It’s the time of year when there is actually a lot of activity on Lake Winnipesaukee. The Town of Meredith just hosted another highly successfully Pond Hockey Classic with 152 teams playing on 14 rinks out on the bay. Snow machines are whizzing by and bobhouses are sprouting up all over the lake as ice fisherman claim their favorite fishing spot for the 32nd annual Rotary Fishing Derby this...

This was a really great week, if you like snow. Driving into Laconia on the day of the most recent of one too many snowstorms was like sledding into an Eskimo Village above the arctic circle. The main differences were that I didn’t see any polar bears lurking nearby, our igloos have flat or peaked roofs rather than round, and plow trucks were the only thing moving instead of sled dog teams....

Ok, it’s colder than holy bejezus outside and the snow is well over the roof of a Mini Cooper. Welcome to the Lakes Region in January. This kind of weather really makes you think about energy costs especially if the oil truck just stays parked in your driveway all day. If you feel a draft coming from around your windows or doors , if your furnace rumbles and bangs every time it starts, or...

There were 59 homes sold at an average price of $369,112 during the month of December in the communities in this Lakes Region report. That’s down some from the 68 sold in December 2009, but the average price is up considerably from $290,008. As usual, more than 50% of the sales were below the $200,000 mark with five waterfront sales over the $1 million mark helping to lift...

There were five waterfront homes sold on Squam Lake in 2010 at an average sales price of $2,029,000. They were on the market an average of 323 days before finding a buyer which is really not all that long in this market. While having just five transactions on the lake for the whole year is not something to get real excited about, it is far better than just the two transactions that we had...