Houses by the pound...



August was another banner month for residential home sales in the twelve Lakes Region communities covered by this report. There were 123 sales at an average price of $302,861. That’s a pretty good number compared to just 93 sales last August even though the average is down from the $345,750 posted then. That brings the total of sales for the first eight months of...

As of September 1, 2013 there were 1249 residential single family homes on the market in the twelve communities covered by this report. The average asking price stood at $498,590 with a median price point of $259,800. The current inventory level represents just under 15 months worth of homes on the market.

The real estate industry and the way consumers look for real estate continues...

Sales are up, but not prices...

OK! Finally, there were over a hundred residential homes sales in one month in the towns covered by this report. There were 110 in July, to be exact, at an average sales price of $299,469. This may not be exactly a watershed moment in the Lakes Region real estate world, but it has been a long time since this happened. Last July there were just 70 sales at...

Lakes Region of NH Waterfront Sales Report - July 2013




We logged a very healthy 16 waterfront sales on Winnipesaukee in July with an average sticker of $812,125. That’s a big improvement over the four transactions last July, but the average sales price was well off the $1.153 million posted then. So far, through the end of July, there have been 61 waterfront sales on the big lake...

Ye Olde Home Tour - Gilmanton, NH

As of August 1, 2013 there were 1,241 residential homes on the market in the twelve towns covered by this report. The average asking price was $485,423 and the median price point was $259,900. The inventory is down from the 1,351 homes available as last August 1. The average asking price last year was $491,503 and the median price point stood exactly the...

Olde English Real Estate Proverbs

I was thinking about some old English proverbs about real estate. You know, sayings like “a man’s home is his castle”, “a house is not a home”, “home is where the heart is”, and the ever popular; “there’s no place like home.” Looking at a list of proverbs I realized that most of them applied to real estate and wondered whether a real estate agent was sitting...

Lakes Region of NH Condominium Report - 1st Half 2013

It seems like we are having a little resurgence in the condominium market in the Lakes Region. Just a little bit, but every little bit helps. Prices have dropped from the peak years and there is a pretty good supply of units available in all price ranges. Halfway through 2013 there have been 81 condominiums sold in Belknap County at...

Lakes Region Waterfront Sales Report - June 2013

In the month of June there were ten sales on Lake Winnipesaukee at an average price of $1,364,018. Last June we had a whopping seventeen sales although at a lower average price of $940,500. There were four sales last month over $1 million and two exceeded the $3 million mark. For the first six months of 2012 there have been a total of 45...

Zesty Estimate of Home Value

There were 1208 residential single family homes for sale in the twelve area towns covered by this report as of July 1. The average asking price was $496,188 with a median asking price point of $259,948. That means that there are slightly over 600 homes available under $260K so there are plenty of affordable homes out there as the summer sales season kicks into...

Good Deals in the Lakes Region of NH



A whirl around the active listings on the multiple listing service revealed some potentially good deals around the $200,000 mark that might be worth a look if you are in the market for a new home. If you’d like to be in one of Laconia’s nicest neighborhoods...

Today, I join the many retirees of the lakes region. I've been lucky to have a job that let me telecommute from the lake for the past five years, but it was tough watching people enjoying the lake while working. Now, it is time to try a different lifestyle. Learning to play the piano, more exercise and writing occasionally in this blog are part of it. Time will tell if these goals are like New Year resolutions or will stick.

Meredith, NH- Frank Roche, President of Roche Realty Group, Inc., with offices in Meredith and Laconia, NH, has announced that Gus Benavides of Gilford has recently joined the real estate firm. He will be a part of the Meredith office’s team located at 97 Daniel Webster Highway....

Don't be derogatory - Short Sales, Foreclosures, and Bankruptcies



May was a great month for residential home sales in our Lakes Region communities with 99 transactions at an average price of $303,580 and a median price point of $192,500. That just edges out last May’s total of 97 sales at an average price of $251,717. That’s pretty darn good, but I wanted to break that...

Anyone who lives in or visits the Lakes Region should be required to watch the 1981 film “On Golden Pond” with Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda. There should be theaters at Exit 23 and 24 so anyone headed over to Squam could pull in, watch the show, and decompress before they can venture near the lake. In short, “on Golden Pond” is a story about an aging couple who have a summer cottage on Squam....

Weirs Martha? - A look at the cottages of the Vineyard and the Weirs...

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