About Clarke County, GA

In Athens -Clarke County, GA, for the week ending Sep 6, 2009 the real estate market looks like this:

There are 1577 active listings of which 1333 are residential, 19 are farm and land. This is a decrease of 6 listings from the previous reporting.

There are 147 listings under contract. This number is up 4 from the previous period.

There have been 9 closed sales duiring the period of Aug 31- Sep 6, 2009, all of which were residential. This is 8 more closed transactions than the previous period.

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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.

A brand new music venue is opening in Athens, GA, the Rialto Room. It is named after the Rialto Ballroom, in Liverpool, where the Beatles got their start in 1962. Described as an expertly engineered and intentionally intimate space devoted to unforgettable musical performances it sounds like it will be a an excellent small venue theater for listening to an eclectic selection of musicians.

I have not yet been inside to experience the accoustics and ambiance, the innaugural show is Friday, Sep. 11th. My wife and I, while not being able to experience the opening night, will be attending at least one of the currently scheduled performances and I will reporting back and the experience and posting pictures of the club. Seating capacity appears to be about 200, so, all seats should be pretty good.

The currently published schedule is as follows:

Fri. 9/11 - David Smits

Fri. 9/25 - Christopher Cross

Fri. 10/2 - T. Graham Brown

Fri. 11/6 - Kim Carnes

Fri. 11/13 - Shawn Mullins

Fri. 11/20 - Edwin McCain

The Rialto Room is located at 500 College Ave.in downtown Athens.

Marty Winkler, along with her partner Michael C. Steele, will be giving a free concert at the Athens-Clarke County Library on Sunday, Sep. 6. Marty and Michael will be presenting their original work as well as their versions of other artists music.

You can get a flavor of what to expect at the concert by visiting Marty's MySpace Music page. She will also be appearing in downtown Athens at the Melting Point, Saturday evening, Sep. 5. along with Jazz Enigma and Holly Belle.

The concert will be in the auditorium of the library and is sponsored by the Friends of the Athens-Clarke County Library.

August 2009 residential real estate sales volume in Athens - Clarke County, GA showed another large decline of almost 4% in the 12 month sliding sales volume from July. The average Days on Market (D.O.M.) remained flat.

The median sales price remained flat while the average price, while it rose slightly is the second lowest average in the last year. This is probably driven by two factors: 1) the number of foreclosures and short sales on the market; 2) first time homebuyers taking advantage of the $8000 tax credit.

At the end of August there were 143 pending sales of residential property in Athens - Clarke County, down 19 from the July figures. Residential properties include single family homes, duplexes, triplexes, condos, townhouses, mobile and manufactured homes.

The following table shows the sliding 12 month residential sales volume in Athens-Clarke County over the last 12 months:

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