This weekend in New Bern get “Ready, Set, GO.. “     Registration Fees: $45 - June 1, 2012 - July 31, 2012 $55 - August 1, 2012 - Bike MS weekend    You can register online at   http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NCT/fundraising-events/bike-ms/index.aspx Bike MS is a fundraising event. Each Bike MS cyclist must raise a minimum of $300 by the event to be able to participate in the ride. Bike MS is a 2-day cycling event that raises funds to support people living with multiple sclerosis in North and South Carolina and throughout the United States. Money raised through this event funds MS research, programs, services, and advocacy. In 2011, over 2,600 participants raised $1,677,423 to create a world free of MS. This year, our goal is to raise $1.7 million! Bike MS cyclists enjoy tw... 09/07/2012

DEAL of the year! Overview Maps Photos $298,800 Single Family Home Main Features 3 Bedrooms2 Bathrooms1 Partial Bathroom1 UnitInterior: 2,800 sqftLot: 0.95 acre(s) Location 126 Evans Mill Rd.New Bern, NC 28562USA To get updates on open home dates and other property events, please click the "Like" button below: Sonja Babic PRIME Realty & Development LLC(252) 617-0861homes@sonjababic.comhttp://www.SonjaBabic.com Listed by: PRIME Realty & Development LLC Our recent listings Great family home on 1 acre! REDUCEDDEAL of the year!Victorian Beauty!WHAT A VIEW!Great house on a low traffic street Subscribe to our listing feed Nearby properties for sale 07/16/2012

It is great time to consider buying a investment property. Rental market will be booming next 5 years and there are so many deals out there. Please plan to attend this coming Saturday and learn how to score BIG when buying foreclosures. Four established professionals to answer any questions you might have! Let me know if you are planning to attend 252-637-7463 05/15/2012

PRICE REDUCED Overview Maps Photos Description $233,900 Single Family Home Main Features 3 Bedrooms2 BathroomsInterior: 2,100 sqftLot: 0.45 acre(s) Location 114 Neuse Harbour BlvdNew Bern, NC 28560USA To get updates on open home dates and other property events, please click the "Like" button below: Sonja Babic PRIME Realty & Development LLC(252) 617-0861homes@sonjababic.comhttp://www.SonjaBabic.com Listed by: PRIME Realty & Development LLC Our recent listings PRICE REDUCEDGreat family home on 1 acre!House on 1 acre lot and it has tons of potentialConvenient to Cherry Point REDUCEDFABULOUS WATERFRONT HOME IN TRENT WOODS! Subscribe to our listing feed Nearby properties for sale 03/17/2012

   Things you have to know about short sales......   Short sale fraud. The increase in the number of short sales taking place is leading to a rise in incidents of short sale fraud. To learn how to avoid becoming a victim of short sale fraud, see Nolo's article Short Sale Fraud: Three Scams to Avoid. T he Wall Street Journal's Amy Hoak lays out a few new schemes fraudsters are just waiting for you to fall for: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204358004577028341848990920.html?mod=WSJ_PersonalFinance_PF14  Make sure you have reputable Real Estate Broker on your side! www.PRIMERealtyNC.com  252-637-7463   02/26/2012

A short sale may be the answer to your mortgage problems. Here's what you need to know.   What yo need to know about Short Sales! by PRIME Realty and Development LLC   Having trouble paying your mortgage? You may have heard that a short sale is the answer to your problems. A short sale is a sale of a property where the proceeds of the sale are less than the balance owed on the mortgage covering the property. A short sale may be right for many people, but is it the best option for you? Consider the following before deciding on a short sale of your home. A Short Sales Won't Save Your Credit ScoreSaving your credit score may be the most touted reason for choosing to short sale your home rather than letting it be sold at a foreclosure sale, but the reality is that a short sale is not much ... 02/20/2012

We are so exited to annunce that our new web site is completed and running! Please take a few minutes and check it out to get familiar with some of the services we have to offer. We are located in historic downtown New Bern!                                              http://www.primerealtync.com/                                                   We are an independent New Bern real estate firm that specializes in the listing and selling of the finest homes and properties in New Bern, North Carolina and its surrounding areas. Thinking of buying a home? Whether you are searching for historic homes, waterfront property or a home in a golf community, our agents have the experience and New Bern real estate market knowledge of neighborhoods, schools and waterways that make Prime Realty uniqu... 02/09/2012

