HometownGeorgetown.com

Recently, I decided that I needed a website, and although I knew very little about it, I decided to try building it myself. (They don’t call me Looney for nothing!) I have the software I need, and I have tutorial CD’s that will show me how to use the software if I can ever find time to go through the lessons. In the meantime, I knew how to create a static page but not how to get it onto the Internet. So I went to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce website and looked in the Member Directory for web hosting services. Great move! I found a phone number for ClearChoice IT. I called that evening, about 5:30 p.m., and Matt Wilson got me set up within an hour. Too cool! If you go to HometownGeorgetown.com, you’ll see that I have a lot of work to do, but it’s a start.

Matt was great to work with. He gave me very clear instructions on how to get my site online. He quoted a price to me that seemed very reasonable. When the invoice came, Matt gave me a discount from the price he quoted because I didn’t require an e-mail address. (I already have an e-mail address – jenel@moreland.com – and I hope you’ll write to me if you’re planning to buy or sell a home.) I had already agreed to a higher price, but Matt gave me a discount. I think that says a lot about his character.

Georgetown’s real estate market today

The MLS system has a great search tool that allows me to set as many or as few parameters as necessary as I help clients look for homes. This morning, I searched for houses for sale in Georgetown. There are 551. (There are 581 properties for sale. The latter number includes lots, farms, manufactured homes, condominiums, etc.)

Here’s an interesting fact: there are 131 properties in a pending status. This means that an offer has been made and accepted, and the buyers are working on inspections and financing. These properties were on the market everywhere from 0 days to 517! Imagine, trying to sell your home for 517 days. The good news is, approximately two-thirds of those properties sold after less than three months on the market. Just proves what I was saying yesterday: Price your house right, and the buyers will find you.