Homes For Sale in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach

09/26/2026

The call usually goes like this. Someone with a laptop job has found the house. Screened porch, ten minutes to the beach, the whole picture. They ask about the flood zone, the roof, the insurance. Good questions. Then, almost as an afterthought: "The internet's fine out there, right?"

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09/24/2026

Most people have seen the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo during daylight.

Next Saturday, September 26, they're doing something quite different.

The zoo's Harvest Moon Festival will run from 6:30 to 9 p.m., giving visitors after-hours access to the Gulf Shores attraction. This one is officially confirmed by the zoo and is still upcoming as of September 18.

There will be an interactive hay maze, animal ambassador meet-and-greets, a s'mores station, bounce houses and a DJ glow party.

But here's the part that makes this more than another fall festival.

Visitors will also get a chance to observe nocturnal animal activity after the zoo's normal closing time. The zoo ordinarily operates from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. daily, so nighttime access isn't part of a regular visit.

And some of the money raised has a fascinating destination.

The Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo says a portion of this year's festival proceeds will support the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' SAFE American Red Wolf Program. The zoo says that in 2026 it became the first Alabama zoo to participate as a partner facility in that program and welcomed two red wolf brothers named Jenkins and Walker.

That's significant because the American red wolf is one of North America's rarest canids.

The festival is also a fundraiser for the nonprofit zoo itself, helping support animal diets, veterinary care, enrichment and educational programs. The zoo currently reports caring for more than 250 animals.

Adult admission for the festival is $15, children ages 3 through 17 are $10, and children 2 and younger are free. Zoo members receive reduced admission. Food-truck purchases, popcorn and drinks cost extra.

The event is scheduled to happen rain or shine.

So while Gulf Shores is winding down from another beach day next Saturday night, something considerably wilder will be happening a few miles inland.

The zoo stays awake.

09/24/2026

A winter booking deserves its own preparation. Someone unpacking for several weeks will use the kitchen, laundry, storage, and internet differently from someone spending a weekend at the beach. A clean unit is the starting point. Clear expectations and working equipment finish the job.

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Before a winter booking, check the repairs, utility terms, and arrival instructions. A practical fall checklist for Gulf Shores rental owners.

09/22/2026

The beach traffic thinned out a couple of weeks ago, and the phone calls changed with it. Buyers who spent the summer looking are suddenly asking whether they should wait. Sellers who listed back in June are asking why nothing is happening.

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09/19/2026

A seller in Gulf Shores called me last September, two weeks into a contract, convinced the buyer was walking. The inspection had come back fine. The appraisal had come back fine. And the closing had still moved twice with no explanation she could follow.

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09/17/2026

When somebody calls about a condo, the dues usually come up as one number, the monthly amount. That number matters, but it is the least useful thing about the dues. Two buildings can charge the same amount and be in completely different shape, and the difference lives in what that money is paying for.

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09/15/2026

A buyer can stand on a Baldwin County parcel, see houses across the road, and assume water and sewer are handled. That assumption can survive right up to the first permit call.

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09/12/2026

Orange Beach looks simple on a map. Find the water, pick a property, and start comparing prices. Then you drive Perdido Beach Boulevard, turn onto Canal Road, cross Perdido Pass, and realize you are comparing three different ways to own here.

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Beach access, boat access, and rental rights are three separate questions in Orange Beach. Here is what to verify before you price the property.

09/10/2026

A house can look completely dry at two in the afternoon and still have a water problem. That is not a reason to avoid every low-looking yard from Foley to Perdido Key. It is a reason to slow down long enough to learn where the water goes when the coast gets a real rain.

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A sunny showing cannot tell you where water goes. Four practical checks for a Gulf Coast buyer before the inspection clock runs out.

09/10/2026

Montrose is the quiet stretch of the eastern shore between Daphne and Fairhope, and most people drive through it without realizing it has a name.

Cyrus Sibley came down from Massachusetts and bought land here in 1839. The settlement was laid out as Sibley City in 1847 and renamed Montrose in 1852 after the Scottish duke. Sibley and his wife Eliza gave the land for the church, the school and the cemetery in 1856. Long before any of that, the British kept a rest station on this spot called Croftown between 1763 and 1783.

The Hutchinson Hotel operated from 1866 to 1898 and made Montrose a summer retreat for Mobile families escaping the heat and the fever season. Local potteries worked here too.

The Montrose Historic District went on the National Register in 1976. It covers about nine acres and roughly fifteen significant structures, nine of them Creole cottages with deep recessed porches, most built between the 1850s and the 1890s. The oaks along Adams Street between Main and Second are the ones worth slowing down for.

These are private homes. Enjoy them from the street.