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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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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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...

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 Winni Waterfront Report - October 2016



There were 24 Winnipesaukee waterfront sales in October of 2016. The average price came in at $1.0195 million and the median price point was $913,800. That brings the total number of sales on the lake so far this year to 154 at an average of $1.072 million compared to 142 for the ten months last year at an average of $1.08 million.


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The Disappearing Clothesline

I was skimming through this month’s issue of the Northern New England Journey magazine put out by AAA and on the last page there was a short article about clotheslines called “For the Love of Laundry.” Basically, the writer was expounding on how she was happy to get back to hanging her laundry out on the line after a long winter and how doing so was a relaxing and enjoyable chore for her. It reminds her of her childhood days and trips to a cottage...

What's Not Hot… The Lakes Region Real Estate Market Report



Last week we explored what is hot in the real estate world as far as desirable home features. Now, for WNHW. That’s not a radio station, that’s “What’s not hot, Willie!” or things you might want to change if you can before you try to sell your home. Obviously, some things can’t be fixed, like the fact that you live next...

Christmas Houses - The Lakes Region of NH Real Estate Report

There are many great movies that include Christmas as part of their storyline. The homes that these stories take place in are integral to the plot and have become memorable themselves. One of the most famous homes is the Griswold’s house in Christmas Vacation. This home looks like it could be on Edwards Street in Laconia but is actually located...

MEREDITH – Frank Roche, President of Roche Realty Group, Inc., with offices in Meredith and Laconia, has announced that Mary O’Neill recently joined the Meredith office at 97 Daniel Webster Highway.

Mary was born and raised in Laconia. She grew up on Old North Main Street on Lake Opechee. After being homeschooled through high school, she commuted from home to the University of New Hampshire in Durham for four years. She was a Presidential Merit Scholar and graduated third in...

Lakes Region of NH Waterfront Sales Report - March 2014

There were seven sales on Lake Winnipesaukee in March at an average price of $701,429 and a median price point of $595,000. Last March there five transactions at an average sales price of $975,400. For the first three months of the 2014 there were twenty sales on the big lake at an average of $974,658 compared...

Lakes Region of NH Waterfront Report - January 2014

We start 2014 off with eight waterfront transactions on Lake Winnipesaukee in the month of January at an average sales price of $1,150,771. Last January, there were just two sales at an average of $660,000 so you’d have to say this is a good start for the year.


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REAL ESTATE TAXES TOO HIGH?

REAL ESTATE TAX ABATEMENT DEADLINE MARCH 1, 2013

As you may have read in recent business and economic reports, real estate tax assessments in many New Hampshire municipalities have not been reduced to reflect some very significant, if not drastic drops in current fair market values.

Mass appraisal analyzes recent sales to construct a statistical model and standard methodology to predict selling prices, and not a fee appraisal...

Of the Lake Winnipesaukee homes currently offered at $3,000,000 or more, 10 of them are in Gilford, NH, 9 are in Wolfeboro, 2 in Alton and only 1 in Tuftonboro. 7 Winnipesaukee homes for sale are in located in Meredith. 5 Lake Winnipesaukee homes for sale are currently listed in Moultonborough.

Of these Lake Winnipesaukee waterfront homes, Hornet's Nest Point is the only estate on the Northern Shores of Lake Winnipesaukee, that features newer construction, 8 or more acres directly...

The housing market continues to show some improvement in the Lakes Region with 71 residential home sales in the month of April, 2010 compared to just 50 in April 2009. That’s a strong 43% increase! The average price was also up from $266,598 in April 2009 to $274,203 last month. Once again, over half the homes that sold were under the $200,000 mark. On a rolling 12 month basis ending on April 31, 2010 there were...