Mike's Greater Athens Area Blog and Then Some

In Athens -Clarke County, GA, for the week ending Oct. 11, 2009 the real estate market looks like this: There are 1557 active listings of which 1287 are residential, 17 are farm and land. This is decrease of 6 listings from the previous reporting period. There are 161 listings under contract. Th...

  In Jackson County, GA, for the week ending Oct. 25, 2009 the real estate market looks like this: There are 298 active listings of which 152 are residential, 9 are farm and land. The listing number is down 3 from the previous reporting period. There are 42 listings under contract, the same numb...

In Watkinsville, GA, for the week ending Oct. 25, 2009 the real estate market looks like this: There are 493 active listings of which 263 are residential, 11 are farm and land. The total listings are the same as in the previous reporting period while residential listings are down 9 and farm & la...

In Madison County, GA, for the week ending Oct. 25, 2009 the real estate market looks like this: There are 370 active listings, the same as in the previous report, of which 178 are residential and 39 are farm and land. There are 37 listings under contract, down 1 listing from the previous report...

In Oconee County, GA, for the week ending Oct 25, 2009 the real estate market looks like this: There are 797 active listings of which 411 are residential, 21 are farm and land. The total number of listings is 10 fewer than in the previous report. There were 51 listings under contract at the end ...

Last Wednesday evening my wife and I went to one of our favorite local restaurants, Agua Linda, to get our fix of spicy Mexican food. We go there regularly and know the owners, manager and many of the staff by name and vice versa. As we walked in we heard mariachi music playing. We boththought we...

In Oglethorpe County, GA, for the week ending Oct.25, 2009 the real estate market looks like this: There are 194 active listings of which 119 are residential, 30 are farm and land. This is an increase of 4 listing from the previous week. There are 16 properties under contract, down 3 from the pr...

Not original, but thought that I would share: Celibacy can be a choice in life, or a condition imposed by circumstances. While attending a Marriage Encounter Weekend, Walter and his wife Ann, listened to the instructor declare, "It is essential that husbands and wives know the things that are imp...

  In Oconee County, GA, for the week ending Oct 18, 2009 the real estate market looks like this: There are 807 active listings of which 421 are residential, 23 are farm and land. The total number of listings is the same as in the previous report. There were 51 listings under contract at the end ...

In Oglethorpe County, GA, for the week ending Oct.18, 2009 the real estate market looks like this: There are 190 active listings of which 115 are residential, 31 are farm and land. This is an increase of 1 listing from the previous week. There are 19 properties under contract, the same as in the...