Here's my perspective that smaller may be better when buying a home in our "new" economy. Our new economy shouts everyday that the real estate party sure seems to be over and the clean up has slowly begun. I can recall seeing charts where home sales and prices where spiking for the early part of the first decade of 2000. The size of the average home was relentlessly growing larger every year as well.  In retrospect what was causing the 'leap frogging" of prices or as some more polished folks termed it "flipping"? Remember that term? It was consumer demand and confidence that buying a house was the way to make some quick money.  The result was throwing money at builders and home sellers like there was no tomorrow. The major thought was "it will always be worth more" if I have a little ti... 12/03/2011

Convenient to Cherry Point REDUCED Overview Maps Photos $134,900 Single Family Home Main Features 3 Bedrooms2 Bathrooms1 UnitInterior: 1,172 sqftLot: 0.23 acre(s) Location 136 Oakley Dr.New Bern, NC 28560USA To get updates on open home dates and other property events, please click the "Like" button below: Sonja Babic PRIME Realty & Development LLC(252) 617-0861homes@sonjababic.comhttp://www.SonjaBabic.com Listed by: PRIME Realty & Development LLC Our recent listings Convenient to Cherry Point now with $3,000 in closing cost!Spacious custom built home with in law apartment and in ground pool!FABULOUS WATERFRONT HOME IN TRENT WOODS!--Super charming bungalow!REDUCED RICED GREAT! Subscribe to our listing feed Nearby properties for sale 10/18/2011

I Know I Will Not Get It, But This Is What I Want For My House I've had several interesting conversations with some folks considering selling their homes recently. We are in a tough real estate market in a small town in eastern North Carolina called New Bern. We have at least 18 months of inventory on the MLS and sales are tracking below 2010 year to date. Prices are still "stabilizing" or falling which ever you prefer. The thing that I have tried to uncover in these conversations is their personal motivation when I ask them, "Why do you want to sell?" The answers have been rooted in logic but underpenned by emotion.  They all had good reasons to want or need to sell but when it came to what they thought they could get for their house, emotion took over. The question I would like to pro... 09/18/2011

Easy staging tips for home sellers!   When the housing inventory is bursting at the seams, it is tougher than ever for sellers to entice homebuyers. That doesn't mean home sellers should just give up.Instead, they should take proactive steps to present their homes so potential buyers can envision themselves living there as soon as they walk through the doors. Professional home stagers set up furniture, decor and accessories to present homes in their best light but they charge hefty fees as well.   So if you are like most of the home sellers now days and don’t have too much extra equity to play with here are few tips for you to stage like a pro   ·"Organize all of the cabinets," - Messy cabinets make it look like you don't have enough storage. Storage sells!   ·“Highlight the strengths a... 09/07/2011

  Sonja Babic featured at MortgageRates.com   Sonja Babic featured at MortgageRates.com Interested to find out what is New Bern’s Real Estate market doing? Take a moment and read my new article at http://www.mortgagerates.com/   Direct link to article http://www.mortgagerates.com/real-estate/qa-with-sonja-babic/ 08/18/2011

"CAN WE TALK?" has always seemed to me to be the beginning of a very important conversation. Sometimes the discussion has been frank and maybe even a bit uncomfortable. In other circumstances it has lead the way to a new game plan and commitment to a new way of thinking. "Honesty will set you free", I think the old saying goes but as some more cynical folks would add "it may be miserable getting there." I had a discussion the other day with a client about the need to reposition their house.  We have had few showings, no offers and really no serious interest. The clock is ticking, the Spring selling season in my market has been really soft and the Summer season so far has been more of the same. As we all know the demand for a home really boils down to three major components: Location Con... 07/22/2011

