Homer Ray

New Bern, N.C. Buyer's Agent Homer Ray earns ABR® designation.

In October 2009, buyer's agent Homer Ray at CENTURY 21 Zaytoun-Raines, New Bern, N.C. received notification from the Real Estate Buyer's Agency Council known as REBAC, that he had met the educational and experiential requirements needed to receive the Accredited Buyer's Representative (ABR®)designation. This is the designation that sets the standard for professionalism and proficiency for agents who claim to be "buyers agents". The ABR® designation is the only buyer's agency designation officially recognized by the National Association of REALTORS®.

As a buyer's agent for the New Bern, Havelock and Cherry Point N.C. area with the ABR® designation, Homer can now advertise to prospective buyer-clients that he is trained to meet the special needs and requirements of today's home buyers. Homer Ray joins over 40,000 real estate professionals world wide who have taken the extra educational steps and field training to enhance their buyer representative skill levels to the ABR® standard recognized by the National Association of REALTORS®.

"I look forward to providing the assistance and advantages of professional buyer representation to civilians moving into the area as well as military personnel relocating to bases in Eastern North Carolina, specifically M.C.A.S. Cherry Point, Camp Lejeune and M.C.A.S. New River".

Homer is a N.C. licensed real estate broker specializing in buyer agency, military relocations and first time home purchases in the New Bern,Havelock, Cherry Point and Newport areas of Eastern North Carolina.

Thousands of people traveled to Havelock, N.C. for the 29th Annual Havelock Chili Festival October 16 and 17th. As our first major cold front of the year pushed through the area, keeping daytime temperatures in the mid 50's, it was chili eating weather.

Havelock is the" Gateway City" that starts at the front gate of MACS Cherry Point, and active, retired military, civilians both young and old came together for the food and events. This annual event is a big draw for family fun and is very affordable for the family budget.

For more details on this community fund raiser for local charities go to http://homer56.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/havelock-n-c-chili-festival-draws-record-crowd/

Flash:

Two well know super heros where spotted running through the streets of New Bern, N.C. on October 17, 2009. Hundereds of other people were spotted as well.

Please go to http://homer56.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/even-super-heros-run-the-neuse-river-bridge-run/ for more details.

Home sales have been between "the rock and a hard place" in my part of eastern North Carolina for some months.

In N.C. as in all markets, there are some areas that are doing o.k. but we have seen this year's month vs. last year monthly sales slide for 22 months in a row.

With that said there does seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel! In September 2009 we missed our September 2008 sales number by the smallest amount in 22 months. We were only off by 10 houses!

While we will still have to see what happens next, I think this is very encouraging.

Purchases by families at M.C.A.S. Cherry Point have remained fairly stable. About 36% of homes purchased in September 2009 were done with V.A. financing.

Another thing that showed up in September is we sold homes in every price category of our MLS, including 1 million dollar homes.

Prediction: If we are not at the beginning of a rebound in sales, we are very close. Stay tuned more to come.

Opinion by Homer Ray Accredited Buyer's Representative New Bern NC

North Carolina U.S. Representative Walter B. Jones Jr. has sponsored a bill that would allow service members who buy their first home, using the First Time Home Buyer's Tax Credit, to be exempt from the current requirement to "hold" the home for 36 months or face a repayment requirement. Jones has been advocating this for some time. His concern is that military families could face hardships with the repayment provision because they often serve at a duty station for only a few years at a time.

Mr. Walter B Jones Jr. is a member of the House Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

If this legislation is made into law, it will exclude repayment of the credit by military families that use the First Time Home Buyer's Tax Credit to buy a hone and are ordered to move by the Military before the 36 month holding period is fulfilled.

U.S. Representative John Tanner, D-Tenn, is the co-sponsor of the bill.

This bill was approved in the House of Representatives, Thursday Oct 8th, but HAS NOT been considered by the Senate.

Please contact our N.C. Senators and voice your support of this great idea for military families. If you live in another state, go here to find your Senator(s) http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Representative Walter B. Jones, Jr. has been a strong supporter of the Armed Forces , read more:http://www.witn.com/military/headlines/63816297.htmlis

Representative Jones can be reached in the following ways:

Thanks to Rob.Peterson@mortgagefamily CENTURY 21 Mortgage for getting this on my radar screen!