December 2010 turned out to be a very strong month for waterfront sales on Winnipesaukee with nine waterfront propertiesexchanging hands compared to just four last December. The average sales price came in at $1,306,044 which is up just slightly compared to $1,288,750 last December. All nine sales were mainland properties which really isn’t surprising as it is a bit difficult looking...

The number of waterfront sales on Lake Winnipesaukee continued to improve over last year with eleven sales in October at an average sale price of $1.464 million compared to seven last October at an average price of $1.856 million. The total number of sales this year on the big lake stands at 77 with an average price of $1.214 million compared to 64 for the same period last year at an average of $1.36 million. Total sales are up about 20% over last year and the average price is up 17%. Not too bad...

We are three quarters of the way through 2010 already. Where did the summer go? There were eight waterfront sales (including island property) on Winnipesaukee in September 2010 at an average price of $941,938. That compares to ten sales last September with an average of just $735,390. For the first nine months of 2010 there were 67 sales at an average price of $1.155 million and an average time on market of 252 days. That is up from a total of 57 sales for the same period last year at an average...

August was another good month for Winnipesaukee waterfront sales with a total of fourteen homes that have happy new owners. The average sales price came in at $1.1 million for the month. Of these fourteen properties, three were island cottages with one on Pine Island (sold-$305,500), one on Mark (sold-$345,000) and a nice one on Camp Island (sold-$800,000). Sales in August mirrored August 2009 with the same total of fourteen at an average price of $1.09 million.

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April was another good month for sales on Winnipesaukee when compared to last year. There were ten sales on the big lake at an average sales price of $1,057,900 compared to only five in April 2009 at an average of $946,000. Sales ranged from a low of $340,000 to $3.8 million with a median sales price of $618,000. For those homeowners that think they have to wait until summer to sell their waterfront because...