SPRING IS HERE

We hope everyone is enjoying this fabulous SPRING! The trees and flowers in Hillsboro are beautiful. Please join us in welcoming all your new neighbors as they move into their new homes. We are excited about all our newcomers and we will have several more coming in May.

If you haven't been on the trail system yet, now is the time. With the tunnel complete under Hwy 52, it's a wonderful walk or bike ride. The trees and wild flowers are in full bloom. TAKE TIME TO ENJOY before the summer heat gets here!

RIBBON CUTTING FOR NEW HILLSBORO PARKWAY

The city of Helena and U.S. Steel opened a portion of Hillsboro Parkway on Thursday, with hopes the new road will relieve congestion and stimulate growth in the area.

A portion of the 2.5 mile parkway, from County Road 52 to County Road 91 in Northern Shelby County, is complete and the remainder is under construction, scheduled to open soon, said a news release.

The roadway project is a nearly $10 million public-private partnership between Helena and U.S. Steel and consists of two-, three- and four-lane sections, multi-use trails and a tunnel between U.S. Steel’s Hillsboro subdivision and the new Helena Middle School. The new road also will offer alternative access to the school.

“Hillsboro Parkway gives the public better access to the middle school and will help with congestion at the Hwy. 17, Hwy. 52 and Hwy. 261 intersection,” said Helena Mayor Sonny Penhale. “The parkway was funded by U.S. Steel – something the city would have been unable to accomplish by itself. The construction of the parkway will drive commercial development in the future and will add revenue to the city.”

Here We Snow Again!

The snow is beautiful! Hillsboro looks like a charming Charles Dickens village. The neighbors are taking pictures, trying to make snowmen, but not enough snow yet to go sledding. You can come be a part of the fun and join in with the snowball fights at Hillsboro. Come by and see us soon.

Holiday contest!

Right off the hills of our community covered dish dinner for Thanksgiving, Hillsboro was lite up for the holidays in December with our first annual Christmas Decoration contest. The residents of Hillsboro really got into it this year with some heavy competition. We had a first, second and third place prizes and signs were placed in the winners yard. Three faculty members from Helena Elementary School were the judges. They said it was a tough job to pick only three winners from all who decorated. There is always something fun going on in our neighborhood.

HPH moved up 14 places to move from the nations 109th largest builder to the 95th largest in 2008. As we navigate the challenges in our market HPH continues to see strong appeal for our homes and neighborhood locations as well as demonstrating operational efficiency that will position the company well to take advantage of the market after the current slowdown.



Builder 100 list is located here:

This will never happen again!!!!

The 8th Of July ? ?

What is so different about the 8th of July this year?

At five minutes and six seconds after 4 AM on the 8th of July this year, the time and date will be 04:05:06 07/08/09..

Great news

Homebuyers starting to return to the market

Thanks to record low mortgage rates and declining home prices, 55 million families-or half of all U.S. households-can afford today's $200,000 median-priced new home, according to figures released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau comparing home prices, mortgage rates and minimum income needed to purchase a median-priced home in February 2007 and February 2009, a typical family today can purchase a house with $20,000 less in household income and save nearly $500 per month on their principal, interest, taxes and insurance. The number of households that can afford to purchase a home today is 55.4 million, compared with 38.4 million two years ago, according to figures compiled by NAHB. Entering the crucial spring home buying season, there are other signs that buyers are starting to return to the market. Single-family permits were up 11 percent in February, new and existing home sales also posted gains and the huge inventory backlog is being slowly whittled down.

B'ham area home sales jumped 28% in February!!

Birmingham-area homes sales rose 28 percent in February over the previous month, according to the Birmingham Association of Realtors. Compiled with data from the Birmingham Area Multiple Listing Service, the area saw 725 homes sold last month, up 28 percent from January. Inventory of homes for sale is still headed in the right direction. Inventory totaled 10,475 in February, compared to 11,919 a year ago. For the month, the southern portion of the city had the most sales, with a total of 310 sold. That was followed by the eastern portion with 215, the western portion with 147 and the northern portion with 53.