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....

This is my first time writing to this blog. I have been a member of a historical Boat Building non-profit organization for several years since Retiring from the US Bureau of Land Management in SW Oregon. I was a member of the US ARMY for a total of 30 years, both regular and reserve and recently retired from the ARMY also.
I have volunteered with the County Sheriff's Office as a Marine Safety Officer for the last ten years and kind of in a boating mode!
Recently our organization received...

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...

Lakes Region of NH Waterfront Report - October 2013

There were fifteen waterfront homes sold in October 2013 on Lake Winnipesaukee at an average price of $1.1 million. There were eight sales over the million dollar mark with one exceeding the $2 million price tag. That’s a pretty good month in anyone’s book. This brings the years total thus far to 118 sales at an average price of $945,118...

Always Look For a Good Foundation

There were 1,103 residential homes for sale on November 1, 2013 in the twelve Lakes Region communities covered by this report. That total is down from 1,200 last month and about the same as the 1,103 last November. Due to the increased sales activity over the past few months the inventory has dropped to a 13 month supply of homes on the...

October Bargains?

I was looking through an MLS spreadsheet to see what might be out there for bargains when I ran across an unusual listing in Center Harbor that had an assessed value of $713,300 and a list price of just $299,900. I thought to myself that this might be a steal on a waterfront until I saw the address listed as 41 Kelsea Ave. While Kelsea Ave may be close to the bay, if...

September South Down and Long Bay Sales Report

September 2013 produced five sales in South Down and Long Bay with three of those sales in the entry level Meadows association. The largest sale for the month was at 53 Captains Walk at $599,500. If you are interested in selling your South Down or Long Bay property and are wondering what it is worth, give me a call! I'd be happy to provide...

Only Your REALTOR® Stands Between You and The Unknown


September was another strong month for residential home sales in the twelve communities in the Lakes Region of NH covered by this report. There were 104 transactions at an average sales price of $406,327 for the month compared to 91 sales at $316,816 last September. Last month’s average sales price was pumped up by eight sales...

There were 18 waterfront home sales on Winnipesaukee in September at an average price of $1,114,292 and a median price point of $652,000. That’s up 13 sales from last September but the average sales price is down from $1.37 million. So far this year there have been 103 sales on the big lake at an average price of $921,565. For the first nine months of 2012 there were just 94 transactions but at a higher...

Mama, I'm Coming Home. Lakes Region Real Estate Market Report

If you are looking for a residential home in the Lakes Region of NH there is still plenty to choose from. There were an even 1,200 single family homes available as of October 1 in the twelve communities covered in this report. That’s down slightly from the 1,249 available last month and the 1,230 available last Oct 1. The average...

Lakes Region Waterfront Sales Report - August 2013



August was a great month for waterfront sales on Winnipesaukee with a whopping 23 transactions. There were six sales over the $1 million mark, but a large number of low end sales brought the average sales price down to $731,396. That brings the total sales for the year thus far to 84 at an average price of $884,570 compared to 81 sales...