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The number of brand-new and resale homes available for sale nationally is at an all-time high. But savvy home buyers still need to be cautious to avoid making home-buyer pitfalls. Here are costly mistakes home buyers make unless they plan carefully: • Failure to get pre-approval in writing for a home mortgage. Smart buyers shop for a mortgage before searching for a home and get pre-approved in writing by a lender so they know the maximum mortgage amount available. The first step to obtain a home mortgage is to check your credit reports from the three major credit bureaus, Equifax, Trans Union and Experian. You can get free copies of your credit report once a year at www.AnnualCreditReport.com or by phone at 877-322-8228. However, those free credit reports are virtually worthless when shopping for a mortgage because they don't include your all-important FICO (Fair Isaac Corp.) credit score, which most lenders use to qualify borrowers.
SNOW HILL — Despite the rainy weather, the long awaited recreation complex will finally start construction. “This will be Greene County's first public recreation facility," said Mary Betty Kearney, chairwoman of the Greene County Commissioners. “This was a vision by many people." The recreation department will add two football/soccer fields, three baseball/softball fields, concession stands, a picnic area, a playground and a walking trail to deal with the increase in sport participation during the past five years. The new fields will be located at N.C. 13 and N.C. 58 right before the city boundary. The goal is to start playing spring sports on them next year. Greene County received $350,000 from the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) and $150,000 from the North Carolina Division of Community Assistance to go towards the project.
Alicia Lugo stood at the front of First Baptist Church on Thursday and recalled how Virginia Jones Carrington once ushered Charlottesville youth to civil rights gatherings attended by the likes of Thurgood Marshall and Adam Clayton Powell. "She was on a first-name basis with everybody," Lugo said of Carrington. Lugo was on hand to present a posthumous award to Carrington, who was honored along with three other city residents Thursday for being "bridge builders," or people who helped cross racial and cultural divides in Charlottesville. The award ceremony is an annual event - Lugo was honored in 2002 - and recipients have their names engraved on the Drewary J. Brown Memorial Bridge on West Main Street. In addition to Carrington, William W. Washington Jr., Elizabeth "Betz" Gleason and her husband, Charles H.
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