Watts Happenings: News & Blog

Dedicated mountain bikers and anyone who’s ever wanted to give it a try, you’re in for a treat. On November 19, from 2-5PM, RideBHM opens, bringing mountain biking to the masses. We got a sneak preview, so keep reading for all the details.  Back in March 2022, we...

Just dropping this here to recognize Chip on his Birmingham Business Journal's "Who's Who in CRE"!Just look at all those designations y'all. It means Chip knows a thing or two about commercial real estate.

Emile Hughes, one of our commercial agents here at Watts Realty, has started a new venture called Ride Resorts. It's a mountain biking park development setting out to make the sport accessible to people of all skill levels and provides something beyond the average bike trail ...

According to Chip Watts, president of Watts Realty Co., three major areas revolving around “uncontrollable expenses” are impacting rents in the Birmingham market. This includes comparative sales increases causing property taxes to rise and be recouped through increase...

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...