Auction Date Changed Due to Severe Winter Weather

February 1, 2022

Please note that the 339.78± acre Morgan County farmland auction originally scheduled for Thursday, February 3 will instead be held Monday, February 7 at 10:00AM at Pathway Services (1905 W. Morton Ave., Jacksonville) due to the forecast of severe winter weather over the next two days. Be safe on the roads and we will see […]

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WLS Represented $51,296,613 in Real Estate Sales in 2021

January 6, 2022

Thank you, our faithful website visitors and friends, for all the times you engage with us in person or online. In 2021, we were blessed to represent $51,296,613 in real estate sales! Small business DOES NOT mean small business! Many of those transactions came together because you told someone about us. We’re thankful for how […]

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Soaring Land Market

October 12, 2021

The word “unprecedented” is overdone these days, but that description can easily be used to describe the land market here in the latter half of 2021. Fueled by a variety of catalysts, record-breaking sales have transpired in Morgan, Greene and surrounding counties. A Morgan County farmland auction we conducted on September 30 garnered an outstanding […]

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Harvest Underway

October 4, 2021

My favorite time of year has begun and no, it isn’t just because of playoff baseball, college football and cooler weather. Harvest brings with it a mix of emotions – nervousness, anticipation, and finality. Even in years when a bumper crop might not be expected, the culmination of the farmers’ labors in the fields always […]

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Worrell Land Services Breaks Own Morgan County Land Auction Record

September 30, 2021

On September 30, Morgan County saw a new high price of $16,900 an acre paid for farmland sold with the intent of continued agricultural production. The auction, conducted by Worrell Land Services, LLC, Jacksonville, and called by Darrell Moore, Winchester, featured 116.39 acres of entirely tillable Class A (142.6 PI) farmland located near Franklin in […]

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COVID-19 Considerations for Auction Days

September 23, 2021

Please be aware of the following COVID-19 considerations for our upcoming land auctions. Like many of you, masks aren’t our favorite and we’re ready to have all this behind us. But since that is not yet the case, and since some attendees may have immunocompromised family members at home, we’ll support local efforts to slow […]

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“Land Sales Season” is Underway!

August 27, 2021

Land values are on the rise, and buyers are chomping at the bit. If you have a parcel or two you’ve thought about selling at some point down the road, you might want to reconsider your timing. Historically, August through February is when most land tends to change hands. So, if you’re thinking of buying […]

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What Is Your Land Worth? Prices Are Up!

May 18, 2021

Tillable farmland is in incredibly high demand right now. The land market is experiencing values we have not seen in 8± years. If you have even remotely considered selling some of your land, now might be the right time to act. Our Land Brokers would be glad to offer market-researched input at no cost to […]

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How to Get Your Home Ready to Sell

May 12, 2021

I LOVE when Sellers ask me, “What can I do to make my house look better to buyers?” This lets me know the owners really care about making their property enticing to lookers. Most buyers are finding properties they want to see on the internet first, so pictures really are worth a thousand words! Here […]

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Out with Greige. Color is in for 2021!

April 13, 2021

If you’re uninspired with all the shades of pale gray, the popular home paint color during the last year or more, look to the new hues of 2021. Every year paint companies release their 2021 color predictions. Changes the pandemic has brought to our lives in 2020 influenced their choices. For example, Sherwin-Williams’ Urbane Bronze […]

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