Posts made by author 'Badger Peabody & Smith Realty'
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We Recognize Our Peabody & Smith Realty Agents & Staff!
We Recognize Our Peabody & Smith Realty Agents & Staff!
The year 2020 was certainly out of the ordinary, and for many, filled with personal pain. In our company, we experienced all kinds of emotions and at all different times – and sometimes in just a minute! The real estate market in New Hampshire was strong starting in the spring, and continued strong through 2020. It was a year that brought new business protocols and an influx of buyers unlike anything we had seen before.
To celebrate the highlights of the year, we gathered virtually in early February to recognize our agents and staff. This year the applause was over the speaker of the computer, but the smiles and exuberating of our team was as loud as ever.
In 2020, we recorded grand total, gross sales in excess of $208 million dollars, according to statistics from the Northern New England Real Estate Network. (Based on data from the New England Real Estate Network, grand total gross sales, NH & VT, all categories for time period 1/1/2020-12/31/2020.)
We distributed over $20,000 to area organizations including: AHEAD, Boys and Girls Club of the North Country, Franconia Ski Club, Holderness Historical Society, Littleton Regional Healthcare, Squam Lakes Association & Many More!
At the end of the award ceremony, we awarded the "Peabody & Smith Realty Residential Sales Associate of 2020" to Beth Horan. Beth has been with the firm for over 20 years and works in the Franconia office and services clients and customers in the North Country.
We also recognized the top agents for each office, and with that, we recognized the following agents:
Bretton Woods, NH Office: Michele Penner
Littleton, NH Office: Nikki Barrett
Plymouth, NH Office: Missy Sullivan
Holderness, NH Office: Jerrod Mitchell
Other awards included:
Highest Overall Customer Satisfaction Rating in 2020 – this award is compiled from all of our returned surveys – Fran Mattott was awarded this with the highest overall customer satisfaction rating. (5 is the highest you can get on our surveys and sometimes clients and customers write in higher numbers.)
Oval of Excellence – Mt. Monroe Level awarded to: Debbie James, Mary Dragon, Linda Matheson, Mary Doherty, Steve Gorman, Paty Ciotto, Fran Mattott, Jackie Elliott, Angela Spencer, Anne Foss, Debbie Engelhardt.
Oval of Excellence – Mt. Jefferson Level awarded to: Jason Cape, Patty O'Brien, Matthew Penner, Karen Walsh, Tiffany Howard, Joy Moore & Ray Newton.
Oval of Excellence – Mt. Adams Level awarded to: Charles Crannell, Aaron Woods & Keegan Rice.
Oval of Excellence – Mt. Washington Level awarded to: Jerry Love, Missy Sullivan, Jerrod Mitchell, Nikki Barrett, Michele Penner & Beth Horan.
Congratulations to our team and thank you to our clients and customers – it has been our pleasure to work with all of you and we look forward to assisting you in the future!
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Your Year-Round Yard
Honestly, I do feel bad for the folks who are dangerously cold, without power or water or generally unable to handle frigid temperatures. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. But for the rest of the Texans (and others below the Mason Dixon) I can't help but chuckle to hear their stories of horror and dismay that the temperature dropped below 80 degrees! For those of us born and bred in the northeast, we know a thing or two about cold.
My coldest day on ski patrol at Loon Mountain was 28 degrees below zero. We didn't take too many runs that day, but we completed our sweeps and even helped a few injured folks off the slopes. I actually rode the gondola with a guy who paid for a full-priced ticket! It turned out he was on vacation and was determined to ski regardless of the weather. I was proud of him.
The cold sn...
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State of Luxury Real Estate Released by Luxury Portfolio International
Luxury Portfolio International recently released their newest study, "State of Luxury Real Estate", focused on consumers in the top 1%-5% income bracket of 17 countries, representing more than 30 million households. It was conducted by the Affluent Consumer Research Company, a full-service market research and voice-of-the-customer organization, specializing in high-income and high-asset consumers around the world.
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If You Are Thinking About Selling - Here's THE LIST of What Buyers Are Looking for Right Now!
We'd Love to Make a Property Match! 
This may be a little unorthodox, but with low inventory on the market, we are putting out "the list". This list is created by our Peabody & Smith Realty agents in all of our offices, and is comprised of what buyers are currently searching for. Buyers have specific towns of interest, types of homes, price points & more. And when they find a property which meets their needs, they are coming prepared to buy.
This is a partial list from our agents in the last few days. If you think you have a property they may be interested in, please call your Peabody & Smith Realty agent and we can share with you what...
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Renters Revolution
You say you want a revolution? (Can I say that!?) Anyway, we're not really going to revolt, but we are going to focus on renters today. I'm toying with the idea of getting my own place, so today's article is just as much a reminder to me as it is to you, my fellow tenant. I have had the fortune of owning 2 homes so far so I'm a little biased towards home ownership. But if you've never walked that path, today's thoughts will hopefully be a bit of encouragement for you. Buying a home is not as scary as it sounds and might be closer to your reach than you thought. Let's get started.
The first and most obvious myth we're going to squash today is that of the overwhelming debt that comes with buying a home. Sure, you are going to go from a few thousand dollars in debt to a couple hundred thousand. Yikes! But you...