Is Your Realtor® as Dumb As A Doorknob?

If someone refers to their REALTOR® as being as dumb as a doorknob, there are several possible meanings. Today, well, he could be just not all that smart. But, in olden days, it could have meant that your REALTOR® was just a quiet sort of guy.



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The Home Start Homebuyer Tax Credit

As of March 1, 2014 there were 812 residential homes on the market in the twelve communities covered in this Lakes Region real estate market report. The average asking price was just over $500K and the median price point was $249,000. The current inventory level represents about a 9.3 month supply of homes to sell. Last March 1, there were 900 homes...

Lakes Region of NH Waterfront Report - January 2014

We start 2014 off with eight waterfront transactions on Lake Winnipesaukee in the month of January at an average sales price of $1,150,771. Last January, there were just two sales at an average of $660,000 so you’d have to say this is a good start for the year.


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Three Tips For Buying a Home in 2014

Wanna buy a home this year? Here are three tips for buying a home in 2014...or any year for that matter!

1. Get a good New Hampshire REALTOR®.
Just as sellers shop for REALTORS® to sell their properties, to represent them, and protect their interests during the course of the transaction, buyers should also take some time before their...

Canterbury Shaker Village - Can’t wait to go back…

My associate, Ashley Davis, and I were lucky enough to go on a tour of some very nice properties this past week with a couple of guys from California. They were here on a scouting trip to find locations for a photo shoot for a well known product catalog and one of the locations was Canterbury Shaker Village. We were even more fortunate...

Lakes Region New Year Housing Deals?

As of February 1, 2014 there were just 762 homes available in the twelve Lakes Region communities covered in this market report. That is pretty amazing to me as it is the lowest number I have seen in a long, long time. The current inventory level represents just an 8.8 month supply of homes on the market. That compares to an 11.5 month supply...

2013 Lakes Region of NH Residential Home Sales Report

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Lakes Region of NH Waterfront Year End Sales Report -2013

There were just four sales on Lake Winnipesaukee in December of 2013 compared to fifteen in December, 2012. We might not be closing off the year with a big bang, but four sales are still pretty good. The average sales price on Winni came in at $864,750 with two island and two mainland sales.

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2014: The Year of Redneck Real Estate

Wow, 2014 is really here! Most people start the New Year with a fresh perspective. It’s a new beginning, so to speak, and a time to put the past behind you and move forward. New Year’s resolutions are made and sometimes that includes purchasing a new home which is good for all of us in the real estate business. It is also a time to pause and reflect on things that have happened over the past year and a time to put together a plan for the coming...

Long Bay and Southdown Shores November Sales Report

There were two condo and two residential home sales in the month of November in the Long Bay and Southdown Shores communities. A detached condo unit at 82 Gables found a buyer after only two days on the market! This unit was in great shape and had many recent upgrades thus the quick sale at $335,000 which was slightly over the assessed value of $320,500....

A Christmas House

As Walter Mathau often said in Grumpy Old Men, “Holy Moley” Christmas is almost here. Last month there were 89 residential home sales in the twelve towns in this Lakes Region market report. That means a good number of families will be celebrating Christmas in a new home and that’s pretty cool. The average sales price last month was $227,738 and the median price point was...

The November Lakes Region Waterfront Sales Report


There were twelve residential waterfront sales on Lake Winnipesaukee in November, 2013 at an average sales price of $1,003,375. Last November there were also twelve sales, but a much lower average of $645,917. Six of the twelve sales last month were over the million mark thereby boosting the average for the month.

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Love It or List it?

As of December 1, 2013, there were 987 single family residential homes on the market in the twelve communities covered in this Lakes Region real estate market report. The average asking price was $495,189 and the median price point stood at $249,995. Last December there were 1,023 homes on the market with an average asking price of $498,763. The current inventory...

Can't Go Wrong Handyman Christmas Gift List



Well, Black Friday is here and, unfortunately for REALTORS®, thoughts turn from real estate to Christmas shopping. So it's time to present my annual Can't Go Wrong Handyman Christmas Gift List for that hard to buy for man of the house. There is no need for...

The Gourmet Kitchen

There were 96 residential home sales in October in the twelve towns covered by this Lakes Region real estate report. The average sales price came in at $350,760 and the median price point was $209,250. Last October we posted 97 sales at a lower average of $287,919. We just had three straight months of hundred plus sales, so our yearly sales numbers should look pretty...