If you happened to live here in Eastern North Carolina or if you are just visiting this time of the year you have to indulge in fine produce our area has to offer. Just by driving by you are sure to come across some great produce stands offering fresh locally grown goodies. Make sure to check our Parkers Farm Produce located at Trent road or Garners Farm on HWY 70 E EXELLENT! If you have some free time and love outdoors check out this web site where you can look up local farms where you can pick your own goodies. http://www.pickyourown.org/NCcoastal.htmBlueberries are outstanding this year! Highly recommended both farms in Bridgeton Nelson Blueberry Farm as well as Morris Blueberry farm where you can pick for $1 per lb. New Bern North Carolina LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE! 06/22/2011

Getting a property priced right is 90% of the marketing efforts of a successful real estate agent. There is no amount of money an agent can spend on an over-priced property that can induce an educated home buyer to waste their precious time looking at a home that is way over priced for the location, condition or neighborhood.Please believe me, today's buyers are doing their homework. They are reading about real estate markets, values and have more power that ever before,thanks to sites like this one, Zillow and the Internet in general. They are reading blogs, constantly hearing news reports and becoming educated before they make one of life's biggest purchasing decisionsThe past three buyers I have had used me to help them narrow down their internet choices.  They had a shopping list, I... 06/12/2011

When the phone rings and someone says "We want to sell our house" most real estate agents who are eternal optimist by nature,  think "CHA-CHING" pay check coming. In today's market in my hometown, it may be more prudent to think "REALTOR BEWARE". How many of us ask the hard questions upfront like: Why do you want to sell? Where are you going and when do you need to be there? When did you buy? Do you have a second or third mortgage otherwise politely known as a "Home Equity Line" How soon do you need to sell? By getting these questions answered upfront, as brash as that may be, you may really be setting the stage to determine if you have a listing  that will sell or a "money pit" and emotional drainer. What does this have to do with the old tried and true CMA?  Well in my opinion, if you... 06/10/2011

On my web site in additon to being able to search entire New Bern MLS ( Multiple Listings service) You are now able to see list of all the foreclosures currently listed for sale. http://www.sonjababic.com/bank_owned_properties_and_forecl.htm   How can you ensure when buying a foreclosure or bank owned home that you are getting a deal? Work with an experienced Buyers Agent on your side!! 06/06/2011

Priced at $119,900 this great home is priced to sell! Right now it’s being offered with $3,000 in closing cost assistance.Located in West Crossroads right by Hwy 70 connector convenient drive to all major craven county employers.         Better then NEW duplex minutes from BOSCH and new connector to hwy 70. Unit is in immaculate condition with new privacy fence, blinds and some built inn’s. It has nice size bedrooms plus modern bathrooms. Fully landscaped yard wit sod in front and back. Located convenient to everything as it is so close to hwy 70. Please make sure to see this one before you make an offer on something else, you will not be disappointed! 06/06/2011

Oak Ridge Estates, Carolina Pines...New Homes Coming.... Site work began today in Oak Ridge Estates for a larger new custom home.  For the past several years, the economy has been a drag on homes being built in general. Larger homes have been hit even harder. But some folks are deciding the time is right to make a move.   These lots have been repositioned for the current economy and the timing does present some compelling reasons for moving ahead with your plans for a new home.   For example, favorable interest rates, reduced lot prices, builders looking for work and available to get started quickly.    An offer was accepted on Lot 3 in early spring and settlement occurred on Tuesday May 18th, 2011.   The home is being built by George Zaytoun, a well known builder of larger custom homes... 05/21/2011

Oak Ridge Estates at Carolina Pines, New Bern NC I am excited to announce that some choice building lots have been released for sale in the Oak Ridge Estates section of Carolina Pines located conveniently between New Bern and Havelock, NC. Havelock is the home of MCAS Cherry Point the largest employer in Craven County. The general topography of eastern North Carolina is almost always flat however these sites are atypical in that they feature a rolling "ridge and revene" mix that is heavily wooded with hardwoods and pines. The minimum "conditioned" square footage for this area is 2150 so these homes will be very nice sized and sit of of cul-de-sac roads with no cut thru traffic. Carolina Pines Golf & Country Club is nearby for the golfers and the roads in Oak Creek Estates are often used... 05/18/2011