Luxury Homes and Private Communities in Hoover Alabama
May 2, 2010 by Hubert Miles
Filed under Golf
Over the past 40 years, Hoover has become the largest suburb of Birmingham Alabama. The area has grown in population to nearly 73,000 people. The area offers many planned private and gated communities with many local amenities and upgraded home options. The area is expected to grow as Birmingham remains a major metro area with lots of employment opportunities.
Located among the beautiful Appalachian Mountains foothills, Hoover has become the home of many planned communities. The communities in the Hoover area offer amenities like golf courses, tennis and fitness facilities.
The forecast for the Hoover real estate market is bright. The median home price is up from the 2000 price of $176,400 and is currently experiencing a median home price of about $248,000. This number is down from the pre-recession median price of $363,800 but prices are expected to recover moving forward as the economy improves.
One of the premier luxury home and resort communities in Hoover is The Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa. The community features luxury homes priced from $240,000 to over $1,000,000, town homes from around $220,000 to $260,000, and condos from $169,900.
Ross Bridge is known world wide as a premier resort destination. The resort offers a 259 room luxurious hotel and a 12,000 sq ft spa center. Other amenities include a championship golf course, outdoor pool and meeting center, and tennis courts.
The New York Times called the golf course at Ross Bridge “some of the best public golf on Earth.” The course is 8,191 yards in length and is the newest course on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. There are many amenities to living in the Hoover Birmingham area including entertainment, shopping, dining and cultural activities.
Birmingham is also home to the world famous Talladega Superspeedway, the International Motor Sports Hall of Fame, Birmingham Museum of Art, the Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park, and the Alabama Adventure theme park.
Hubert Miles is the founder of Gated Communities USA which features the best Gated Communities in the USA and Internationally. Find information on Communities in Alabama.
