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- Offerpad is receiving growing interest throughout Jacksonville and Birmingham; both real estate markets are expected to boom this year
- We’re now available in over 30 cities and towns near Birmingham and 44 in Jacksonville
- Offerpad is in over 800 cities to help you have the best home buying and selling experiences
Break out the party hats and blow up the balloons! We can’t believe it, but we’re already celebrating Offerpad’s first full year of service to home sellers and buyers in Jacksonville, Florida and Birmingham, Alabama!
We first launched our real estate solutions in Alabama and along the First Coast in January 2020. With a previously established foothold in Florida in the Orlando and Tampa markets, expanding Offerpad’s operations into Jacksonville was a natural fit, while moving into the bustling Birmingham market marked our first foray into the sweet homes of Alabama.
Here’s what’s been happening over the last 12 months in both markets.
Snowballing Interest in Offerpad EXPRESS Cash Offers
While snow in northern Florida is a rarity, what’s becoming more common are requests from area home sellers for instant cash offers on their homes. Compared to when we opened up in Jax just one short year ago, we’re fielding many more home offer requests from people looking for a better way to sell their home. With predictions that the median price of an existing home in the area is expected to increase this year well above the national average increase of 5.7 % – Jacksonville is proving to be one of our most active markets, just behind Phoenix and Raleigh – two of the highest performing real estate markets in the country right now. (Way to go home sellers in Jacksonville!)
We’ve seen a similar increase in offer requests and purchases in Birmingham, where even more additional home sellers are now coming to Offerpad.com to get an EXPRESS cash offer on their home. With home values continuing to grow (according to the Birmingham Association of Realtors, home price appreciation grew by 14.7% in 2020!), we look forward to helping even more homeowners this year as more people get to know us and the many advantages of selling a home to Offerpad.
Here’s just one advantage in the highly competitive Jacksonville and Birmingham markets – or wherever you live. If you’re looking to buy a home in today’s seller’s market, money talks. And with 19% of existing home sales now all-cash deals having a cash offer in hand if you’re selling a home can definitely give you the upper hand when making an offer on a new one. Visit Offerpad.com to request a cash offer today and learn about all of the advantages of selling and buying a home with us.
Boom in Birmingham and the First Coast
Along with the explosive real estate markets in Birmingham and Jacksonville, Offerpad continues to grow and expand its market reach to serve more communities in both metro areas. We’re now helping home sellers in over 30 cities and towns in and around Birmingham, including Leeds, Kimberly, Alabaster and Dixiana. We’re also seeing a lot of activity and interest in our customized real estate solutions in places like Bessemer, where the real estate and job markets – with newly opened Amazon and Mercedes facilities – continue to grow rapidly; Hoover, considered a very desirable location; and Center Point, where buyers are attracted by its top school systems.
Out of the gate our Jacksonville operations already had one of the widest footprints among iBuyers in the area. We launched last year in communities outside of Jacksonville proper such as Yulee and as far out as Macclenny. Currently, we’re in 44 cities and towns in the Jacksonville market. Offerpad’s services are now available from Fernandina Beach down to St. Augustine. Some of our busiest areas in the Jacksonville area include Arlington, Baymeadows, Fleming Island, Green Cove Springs, Middleburg, Orange Park and Southside.
Check this list of all the cities and towns we operate in in these two markets.
Even More to Celebrate in Our 2nd Year
We’re celebrating our birthday in Birmingham and Jacksonville by giving homeowners, buyers and sellers the gift of even more convenient, easy ways to buy and sell a home. Did you know that in addition to our popular EXPRESS cash offers, you can list your home with us and sell it on the open market?
You may have seen some of our new ads about Offerpad FLEX. With our customized home listing services, you can list and sell your home your way, with a local licensed Offerpad agent (we don’t call them Solutions Experts for nothing); free concierge services to get and keep your home show-ready; home improvement advances if needed; and Offerpad’s national marketing power and expertise to give your listing the maximum muscle you need to maximize your home’s value and get the price you’re asking for!
Already have an agent you’re comfortable with? That’s great! We love to work with agents, too! When your agent helps you sell your home to Offerpad, they can earn a 3% referral fee (the highest in the industry!).* Agents can find out more about our referral fee program on our website at Offerpad.com/agents.
With the real estate market showing no signs of slowing down, as we head into our second year in Birmingham and Jacksonville we’re looking forward to growing our fan base in both markets, especially with those of you who are racing fans. If you haven’t heard, Offerpad is a primary sponsor this year of NASCAR drivers Denny Hamlin and Harrison Burton. (How cool is that??!!) We’re super excited that you’ll be able to see our logo on the #11 and #20 Joe Gibbs Racing team cars as they zip around all the super speedways in the 2021 NASCAR Cup and Xfinity series. In fact, NASCAR fans in the Birmingham area can catch our new wrap on Harrison’s #20 Toyota Supra at Talladega on April 24. And for those of you in Jacksonville, we’ll be back in Daytona where you can see Harrison again on August 27.
We’re Offerpad. How can we help you?
In Birmingham and Jacksonville – as in all of our markets around the country – Offerpad is continuing to streamline every part of the home selling and buying process to give you the easiest real estate experience anywhere. Whether it’s a townhouse, condo, single-family, or custom luxury McMansion, 50 years old or built last year, we’re always interested in purchasing top-quality homes in a wide range of styles and price points so you can move freely and enjoy life without the hassles of a traditional real estate transaction.
If you have a home you’re looking to sell in Birmingham or Jacksonville – or any of the 830 cities and towns across the country where we work – we can help! Head to Offerpad.com to choose the best real estate solutions to fit your needs.
Bonus: A little anniversary trivia for you. Do you know why Jacksonville is called the First Coast? The name refers both to the area’s geographic status as the “first coast” that many visitors reach when entering Florida, as well as to the region’s history as the first place in the continental United States to see European contact and settlement. Feel free to impress your friends on your next Zoom call.