Badger Peabody & Smith Blog
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Tips to Financing Your New Hampshire Home
Buying a home - whether it's your first home or your forever home - is a dream come true. But along with this dream comes the necessity of financing it. Yes, financing can be frustrating and nauseating (especially when you see how much interest you're potentially paying), whether you're looking to buy Lake Winnipesaukee real estate in New Hampshire, or Stinson Lake real estate. So how should you go about responsibly financing your next New Hampshire home? Here's some pointers:
- Try for a 15 year loan: You'll pay more on a mon...
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New Hampshire- "Signs" of spring
Ah spring, always a wonderful time of the year. Who doesn't enjoy warmer weather, longer days and the return of green to our color palate after months of white and grey? Now don't get me wrong, I love to ski and really enjoy winter in Franconia, N.H. where I work and play year round. But there's something about the first signs of warmer weather that always help me forget about white for a moment. Many of us have become accustomed to various signs of the impending spring; some note the first Robin seen on their lawn or the first blades of grass on their lawn as it emerges from beneath the snow.
As a real estate agent in the
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Featured Amenity -- Six Burner Bistro
When you're looking at Plymouth, NH homes for sale, there are certain things your need to have in the immediate area--good schools, a grocery store, a shopping mall, and a real "go-to" restaurant. You need the type of place you can automatically go to on that rare Friday night when you actually get a babysitter and are ready for a nice dinner for two. In the Plymouth area, that restaurant is the Six Burner Bistro.
The Six Burner Bistro is housed in an 1850's farmhouse conveniently close to some of the best Plymouth, NH real estate 21
New Hampshire Traditions- Sugaring
As spring arrives in the North Country so does the annual tradition of producing maple syrup known locally as "sugaring". The warmer days and below freezing nights cause the sap in our maple trees to run. The process of gathering of sap and boiling it down to syrup and sugar dates back to the earliest Native Americans in the area with documented examples as far back as the 1500's. This small seasonal industry fires up for only six weeks each spring when the conditions are just right.
It is a labor of love that requires hard work and long hours. It takes 40 gallons of sap to create just one gallon of syrup! Once the sap starts to "run" you have a limited time to gather, boil and stock the syrup. Over the years the ga... 14
Office Relocation: Plymouth
Our Plymouth office at 620 Tenney Mountain Highway is up and running at our new location! We continue to grow and expand and in Plymouth, we are growing and expanding with our new location and four more full time real estate agents to serve the Greater Plymouth and Lakes Region real estate markets. The Plymouth office is now located at the lighted intersection leading up to Tractor Supply and Super Walmart. We have a nice location in a classic cape style building that we have been working for a few months to renovate. It is close to other area professionals and consumer services on Tenney Mountain Highway. With the lighted intersection and large parking lot, we are easy to find, and easy to park (no meters!). Also in the building, is theÂ...