Mike Saunders

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.

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

There are 301 active listings of which 152 are residential, 9 are farm and land. The listing number is up 8 from the previous reporting period.

There are 42 listings under contract, down 2 from the previous period.

During the week of Oct. 5 - Oct. 11, 2009 there were 2 closed residential transactions and no closed farm & land transactions in Jackson County. This amount is up 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 Madison County, GA, for the week ending Oct. 11, 2009 the real estate market looks like this:

There are 370 active listings, down 7 from the previous report, of which 175 are residential and 41 are farm and land.

There are 37 listings under contract, down 1 listing from the previous report.

For the period of Oct. 5 - Oct. 11, 2009 there was 1 closed residential transaction and 1 closed farm and land transaction in Madison County. This total is down 1 from the previous reporting period.

For more information on Madison 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 Madison 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 Oconee County, GA, for the week ending Oct 11, 2009 the real estate market looks like this:

There are 807 active listings of which 432 are residential, 23 are farm and land. The total number of listings is down 26 from the previous report.

There were 47 listings under contract at the end of the reporting period, down 5 from the previous week.

During the week of Oct 5 - Oct. 11, 2009, there was 1 closed residential sale in Oconee County, Ga, and 31 closed farm and land sale. This is an increase of 26 closed transactions as in 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.

Lexington Ga is a quiet little town about 20 minutes outside of Athens along U.S. Highway 78. Incorporated in 1806, Lexington is the county seat of Oglethorpe County, GA and was named after the town in Massachussetts where "the shots heard 'round the world" were fired.

The courthouse is the oldest of the 15 remaining Romanesque Revival architecture courthouses in the state and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. On the courthouse grounds the Oglethorpe County Civil War Veteran's and the Oglethorpe County Veteran's Memorials are located.

The town still has many of the old buildings along the highway. Some of these are antique shops which provide a pleasant couple of hours diversion searching through all of the old treasures.

There is an unguided walking tour of Lexington that you can take. It will guide you by many of the old buildings as well as the old Lexington Presbyterian Cemetary. In 2008, the town population was 231 people

So, if you want a pleasant little diversion from the activities in and around Athens, or for a backroad trip to Augusta, drive to or through Lexington. You just might enjoy yourself!

For more information about Lexington or 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 and real estate in Lexington and Oglethorpe County please visit my website The Athens Real Estate Page.