While there is not a lot of new home construction going on in the Lakes Region of NH, it is nice to see that there are some homes being built despite the depressed housing market that we are currently struggling through. It is even nicer to see that some of the developments are actually moving product!

The busiest new home development right now is the Villas at Paugus Bay...

The Concord Monitor reported last week that “Statewide residential sales fell (in NH) nearly 32% in July from a year earlier… the steepest annual decline in more than two years…” Yes, July was not a particularly great month for home sales in NH or for that matter anywhere else, but why does everyone have to focus so much on every little negative turn? In the Lakes Region of NH, the towns...

July was a good month for Winnipesaukee waterfront sales, at least when compared to last year. There were a total of six Winnipesaukee sales at an average of $955,333 compared to only half that number last July although the average sales price in July 2009 was higher at $1.82 million. Two of the six sales posted last month were island properties and those do obviously bring less money that...

August is the high point for the summer. Unfortunately, it is also the high point for the total number residential listings on the market this year. As of August 1 there were 1344 homes on the market in the Lakes Region towns in this report. That’s up 6% from the 1277 available last month and the 1281 posted last August. Based on the rate of sales for the previous 12 months, we have a 21.5...

Since the entire thread was closed, I thought this post would be a good answer instead of repetitive posts on various threads. Safety threads don't do too well on this forum for some reason.

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...24&postcount=1

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In the interest of clearing the air, and trying to develop some camaraderie amongst boaters of all kinds, both on the water and on this forum.

When...