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Five Points 5K Run/Walk; the "Five at Five"

09-25-08
Hank Bailey

Come join us for the second annual Five Points 5K Run/Walk!

The "Five at Five" will begin at 5:00PM at Milledge Avenue Baptist Church (1690 South Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA) and will take runners and walkers through some of the scenic streets of the Five Points neighborhood, finishing in Memorial Park.

The event is open to anyone of any age or ability. Come and join the fun.

The mission of the Friends of Five Points neighborhood association is to enhance the quality of life and foster positive community interaction in and around the Five Points area of Athens. Any proceeds from this Run will go toward community enhancement activities.

Awards: Overall Male/Female, Masters Male/Female, and top three finishers Male/Female in age groups beginning 10 and under through 75 and over. The awards presentation will take place at 6:15PM.

T-Shirt/Refreshments: T-shirts will be guaranteed to all pre-registered participants and as supplies last for race day participants. There will be fruit, fluids, and other food at the finish.

Registration: Registration is $15.00 prior to October 4, 2008 and $20.00 afterwards until race day. There is a family registration available for $50.00 (pre-registration only). Register on-line at www.active.com or download a mail-in registration form (pdf).

Race-day Registration will begin at 4:00 PM behind Milledge Avenue Baptist Church, located at 1690 South Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA. The registration table and race start will be at the corner of Carlton Terrace and Marion Drive.

For additional information, please contact Will Chamberlin at Classic Race Services at (706) 769-6593 or e-mail .

Please make checks payable to Friends of Five Points and mail completed applications to:

"Five at Five" 5K
Classic Race Services
2351 College Station Road
Athens, GA 30606

Flickr Athens

09-07-08
Hank Bailey

Flickr, the best online photo management and sharing application, is now being used at http://athensproperties.blogspot.com as a venue for sharing pictures around the Greater Athens Area. Please also look at the links section of this blog.

If you are looking at Athens as a possible location for work, school, or investment please go to my URL to find shots around the area from the Eagle Tavern in Watkinsville to downtown Athens and everywhere in between. Updated frequently, get a feel and get comfortable with our Classic City.

Expectations Moving Upward According to the NAR

09-03-08
Hank Bailey

According to Robert Freedman with the National Association of REALTORS, "existing single-family home sales were down slightly in June, but NAR’s forward-looking indicator suggests sales growth will pick up smartly in the months ahead."

Seemingly this is fueled by what is seen as a good probability of consistent buyer traffic. From real estate professionals surveyed, "expectations remain moderate but the outlook for buyer traffic is holding up well, with only a statistically insignificant easing seen."


Good Gains for Athens-Clarke for the year ending June 2008!

09-03-08
Hank Bailey

According to MSN, Home prices across the country fell 4.8% in the second quarter, compared with the second quarter of 2007. According to the article, the largest declines were in the states where prices had risen highest and overbuilding had been concentrated during the 2003-07 real-estate boom such as California, Nevada, and Florida.

The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, OFHEO, stated that in 208 of the 292 metropolitan areas tracked by the OFHEO, prices dropped at least somewhat in the second quarter. OFHEO went further, price growth was concentrated in smaller cities that had not seen huge appreciation during the housing boom. Quarterly prices rose, too, in cities in the Carolinas, West Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. Note how our community performed for the year ending June 2008;

Metro areaRank1 quarter1 year5 years

Athens-Clarke County, GA
15
1.05
4.73
24.77

New Position as Real Estate Columnist for The Oconee Leader

06-06-08
Hank Bailey

Writing a quick note to say how excited I am to be a new twice monthly Real Estate Columnist for The Oconee Leader. A paper with more than 16,000 readership in the Oconee Area! Will focus on similar stories to what are being written in my real estate blog(s). These columns will be easy to relate to in the reader's quest for a new home, selling an existing home, or providing that individual looking for additional information related to real estate and our local market.