A year after the coronavirus pandemic put a damper on just about everything, Havelock announced the 2021 Freedom Fest, which will be held July 3.
The festival and show is being held on July 3rd this year because Independence Day falls on a Sunday. The Freedom Fest will take place at Havelock’s City Park at 5 p.m. and will include live music, vendors and games, followed by the fireworks bursting over Walter B. Jones Park at 9 p.m.
Mayor Will Lewis said the board of commissioners decided to have the event on Saturday because it would be easier on people who might have to work the following Monday, and they had family activities in mind.
You’ve just decided to sell your home and put it on the market. You haven’t so much as put the for sale sign in the yard when you notice pieces of siding falling off your neighbor’s house.
It could be old shingles, an even older car that isn’t covered up, a dead tree that needs removal, ruts from large trucks parking on a grass easement, or a huge spot of unsightly mildew badly needing a good pressure washing.
How is the best way to handle this situation that doesn’t lead to flaring tempers, resentments, a lower sale price, or legal action, which is usually the last course of action you want.
Religious Community Services of New Bern has been actively reaching out to cities around the New Bern area through their Operation Outpost initiative. The Havelock stop brought smiles from both volunteers and those in need.
Operation Outpost is a location rotating and traveling group of volunteers who bring food and clothing to those in need to Bridgeton and Havelock in Craven County, Pollocksville in Jones, and Alliance in Pamlico on designated days every month. The program is relatively new and is made possible by community donors and grants. Havelock s visit comes on the first Wednesday of every month.
The services are an extension from what is available out of the downtown New Bern center, according to David Kick, board of directors president, and the Havelock event was held at the Pregnancy Resource Center at 925 East Main Street in the East Professional Plaza.
January’s numbers have been released for Craven County’s residential market and results and the market haven’t changed that much.
Time will tell as we head into a new year with a new president at the helm of the nation. There were also fewer active and pending listings compared to last year.
The monthly report provided by Michael Raines, broker owner of CENTURY 21 Zaytoun-Raines shows the following: The average list price for a home as of January is $292,984 an 18% increase from 2020’s price of $247,984. The average sale price was $219,718 as opposed to $167,833 last year; an increase of almost 40%.
The new year the housing market remains good and was one vital industry that did well during a year fraught with a global pandemic. Changes in the current sellers market are not foreseen to undergo anything radical.
Total sold for December were 235. This time in 2019 167 were sold for a 40.7% increase. Year to date for 2020 was 2215 and 1978 in 2019 for a difference of 12%.
A housing market residential report for Craven County provided by Michael G. Raines, broker/owner of CENTURY 21 Zaytoun-Raines, broke down housing data for the end of December. The next report will be available in February, according to Raines.
The average list price for a home as of Dec. 20 was $302,299 compared to $252,197, a 19.87% change since 2019. Houses sold for this price range were 16 vs. 10 in 2019 – a 60% increase. The year-to-date average list price was $233,261 up from $211,360 – 10.36% since 2019. Total homes for that range sold year to date were 129 up from 69 in 2019, which was an 87% increa