Birmingham, Alabama
We work across Birmingham and Jefferson County, from the ridge of Red Mountain to the creek floodplains in Ensley and out toward Bessemer. Call with the address and we will tell you plainly whether it is a fit.
If your property is in the city of Birmingham, call and give us the address. If it is somewhere else in Jefferson County, including the Bessemer side, call anyway and ask. We do not keep a list of suburbs, because the honest answer depends on the address and the date you need the value for.
Below is what an appraisal has to weigh in different parts of the city, from the slopes of Red Mountain to the floodplains along Village Creek and Valley Creek. It is not a coverage list; it is the kind of thing we ask about when you call.
Some of the local conditions behind those answers are below.
Red Mountain, south of downtown
The Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District groups four developments, Valley View, Milner Heights, Redmont/Altamont and Redmont Park, with houses built between 1911 and 1935. If your house is up there, the slope, the lot and the view matter as much as the floor plan, so the sales we compare come from the same mountain, not the flat blocks across the valley.
Along Highland Avenue, at the foot of Red Mountain
The Highland Park Local Historic District covers about 160 acres of houses and a few early apartment buildings, from the late 1880s to 1953. A house here is compared with other houses, and a unit in an old apartment building with similar units.
Across the city
Birmingham has 44 historic districts. In a local one, plans for exterior changes go to the city's Design Review Committee before permits are issued, while a National Register listing alone does not restrict an owner. We note which kind of district a house is in, because it explains a lot about why the house looks the way it does.
West of downtown
Ensley has some of the county's older housing, and Village Creek, which runs through it, has flooded badly in the past. The city, with the Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA, bought out repeatedly flooded properties along the creek, and that land has to stay open. Near the creek we check the FEMA flood zone and describe the open lots on the street.
Southwest Birmingham
Valley Creek runs through southwest Birmingham to Bankhead Lake. Across the city about 1,200 repeatedly flooded properties were bought out, yet some homes still sit in the Village Creek and Valley Creek floodplains. Where buyouts left open lots on a street, we describe them and weigh sales from inside and outside the flood area.
Northwest of downtown
The April 27, 2011 tornado damaged homes in Smithfield Estates along Cherry Avenue, and federal housing money went to rebuilding in Pratt City afterward. For a rebuilt house we record when it was rebuilt and compare it with houses of similar age and finish.
West of Birmingham, in Jefferson County
Jefferson County has a second courthouse in Bessemer. The probate court's Bessemer Division is at 1801 3rd Avenue North, and the circuit court and an assistant tax assessor work there too. For a property on that side, the deed or the estate file may be in Bessemer instead of Birmingham, so we check before anyone orders copies.
Around 2nd Avenue North
Rental and condominium buildings have grown up in the Loft District and along 2nd Avenue North. For a condominium we look at sales in the same building and at the association's dues.
These offices work in Jefferson County's two divisions, Birmingham and Bessemer. Before asking for copies of a deed, a tax record or a court file, check which division holds the records for the property.
Keeps the appraisal and assessment records used for property tax.
Records deeds, mortgages, liens and plats in its Land Records office, and handles wills and the administration of estates.
Hears domestic relations cases, including divorce, for the Birmingham Division of Jefferson County.
Birmingham · September 2026 sold listings
These are the figures Realtors Property Resource (RPR) reports for sold listings inside the Birmingham city limits in September 2026. Single-family homes are combined with condominiums, townhouses and apartments, so the numbers describe the city as a whole. They do not describe any one neighborhood or any one house.
Median sold price, September 2026
$293,750
Down 9.6% from the prior month
Properties sold, September 2026
268
Down 12.7% from the prior month
The median sold price was down 9.6% from the month before, and the number of sales was down 12.7%. Those changes describe which properties sold in each month. They do not show that any one Birmingham home changed in value by the same percentage, because the mix of homes that sell differs from month to month. A sold price of 95.45% of list price means the typical seller accepted a little under the asking price.
Source: Realtors Property Resource (RPR), Sold Listings; September 2026; Single Family + Condo/Townhouse/Apt.; area: Birmingham, Alabama; accessed October 7, 2026.
These are sold-listing figures for one month inside one city boundary: 268 properties sold in Birmingham in September 2026, with the month-over-month changes RPR printed beside them. They are not RPR's estimated-value measure and they are not an appraisal of any home. No figures for August 2026 or any earlier month were saved, so none are shown, and no year-over-year or longer trend is stated or estimated. No neighborhood breakdown is shown.
City-wide figures are background. A property-specific appraisal relies on property records and comparable sales relevant to the required valuation date.
One month of sold listings in one city is not an appraisal of any home. The 268 Birmingham sales counted here for September 2026 combine single-family homes with condominiums, townhouses and apartments from across the city.
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