About Oconee County, GA

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 of the reporting period, down 5 from the previous week.

During the week of Oct 12 - Oct. 18, 2009, there were 3 closed residential sale in Oconee County, Ga, and 0 closed farm and land sale. This is an decrease of 29 closed transactions from the previous report.

For more information on Oconee County, 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 Oconee County please visit my website www.theathensrealestatepage.com.

Note: All data is taken from the Athens Area Association of Realtors MLS system and accurate as of one day after the reporting period.

We had record cold this morning - 33 chilly degrees here in Watkinsville, GA, which had me rummaging for gloves and ear covers before walking this morning.

I noticed that my purple coneflowers had multiple little flowers coming our of a main flower - note the one on the left. Has anyone ever seen this before?

After raining off and on all week, the weather channel predicted "cloudy" for the Watkinsville Fall Festival today. Well, it started misting around 8:00 a.m. and started raining harder and harder throughout the morning. Still, a good many people came and brought their children, including babies. I stood out in the rain for 2 hours directing traffic, but before I did, I had to visit the funnel cake booth.

As the day was cold and wet, funnel cakes may well have been one of the best things going as they are hot and sweet.

For those who aren't familiar with funnel cakes, here is the process and the finished product.

First, you pour a funnel of batter into the hot oil.

After they're done, you top with powdered sugar.

Voila, the finished product! Enjoy!!

In Watkinsville, GA, for the week ending Oct. 11, 2009 the real estate market looks like this:

There are 493 active listings of which 272 are residential, 11 are farm and land. The total listings are down 30 from the previous reporting period, both residential listings and farm and land listings are unchanged for the reporting period.

There are 26 listings under contract, down 1 from the previous period.

During the week of Oct. 5 - Oct. 11, 2009 there were 0 closed residential transactions and 31 closed farm and land sales, in Watkinsville, Ga. This is up 28 total transactions from the previous week.

For more information on Watkinsville, 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 Watkinsville, please visit my website www.theathensrealestatepage.com.

Note: All data is taken from the Athens Area Association of Realtors MLS system and accurate as of one day after the reporting period.

DON'T MISS THE WATKINSVILLE FALL FESTIVAL THIS SATURDAY (OCTOBER 17)!

There'll be a lot happening this Saturday in downtown Watkinsville, GA at the Fall Festival. There will be numerous craft booths, lots to eat and tons of fun for the kids. If you haven't had funnel cakes in awhile, this is your chance. There will also be fresh vegetables from the Oconee Farmer's Market, a train to ride, animals to pet and corn boxes for the kids to play in, not to mention music all day at the bandstand.

The festival is from 9:00-4:00 in downtown Watkinsville on Rocket Field and the Eagle Tavern area. See you there!