Shoppers who live in the Havelock area and members of the MCAS Cherry Point community now have another option for shopping in Havelock. Wal-Mart has opened a store near the "back gate" of MCAS Cherry Point on US 70. This neighborhood store has groceries as well as the usual merchandise you are u
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08/10/2008
Havelock.NC still has low inventory compared to other areas of eastern NC. Here's the scoop gathered from the Neuse River Region Association of REALTORS® for April-June 2008. Single Family Homes Sold 77 all under $299,000.00 Average Days on the Market 73 Average Sales Price
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08/10/2008
With the influx of military personnel headed to eastern NC over the next few years, I've been researching how the Veterans Administration Home Loan works and what the some of the benefits are. In the market I work in, the Neuse River Region Association of REALTORS® 21% of our mortgages where VA
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08/05/2008
The amount of housing for sale in the area around New Bern NC has not started to decline yet. The present run up in inventory started in late 2006. The highest number of homes for sale occurred in July of 2008 at 1577. The largest amount of inventory prior to July 2008 was October 2007 with 15
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08/05/2008
A new law in North Carolina will affect students in Craven County including those that attend public, private and those participating in home schooling. Students who are twelve years old, in the sixth grade and who have not had a TDAP(tetanus,diphtheria, and acellular pertussis) booster shot in t
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08/04/2008
The North Carolina History Education Center is coming to New Bern N.C. This new 60+ million dollar project is getting ready to begin. Construction site work starts this August. There thousand loads of fill will be hauled into the downtown area located on the Trent River, bordered by Metcalf a
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08/04/2008
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, however due to the large number of homes for sale in the Neuse River Region Association of REALTORS® maybe the word "picture" should be replaced with "graph". We are in the middle of a BUYER'S MARKET and based on sales so far this year I suspect that
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07/28/2008
Well, the summer is quickly passing us by here in eastern North Carolina. I guess we have all been enjoying the beaches and rivers, watching the Kinston Indians play baseball, and enjoying all the things that make the New Bern area a great place to live. I went by a parking lot full of schools b
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07/28/2008
The buyers market continues to hang on for the second year here in New Bern. Inventory levels are high, buyers are few in numbers and the bottom and top ranges of the market is where we are seeing movement. One the high end we have seen 1 million plus home sell this quarter which brings the tota
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07/26/2008
It appears that financing is getting harder for buyers to put together to get the home that they are wanting. In the market that I work in, located in eastern North Carolina, this is where the money came from from July 2007-July 2008. Cash 15.5% VA 21% Conventional 56.5% FHA 5.6
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07/26/2008