Watkinsville, GA

Are Watkinsville home sales bottoming? Data from September shows that with a decrease of 1 sales were virtually flat with August. The sliding 12 month sales figures indicate a decrease in sales volume holding steady at just under 26% for the last two month. The average number of days the sold home is on the market is still slightly increasing but overall it is only a 6-1/2% increase since the beginning of the year.

The median sales price has continued to rise, up just over 17% since Jan. 1. The average sales price is down from the previous two months but virtually even with the beginning of the year. The median sales price is down also.

The following chart shows the sliding 12 month figures:

In just a few month, students at the Watkinsville, GA campus of Gainesville State College will begin to enjoy their multi purpose buildings. Right now parking is a little frustrating as much of the parking area is blocked off due to the construction, but everything should be back to normal by mid December.

Students have great activities to choose from coming this October, including a poetry reading by Speaker/Poet Gabriela Garcia-Medina, and a Hispanic Film Series. One of the planned features for the new multipurpose building is to be able to offer more activities to the student body.

I just love it when my fellow community members swing by the pharmacy or see me out in public and ask me how the real estate market is treating me. This has been my best year ever and they always have a shock or smirk on their face when I tell them that EVERYTHING IS AWESOME......FOR ME.that's when they come back with, Really? Huh? Well my house has been on the market.....or my aunt in California has....blah, blah blahblahblah. First of all, If there home is on the market with a competitor, I hope that they did there homework and found an agent that delivers a product. Secondly, homes sell when the prices are right!!!!!!!!! A wise Real Estate wizard grand master once told me that people do not buy houses, they buy benefits. If the price is right for the benefit the house sells. End of discussion. He is the wisest man in his training field. Real estate is not like gas or milk; people don't keep buying it just because the person before them bought it at the same price. at least that's not my way of properly pricing a newly marketed home that is for sale. I know I'm preaching to the choir, but it sure feels good to vent once in a while!

On Friday I took our visitine out-of-town friend to the First Friday on Main in Watkinsville to see what was going on. Although there weren't as many people downtown as I have seen in the past, probably due to the fact that there were several high school football games Friday night.

However, there were a lot of events for children, including 2 trains, arts and craft activities, a rock climbing wall, moonwalk and other activities.

Additionally, there was a booth promoting Grace's Birthday Party coming up at Ashford Manor on September 21 from 3:00 to 6:00 PM. For more information about Gracie's party, go to WWW.gracesbirthday.com.

It was a bit disappointing that only a few of the shops were open this month. Maybe next time.

Anyway, we had a good time on a pleasant Friday evening.

But the news is still mixed.

In Watkinsville the sliding 12 month sales figures have shown a steady increase in both the average and median sales prices of homes since May with the last two months averages above the figures from Jan. 1.

At the same time D.O.M. has increased by 16% (27 days) from 168 to 195 days and the number of units sold has shown a decrease of about 26%

The following chart shows the sliding 12 month figures: