Parade Craze

There were 800 single family residential homes listed as of October 1, 2019 in the fourteen Lakes Region communities covered by this real estate market report. Those are the towns in Belknap County plus the lakeside communities of Moultonborough, Tuftonboro, and Wolfeboro. The average asking price was $632,047 and the median price point was $349,900. This inventory level represents about a 6.6-month supply of homes on the market.


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The Winni Waterfront Report – August 2019

There were fourteen waterfront sales on Lake Winnipesaukee in August 2019. The average sales price came in at $1,380,464 and the median price point was $947,000.




It is not surprising that another Rattlesnake Island property in Alton led the way as the entry level sale of the month! Do you think the turnover out...

The Porch Sitters on the Parade of Homes

There were 829 single family residential homes on the market as of September 1, 2019 in the fourteen great Lakes Region communities covered by this report. The average asking price came in at $626,549 and the median asking price was $349,900. Our current inventory level represents almost a seven-month supply of homes on the market.


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The Winni Waterfront Report July 2019

There were thirteen waterfront homes sold on Winnipesaukee in July 2019. The average sales price was $1,401,084 and the median price point came in at $1,175,000.





The entry level sale was at 3 Mark Island in Gilford. This classic log cabin was built in 1980 and has 576 square feet of living space, two bedrooms, a...

Cracked Up

There were 802 single family residential homes on the market as of August 1 2019 in the fourteen Lakes Region communities covered by this report. The average asking price was $638,105 and the median asking price was $365,500. Last August there were 863 with an average asking price of $712,535 and the median price point was $372,000. Our current inventory level represents about a six-and-a-half-month supply of homes on the market.

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The June Winni Waterfront Sales Report

Here’s this month’s edition of the Winni Waterfront Report…There were seventeen Winnipesaukee waterfront properties sold in June 2019. The average sales price came in at $1,268,647 and the median price point stood at $1,117,000. That brings the total number of sales for the first half of this year to sixty-four at an average price of $1,498,796 and a median price of $1,062,000. That total is up a bit from the first half of 2019 when we...

Pick-a-Porch




There were 763 single family homes for sale as of June 1, 2019 in the Lakes Region communities covered by this report. The average asking price was $637,473 and the median price point was $349,900. This inventory level represents about a four-and-a-half-month supply of homes on the market.


The Lakes Region Professional Porch Sitters Chapter...

Listening to the Couple Next Door

If you have been following my retelling of the story of Albert and Ethel from the 1958 CBS radio broadcasts of the Couple Next Door in the Lakes Region Real Estate Report, you will remember that they sold their home on their own for what they thought was a lot of money ($27,500.) Now have thirty days to get out. They are looking for an apartment...

Winni Waterfront Report March 2017

The Winni Waterfront Report.
There were just five waterfront sales on Lake Winnipesaukee in March, 2017 at an average price of $1,389,800 and a median price point of $1,450,000. That brings the total for the first quarter of 2017 to 15 sales at an average price of $1,545,173 with a median price point of $1.5 million. That’s a far cry from the 25 sales posted in the first quarter of this 2016. The average sale price for the first quarter...

Winni Waterfront Report - February 2017

There were just three sales on Lake Winnipesaukee in February, 2017 but all were over the million-dollar mark. The average sales price came in at $1,525,533 with a median price point of $1,250,000. In February of 2016, there were six sales at an average price of $1,102,833 with a median of $813,500. I suspect the wonderful winter and low inventory levels are contributing to our low production so far…


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The Winni Waterfront Report January 2017

There were seven sales on Lake Winnipesaukee in January, 2017 and all but one were over the $1 million mark, The average sales price came in at $1,664,571 and the median price point was $1,500,000.



The entry level sale this month was a little higher than usual at $825,000 because it was a mainland sale rather than the usual island property...

A series of lawsuits have been filed in Belknap County over the disputed ownership of a tool box containing two gold bars with an estimated value of over $1 million. The cases are expected to be heard sometime early this Spring unless a settlement can be reached. Disclosure of the names of those involved are being withheld for obvious reasons.


The lawsuits stem from the discovery of a tool box during a routine septic inspection at a house in Gilford owned by descendants of...

The 2016 Year End Winnipesaukee and Winnisquam Waterfront Sales Report



We finished the year off on Winnipesaukee with fourteen waterfront sales at an average price of $1,737,750 and a median price point of $1,261,250. That is less than the nineteen transactions posted last December, but it was enough to keep us on track for a little better year overall than 2015.

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A New Market?

So here it is, 2017! A new year, a new beginning, and maybe the start of a new kind of housing market in the Lakes Region. Perhaps. Why? Well, there were only 587 single-family homes available in the 12 Lakes Region communities covered by this report as of Jan. 1. The average asking price was $730,679 and the median price point was $289,900. These homes have been on the market for an average of 188 days. The current inventory level represents just a five-and-a-half-month...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for the Housing Market

There were 104 single family residential home sales in November 1016 in the twelve Lakes Region communities covered by this report. The average sales price came in at $319,840 and the median price point was $205,000. Those numbers are well above last November's 88 transactions at an average of $297,347 and median of $189,950. Pretty exciting!

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