Athens, GA

In Athens -Clarke County, GA, for the week ending Nov. 1, 2009 the real estate market in Athens, Ga. looks like this:

There are 1563 active listings of which 1288 are residential, 16 are farm and land. This is increase of 5 listings from the previous reporting period.

There are 148 listings under contract. This number is 13 fewer than the previous period.

There have been 7 closed sales duiring the period of Oct. 26 - Nov. 1, 2009, all of which were residential. This is thesame number of closed transactions as in the previous period.

For more information on Athens, GA or if you are interested in buying or selling your home there, please call me at 706-207-5290. Or you can click here to email me with your inquiries. To search for homes in Athens, please visit my website The Athens Real Estate Page.

Note: All data is taken from the Athens Area Association of Realtors MLS system and accurate as of one day after the reporting period. Athens-Clarke County market data includes the City of Athens, the town of Winterville and the remaining areas of Clarke County.

This year's Halloween Havoc at the University of Georgia's hayfield on South Milledge Ave. in Athens, GA again attracted some talented student groups to compete with decorated hay bales.

The UGA Cattlemen's Association sponsored the event for the second year as a fund raiser for the winning group's favorite philanthropy and for the North Georgia Food Bank. In spite of heave rain earlier in the week, the hay bales weathered the storm, so to speak, very well.

Below are some of the best entries. You be the judge, which one is the best?

H1N1 - GET IT? (SWINE FLU)

I CALL THIS ONE "BAT BALE"

BULL RIDER

THIS WOULD BE THE POULTRY SCIENCE CLUB ENTRY

BLOCK & BRIDLE CLUB

ROBOT?

STUDENT CATTLEMEN?

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. This number is up 6 from the previous period.

There have been 7 closed sales duiring the period of Oct. 5 - Oct. 11, 2009, all of which were residential. This is down 14 closed transactions from the previous period.

For more information on Athens, GA or if you are interested in buying or selling your home there, please call me at 706-207-5290. Or you can click here to email me with your inquiries. To search for homes in Athens, please visit my website The Athens Real Estate Page.

Note: All data is taken from the Athens Area Association of Realtors MLS system and accurate as of one day after the reporting period. Athens-Clarke County market data includes the City of Athens, the town of Winterville and the remaining areas of Clarke County.

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 recognized the song but were surprised to realize that it was a mariachi version of the Beach Boys song, Kokomo, only with quitar, violin and trumpets. The singers were terrific and the musicians skilled.

As we progressed through out meal we also realized that this was not traditional mariachi music that this band was playing. Kokomo was soon followed by a Beatles tune, some 50's and 60's standards, a bit of Sinatra and many other tunes that you would not expect to hear on mariachi night at a Mexican restaurant.

We were enjoying the food and the music when we were both very surprised to here a classic Pink Floyd tune echoing through the restaurant. It was unexpected but extrememly delightful.

This mariachi band that was playing is full of accomplished musicians with a sense of humor. The dining crowd loved them and were singing along with all of their tunes, especially this one. However, I admit, in order to not damage the appetites of our fellow diners, I refrained from contributing.

If you are ever in Athens, GA and want some good food, we recommend Aqua Linda. There are two locations, the original near downtown on Prince Ave, however, we usually patronize the location on Timothy Rd. The menu is the same at both of them so you can't go wrong at either one if you want good Mexican food.

And who knows, if it is mariachi night you might hear a traditional Mexican classic, or, and this is what I am hoping for, some mariachi Nirvana.

Regardless, All in All It's Just Another Ladrillo in El Muro!

For more information about dining in and around Athens, GA, or if you are intertested in buying or selling your home please call me at 706-207-5290, or, you can click here to email me with your inquiries. If you would like to search for homes and real estate in the Athens, GA area, as well as the surrounding communities, please visit my website, The Athens Real Estate Page.

The following charts show the month my month sales volume of the Greater Athens metropolitan area for the months of June through September 2009.

Chart 1 shows the trends for both the number of residential units sold and the average number of Days on Market (D.O.M.) for those units. It appears that since the July peak, the number of residential sales has trended lower for the most recent two months while the D.O.M. has been trending higher.

Chart 1

The second chart is tracking both the average and the median price of residential sales in the greater Athens metropolitan area. Both the average and the median sales prices have stayed relatively flat during this period, which is somewhat good news.

Chart 2:

The Greater Athens Metropolitan area, for this report, includes Athens-Clarke County, Oconee County, Oglethorpe County, Jackson County and Madison County. All figures come from the Athens Area Association of Realtors® multiple listing service (MLS).