char remark
Show marketing remark (288 chars)
Great opportunity for an investment property. This home offers a newer roof, nicely sized bedrooms, and a spacious fenced backyard. With a little TLC, it has excellent potential. Schedule your showing today. Buyer/Buyer's agent to verify all measurements and information deemed necessary.
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2026-02-27price $58,000 288-char remark
Show marketing remark (288 chars)
Great opportunity for an investment property. This home offers a newer roof, nicely sized bedrooms, and a spacious fenced backyard. With a little TLC, it has excellent potential. Schedule your showing today. Buyer/Buyer's agent to verify all measurements and information deemed necessary.
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2025-11-06price $85,000 288-char remark
Show marketing remark (288 chars)
Great opportunity for an investment property. This home offers a newer roof, nicely sized bedrooms, and a spacious fenced backyard. With a little TLC, it has excellent potential. Schedule your showing today. Buyer/Buyer's agent to verify all measurements and information deemed necessary.
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2025-08-28$90,000 Active 288-char remark
Show marketing remark (288 chars)
Great opportunity for an investment property. This home offers a newer roof, nicely sized bedrooms, and a spacious fenced backyard. With a little TLC, it has excellent potential. Schedule your showing today. Buyer/Buyer's agent to verify all measurements and information deemed necessary.
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2014-04-15soldstatus $20,000
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2014-02-20soldstatus $60,550
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2009-09-24soldstatus $97,500
ⓘ Source: listings_history table (triggers on properties + properties_extension) + one-shot
backfill from property_details.listing_events for pre-trigger history.
Tax reassessment forecast AL · Resets to sale price
- Current annual tax
- $265 · $22/mo
- Projected year-2 tax
- $265 · $22/mo
- Expected delta
- $0/yr ($0/mo · 0.0%)
ⓘ Screening estimate from a state-policy table — verify with the county assessor before closing.
Climate risk First Street
- Flood 1/10 Low FEMA zone X (unshaded) · 0% chance over 30 yrs
- Wildfire 1/10 Low
- Heat 9/10 Extreme 7 d/yr ≥105°F today · 20 d/yr by 30 yrs out
- Wind 9/10 Extreme 99% chance of damaging wind over 30 yrs
- Air quality 2/10 Low 1 unhealthy d/yr today · 1 by 30 yrs out
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Walkable amenities ~0.75 mi
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Taxation est. · year 1
- Rental income
- $12,716
- − Mortgage interest
- −$3,249
- − Property taxes
- −$265
- − Insurance
- −$290
- − Repairs & maintenance
- −$1,017
- − Management
- −$1,017
- − Depreciation
- −$1,687
- Taxable income
- $5,190
- Est. tax owed @ 24.0%
- −$1,246
- After-tax cash flow
- $4,595/yr
For passive investors: Depreciation is non-cash, so a rental often shows a tax loss while cash-flowing — sheltering income. Rental losses are passive: they offset passive income freely, and up to $25,000/yr can offset ordinary (W-2) income if you actively participate and your MAGI is under $100k (phasing out to $0 by $150k); unused losses carry forward. On sale, claimed depreciation is recaptured at up to 25%, and gains may owe capital-gains tax (a 1031 exchange can defer both). Figures are a year-1 estimate at your 24.0% rate — not tax advice; consult a CPA.
Schools (NCES district)
- District
- Mobile County
- NCES district ID
- 0102370
- Math proficiency
- 15% ▼ -28.00%
- Reading proficiency
- 39% ▬ 0.00%
- Median HH income
- $42,455
- Composite
- 22.9/100
- National rank
- #8002
- State rank
- #81 of 129 in AL
Livability — Mobile
- Score
- 75/100
- State rank
- #20
- US rank
- #4262
Category grades
Schools grade is shown separately in the Schools card above.
Census & demographics
- Census place
- Mobile, AL
- County
- Mobile County · 246,577 people
- City population
- 205,729
- Metro
- Mobile, AL
- Population (ZIP)
- 18,728
- Household income
- $51,303
- Rent vs Own
- Severe rent burden
- 999.0
Population outlook (Mobile County) Hauer SSP2
- Today (2025)
- 415,303 people
- By 2030
- 411,755 · -0.9%
- By 2040
- 399,670 · -3.8%
- By 2050
- 382,616 · -7.9%
- By 2075
- 337,353 · -18.8%
- By 2100
- 283,391 · -31.8%
Race, ethnicity, and origin ACS 2023
- Neighborhood character
- Majority Black (56%)
- Race & ethnicity
- Black 56% White 37% Two or more races 5% Hispanic / Latino 4%
- Common ancestry
- Italian 2% Scottish 2% Lithuanian 1%
- Foreign-born
- 3% · Canada
- Languages at home
- 96% English-only · Spanish 3%
Political lean MEDSL · Mobile
- 2024 margin
- R (+16.4) · D 41.3% · R 57.7%
- 2008→2024 swing
- -7.7pp toward R · 2008: -8.7pp · 2024: -16.4pp
- All cycles
- 2024: R+16.4 2020: R+11.9 2016: R+13.9 2012: R+9.3 2008: R+8.7
Not yet ingested
- Civics
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Market trends
- HPI YoY
- ▼ -232.19%
- Current HPI
- 145.9025
- Rent YoY
- ▲ 5.06%
- Metro
- Mobile, AL
- State GDP YoY
- ▲ 2.94%
- F500 in state
- 4
Industry mix (Fortune 500 HQ in AL)
| Industry | F500 HQs | Revenue |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Services | 1 | $8B |
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| Healthcare | 1 | $5B |
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Price history
-40.5% since first listed10 events — show timeline
- 2026-05-04 Relisted — GCMLS AL
- 2026-04-14 Pending — GCMLS AL
- 2026-04-01 Relisted — GCMLS AL
- 2026-03-24 Pending — GCMLS AL
- 2026-02-27 Price Changed $58,000 GCMLS AL
- 2025-11-06 Price Changed $85,000 GCMLS AL
- 2025-08-28 Listed $90,000 GCMLS AL
- 2014-04-15 Sold (Public Records) $20,000 Public Records
- 2014-02-20 Sold (Public Records) $60,550 Public Records
- 2009-09-24 Sold (Public Records) $97,500 Public Records
Property tax history
+0.7%/yrLatest (2025): $265 · +6.6% YoY. Source: county tax records.
Cash-flow waterfall
monthlySold comps — $/sqft
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