Mike Saunders

17 members of the Athens Area Association of Realtors completed the 60 Mile Walk for the Cure Oct. 24-26. Their efforts earned them a lot of blisters and raised over $45,000 for breast cancer research and community outreach.

Thanks to everyone that made a contribution to this worthy cause. If you did not get a chanch to contibute, Donations may still be made via the team fundraising webpage at http://www.the3day.org/goto/ AAAR. If you donate online, you can spread your donation out over four monthly payments.

Kudos to the team membes who not only made that 3 day 60 mile walk but spent all that time training and getting in shape to do this.

AAAR Team Members:

• Bob Allen
• Marsha Allen
• Carol Bitner
• Dale Bogardus
• Evie Brassie, Bill Caputi
• Tammi Johnson
• Judy McDonald
• Brenda Paulk
• Julie Paulk
• Linda Carol Porterfield
• Beth Russell
• Glenda Severson
• Angela Shields
• Bo Shields
• Jennifer Westmoreland
• Pam Wiley

In Oglethorpe County, GA, for the week ending Nov. 1, 2009 the real estate market looks like this:

There are 198 active listings of which 119 are residential, 30 are farm and land. This is an increase of 4 listing from the previous week.

There are 14 properties under contract, down 2 from the previous report.

During the week of Oct. 26 - Nov 1, 2009 there were 2 closed residentials sale and no closed farm and land sales. This is 3 fewer closed transactions than in the previous report.

For more information on Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe County please visit my website The Athens Real Estate Page.

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

In Athens -Clarke County, GA, for the week ending Oct. 11, 2009 the real estate market looks like this:

There are 1557 active listings of which 1287 are residential, 17 are farm and land. This is decrease of 6 listings from the previous reporting period.

There are 161 listings under contract. This number is up 6 from the previous period.

There have been 7 closed sales duiring the period of Oct. 5 - Oct. 11, 2009, all of which were residential. This is down 14 closed transactions from the previous period.

For more information on Athens, 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 Athens, please visit my website The Athens Real Estate Page.

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.

In Jackson County, GA, for the week ending Oct. 25, 2009 the real estate market looks like this:

There are 298 active listings of which 152 are residential, 9 are farm and land. The listing number is down 3 from the previous reporting period.

There are 42 listings under contract, the same number as in the previous period.

During the week of Oct. 19 - Oct. 25, 2009 there was 1 closed residential transaction and no closed farm & land transactions in Jackson County. This amount is down 1 transaction from the previous reporting period.

For more information on Jackson 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 Jackson 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.

In Watkinsville, GA, for the week ending Oct. 25, 2009 the real estate market looks like this:

There are 493 active listings of which 263 are residential, 11 are farm and land. The total listings are the same as in the previous reporting period while residential listings are down 9 and farm & land listings are unchanged for the reporting period.

There are 31 listings under contract, up 5 from the previous period.

During the week of Oct. 19 - Oct. 25, 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.