Pride of Ownership

Volunteers from the North Hill Property Owners Association helped out with the maintenance and clean up of the entrance of the subdivision this past Saturday, July 11th. It was an extremely hot morning, but residents who care about their subdivision showed up to assist in weeding, pressure washing, trimming, and clean up to spruce up the main entrance of North Hill.

Looking for a Home in Picayune or Pearl River County, MS?

Forget looking through all the print advertising out there to find a home. Most of the publications can be a month old, and the listing you might be interested in could be long gone.

Get up-to-the-minute access to ALL listings in the Pearl River County area, including Picayune, Carriere, McNeill, and Poplarville (and adjacent counties), by logging in to my website at Pearl River County Homes.

With your name and email address you can create an account and have access to search ALL property for sale in our area. This database is linked to our MLS, and you can search by area, school district, square footage, price, etc. Be sure to input a valid email address, though, because the system will email you a password to get in. You will need to pay special attention to the Captcha box, though (that irriating box that wants to make sure you are a real human by asking you a question and asking you to type something in). Normal Captcha boxes ask you to type the letters in the image, but this one MAY ask you to type the COLOR of one of the letters, instead. Just a word of warning, if you find it isn't working for you.

You can also click the "Auto Home Finder" option, and set the system up to email you when listings come up with your certain criteria. This will notify you as soon as a new listing is posted in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS).

Take a look what we have available in your price range, and be sure to call me if you have any questions about a particular listing, or if you are ready to start the home search process!

School Registration Starts

Pearl River Central School System is starting their student registration today. Here is their schedule:

07/06/2009 02:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Registration - Last Names A thru C

07/07/2009 02:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Registration - Last Names D - I

07/08/2009 02:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Registration - Last Names J - M

07/09/2009 02:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Registration - Last Names N - Sm

07/10/2009 02:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Registration - Last Names Sn - Z

Access more about the Pearl River Central, MS School District (including elemetary school supplies lists) at PRC Link


The Picayune School District will be holding their student registration on:

July 28th - 11am - 6pm
July 29th - 8am - 3pm

Access more about the Picayune School District at Picayune, MS School District Link

Great News for Mississippi Home Owners!

According to Derek Easley, Governmental Affairs Director for the Mississippi Association of Realtors, Mississippi Legislature recently passed a bill infusing an additional $20 Million into the State Wind Pool, and it's headed to Gov. Haley Barbour's desk. The appropriation for the Mississippi Insurance Department for this next fiscal year contains a total of $40 Million for reinsurance programs aimed at offsetting premium increases in the wind pool.

The Mississippi State Wind Pool is the insurer of last resort for homeowners who are unable to obtain or afford wind and hail insurance through other sources. This bill should reduce wind pool rates. Subsidizing the wind pool is a short term plan, but one that will hopefully stimulate the economy along the Mississippi Gulf Coast for 2 to 3 years, giving private insurance additional time to return.

The hope is that the recovery efforts along the Mississippi Gulf Coast can progress quicker and give the overall economy in Mississippi a boost.