About Clarke County, GA

Let us help you make your decision to consider a move to the "Classic City of the South", Athens, Georgia.

Athens, GA has received a great deal of recent, national attention, including:

• Athens: One of Seven Cool Cities, Kiplingers Personal Finance, October 2005
• Athens: One of Five Best Places to Retire 2005, Money Magazine, October 11 & November 2006!
• Athens Named One of AmericanStyle Magazine's Top 25 Arts Destinations for 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006
• Athens Ranks 34th Nationally in Quality-of-Life by 'Cities Ranked & Rated'
• Rolling Stone magazine names Athens America's #1 College Music Scene, 2/20/03
• Featured in LA Times Sunday Travel Section, 6/15/03
• Featured in Washington Post Sunday Travel Section, 6/29/03
• Featured in Country Discoveries Magazine, Summer 2003.
• Featured in Southern Voice, 6/27/03
• Athens' Hugh Acheson Named one of Food & Wine Magazine's Best New Chefs for 2002
• Princeton Review Ranks Athens among Great College Towns
• New York Times Travel Profile: 36 Hours in Athens
• Comopolitan magazine's: 100 Hot City Guide
• Athens, Georgia named # 33 of America's 50 Greenest Cities in February 2008 by Popular Science!

See an even more extensive list of Athens Georgia awards and rankings including top rated restaraunts, bars, music and more!

Athens is home to:

• 14 neighborhoods and commercial districts on the National Register of Historic Places; 3 house museums
• Northeast Georgia's cultural, shopping, medical, professional, and educational hub
• The University of Georgia, the nation's first state-chartered university (1785)
• The Classic Center:70,000+ sq. ft. meeting/exhibit space and 2,000+ seat performing arts theatre
• A musical mecca that spawned R.E.M, the B-52s, Widespread Panic, and numerous other acclaimed acts
• The Southeast's largest and most concentrated collection of gardens and specialty nurseries
• The only double-barreled cannon in the world
• America's first garden club
• Home of the original Constitution of the Confederate States of America
• The Morton Theatre, an early vaudeville theatre built, owned, and operated by an African-American
• One of only 11 United States Naval museums in the country
• The state of Georgia's official art museum and botanical garden

I'd like to take a moment to introduce myself. I'm Michelle DeRepentigny, Broker of Success Realty and a Relocation Services Specialist. Perhaps most importantly, I'm a native of Athens, Georgia and ideally suited to help you relocate to this area.

We'd love to help you make the decision to move to Athens, Georgia!

If you would like to see what is available for sale in the Athens Georgia and surrounding area real estate market, please search our IDX via the multiple listing service, just click on the "search for homes" button below.

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For more information about homes for sale and real estate in Athens, GA or to request a Relocation Package for Athens, GA and the surrounding areas , please visit our website at Success Realty or email Michelle DeRepentigny at Michelle@SuccessRealtyGa.com for more information

It's Valentines Day 2008 so here are a few of the things I love about Athens, Georgia!

The Athens, Georgia real estate market has remained mostly stable with appreciation in most areas!

In Athens, Georgia and the surrounding area we have great Bed and Breakfast Accomodations - what a romantic get away or special treat for a visit!

Athens was named the second safest city in Georgia!

There is always something to do that is fun in Athens, Georgia!

Great neighborhoods like Five Points are found in Athens, Georgia!

We love our University of Georgia Bulldogs in Athens, Georgia!

We love the University of Georgia for the diversity and cultural opportunities it brings to Athens, Georgia!

Now - please tell me what you love about Athens, Georgia!

• For relocation and general information (including school information, crime statistics and more)about Athens, Georgia and the surrounding area including Clarke County, Madison County, Jackson County, Barrow County, Oconee County, and Oglethorpe County, Georgia, see the other post on our community blog at All About Athens GA.
• For more information about homes for sale and real estate in Athens, GA or to request a Relocation Package for Athens, GA and the surrounding areas including the above counties, please visit our website at Success Realty or email Michelle DeRepentigny at Michelle@SuccessRealtyGa.com to find out the date for our next HomeBuyer Seminar or English as Second Language Homeybuyer Seminar! Space is limited at both of these seminars, please contact us today to reserve your seat!

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Michelle@SuccessRealtyGa.com Success Realty website

The good news: Athens, Georgia's housing statistics for year end 2006 versus 2007 show a mostly stable market for average home sales prices!

• 6 out of 13 areas in and around Athens, GA had an increase in average sales price

Great News: Area 6 - Five Points in Athens, Area 10 - Madison County, and Area 13 - Oglethorpe County, have had an increased number of sales in the first half of the year.

The not so great news: The number of homes sold in the year 2007 versus the number of homes sold in the year of 2006 has decreased in 10 out of 13 areas in and around Athens, GA.

Average Days on the Market:

• Days on market has actually decreased in four areas.
• Days on market sharply increased in three areas.
• Days on market remained mostly stable with only slight changes in six areas.

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Overall, the Athens Georgia real estate market appears to have slowed in many areas, but average sales prices have remained mostly steady.

Athens-Clarke County School Information (includes surrounding counties)

Athens-Clarke County Crime Statistics (includes surrounding counties)

What Others Say About the Athens Georgia metro Area

• For relocation and general information (including school information, crime statistics and more)about Athens, Georgia and the surrounding area including Clarke County, Madison County, Jackson County, Barrow County, Oconee County, and Oglethorpe County, Georgia, see the other post on our community blog at All About Athens GA.
• For more information about homes for sale and real estate in Athens, GA or to request a Relocation Package for Athens, GA and the surrounding areas including the above counties, please visit our website at Success Realty or email Michelle DeRepentigny at Michelle@SuccessRealtyGa.com to find out the date for our next HomeBuyer Seminar or English as Second Language Homeybuyer Seminar! Space is limited at both of these seminars, please contact us today to reserve your seat!

706-207-2502 cell 706-543-1553 office

Michelle@SuccessRealtyGa.com Success Realty website

All information believed accurate, but not guaranteed. Statistical data compiled from Athens ILS reports.

Whoo Hoo! An early spring has been predicted by General Beau Lee, Georgia's Official Weather Prognosticator, who lives in luxury at the Yellow river Game Ranchin Lilburn, Georgia.

I'm so glad he didn't see his shadow - I'm ready for warmer weather!

The phones are ringing off the hook, with potential buyers getting an early start on searching for homes in the Athens, Georgia area, this week. So I am predicting an early spring market for Athens, Georgia area real estate, also!

Happy Groundhog Day!