Greenville, NC

The invasion begins today. Keep an eye out, Greenville citizens, for young people - and weepy parents - hauling boxes of belongings and books around East Carolina University's campus.

Residence Halls Information Site

Approximately 5,000 students are expected to move into residence halls beginning today, bringing on-campus housing close to capacity, a news release stated. Two or three beds remain available for men, with close to 40 beds for women. Those numbers may change if walk-ins and cancellations occur, said Director of Housing Operations Aaron Lucier.

CENTRAL CAMPUS DORMS

Last year, housing was over capacity and ECU had to rent apartments in the surrounding area to accommodate student needs. Lucier said even with one residence hall unavailable this year - Scott Hall is undergoing renovations - overall university policy helped trim the number of students living on campus. ECU lowered the number of freshmen accepted this year due to budget restraints and teaching vacancies, along with the drastic parking issues.

COLLEGE HILL DORMS

Lucier said his department did say no to a few students requesting housing, primarily returning students and freshman men. He said housing was worried slots wouldn't be available and didn't want to keep the students in limbo.

A number of social events are planned beginning this weekend to welcome new and returning students to Pirate life:

WESTERN CAMPUS DORMS

Friday: 3-6 p.m., Sigma Phi Epsilon house reopening, corner of Fifth and Summit streets; program begins at 5 p.m. After a fire in January, the Sigma Phi Epsilon house will reopen for students with new safety features. Contact: Keith Tingley, ECU Office of Greek Life, 328-4235.

Saturday: Million Meals Event, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Boys & Girls Club on Fire Tower Road. Organized by Stop Hunger Now and the Volunteer and Service-Learning Center, the University Million Meals Event is designed to package meals to feed the hungry around the world. Contact: Mike Loeffelman, 328-2735.

Saturday: Meet The Pirates, 6-8 p.m., Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Pirate football fans are invited to bring the whole family out to get to know the 2009 ECU football team. For this free event, fans will be able to take photos and receive autographs from players, coaches, and cheerleaders. The new ECU 18-wheel equipment truck that will accompany ECU on all away football games will be on display. Activities include the opportunity to walk on the field, pirate temporary tattoos and inflatable rides and games.

Sunday: New Student Convocation, 3-4 p.m., Wright Auditorium. Panel discussion with Chancellor Steve Ballard, football Head Coach Skip Holtz, Faculty Chair Marianna Walker and SGA President Brad Congleton speaking about university life.

Sunday: "ECU Stars," 7-9 p.m., in Wright Auditorium for ECU's version of "American Idol" with cash prizes. Auditions will be earlier that day, noon to 2 p.m. in Wright Auditorium.

Monday: ninth annual Pirate Palooza, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. This free event is for ECU students and will feature live music, inflatable attractions, giveaways, food and the opportunity to meet ECU coaches.

Aug. 27: P3 = Pirates, Pool and Professors, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Student Recreation Center. Students will meet ECU faculty members and then, at 6 p.m., head to Grainger Stadium for a Kinston Indians game.

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Thanks to continued support from our clients and strong staff development, Realty World East Carolina ranked #3 in NC and SC in sales for the month of July. We continue to grow year over year numbers since the companies inception in February 2007. Want to know what it's like to work with a winning TEAM? Give me a call today so I can share with you how we continue to be successful in a soft market, or visit us at: www.GreenvilleHomeTeam.com

REMAX International

As a National Series sponsor of the Race for the Cure Series, RE/MAX & Deryck Wilson, a local REALTOR, both continue their support of Komen's promise to save lives and end breast cancer forever. Formerly the co-sponsor of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® Survivor Recognition Program, RE/MAX is committed to both honoring survivors and mobilizing its sales associates Nationwide. RE/MAX encourages its agents to get involved by participating in local Komen Race for the Cure® events in their community.

In addition, the Sold for the Cure^TM fundraising program allows RE/MAX Associates to make contributions to their local Komen Affiliates for each closed transaction. Through RE/MAX Sold for the Cure, associates have contributed more than $100,000.

Deryck and his team give on behalf of every buyer or seller to the Susan G. Komen Cure Series. This helps Deryck stand above the crowd with RE/MAX!

Program Information

Program Name: Sold for the Cure^TM
Contribution: More than $100,000
Total number of years active: 2

Deryck Wilson, Broker, REALTOR
The Tallest Man in Real Estate

- LITERALLY!

REMAX International is a member of the Komen Million Dollar Council Elite.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

08-19-2009, Greenville, NC - Even as the housing crisis continues to impact the economy and the real estate market, RE/MAX agents continue to live up to their motto "Outstanding Agents, Outstanding Results^®" in their support of Children's Miracle Network.

Deryck Wilson, a local REALTOR with RE/MAX Preferred Realty gives back to the local Children's Miracle Network hospital "Children's Hospital of Eastern Carolina" through participation in the Miracle Home^® program, making a donation with each real estate transaction.

"My clients know that I am a passionate supporter of Children's Miracle Network," said Mr. Wilson. "Each home I sell sports a ‘Miracle Home' rider above my RE/MAX yard sign. This attracts a lot of attention to the home, and to RE/MAX as a company that gives back. In addition, instead of buying a closing gift that may or may not be what my clients like, I make a donation to our local Children's Miracle Network hospital. When my clients receive an ‘Honor Card' informing them that I have made a gift in their name, they are always extremely touched."

In 2008, RE/MAX agents in North America raised over $8 million for Children's Miracle Network hospitals. "Year after year, and despite the challenges that face their industry, RE/MAX agents prove that their compassion for the community defines who they are and how they do business. Through the Miracle Home program, agents' cumulative efforts enable our network of hospitals to bring expert care to millions of deserving children," said Scott Burt, president and CEO of Children's Miracle Network.

About Children's Miracle Network

Children's Miracle Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by raising funds for children's hospitals. Each year the 170 Children's Miracle Network hospitals provide the finest medical care, life-saving research and preventative education to help millions of kids overcome diseases and injuries of every kind. To learn more go to www.childrensmiraclenetwork.org.

About RE/MAX Preferred Realty

RE/MAX was founded by Dave and Gail Liniger in 1973. It has grown from a single office in Denver, Colorado, to be a global network of nearly 100,000 real estate agents in more than 70 countries. Today, nearly all U.S. home listings can be found at remax.com, the most visited Web site of any real estate network. No one in the world sells more real estate than RE/MAX. To Search all of Greenville NC's Listings, visit us on the web @ www.Remax-Greenville-NC.com.

RE/MAX is proud to promote its commitment to Premier Community Citizenship, which translates into millions of dollars for Children's Miracle Network.

The summer sales season in Greenville NC has been better than many may have expected. As I often do I was looking at the numbers this morning to see how well the market is doing. Today's plan was to see how the summer sales season has been when compared to the number of listing available. These numbers are based on sales from Memorial day 2009 to today, 8-18-09. Many sellers are waiting to list their homes once the prices have started to go back up in this market. That will happen once the supply and demand has leveled off. Now for the good news, from 100k -150k , based on the current active listings 52% of that number has sold since Memorial Day. From 150k - 200K the percentage is 41%, and from 200k - 250k the percentage is 31%, 250k - 300k is 26% , 300k - 350k is 17%. Once we get above those numbers the results are not quite as impressive. So bottom line is we still have a ways to go but we are making progress moving the large inventory of homes so that the prices can start going up again.