Helena Homes for Sale
Helen Alabama is located in Jefferson and Shelby counties within Alabama. Helena is largely considered a suburb of Birmingham and is a part of the Birmingham Hoover Metropolitan area. The city's claim to fame is being one of the best places to live and raise children in all of Alabama. Business week actually named Helena the 13th best city to raise your children in the United States in the year 2007.
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Helena is one other fastest growing cities in Alabama and Money Magazine has said that Helena is one of the Top 25 cities in the USA for affordable housing. It's always highly regarded as one of the best places to live in the US due to its low crime rate, active arts community and proactive municipal government.
Helena is consistently rated as one of the best places to live due to the way that it's run and with the ample amount of opportunities that are available for employment and housing, it is a great place to settle down and invest.
Homes on the market in Helena don't last long so it's really important that you get help from an experienced real estate agent. Helena homes sell quickly and it's a very competitive real estate market that sees great growth. Through the ups and downs of the national real estate market, prices in Helena have remained quite steady.
In the fall of 2014, Helena opened its new state-of-the-art Helena High School and Athletic Complex. This new school has families from all over Shelby County looking to relocate to Helena. Business Week Magazine called Helena, Alabama one of the best places in America to raise your kids.
Helena also offers a number of annual cultural events making it a great place to be throughout the year. With many events put on in Birmingham and the surrounding area, Helena is known as an extremely cultural suburb with many local artists and craftsmen calling Helena home.
Lots of industry is also located in this area with plenty of employment opportunities. Recent economic growth has worked to spur population increases as well as boost the real estate market. Vulcan Materials is a big employer and their local quarry is always looking for new workers to settle down in this area. The Helena Industrial Park has a large number of growing businesses.
