
Summer is upon us, and the temperatures are heating up. However, the real estate market is a little cooler than normal this time of year due to the combination of extremely low inventory and higher borrowing costs, which has restricted the market activity going into traditionally strongest part of the selling season. New Hampshire is faring much better than the national market, with the National Association of Realtors reporting that home sales nationally are down 20.4% at the end of June, while NH is only down 7.2% year over year. This tight supply has kept prices trending upward, with the median home price hitting an all-time high of $499,000, a whooping 8.5% increase over the same period last year!
For many years, we've sponsored two sections of road in Franconia & Plymouth NH as part of the Secondary Highway, Sponsor a Highway program through the New Hampshire Department of Transportation. We had two crews out last week, in time for Earth Day! Many bags of trash were collected and everyone had a great time! To learn more about the Sponsor a Highway program, click here.
Left to Right: Elspeth Richardson and Katy Soukup start collecting! |
From our Franconia & Bretton Woods Offices-Left to Right: Andy Smith, Matthew Penner, Elspeth Richardson, Katy Soukup & Steve Gorman pose for a quick photo after clean up! |
From Our Plymouth and Holderness Offices- Left to Right: Front Row: Jude Ruhm and Karen Walsh. Back row: Debbie Engelhardt, Missy Sullivan, Ray Newton, Jackie Elliott & Jerrod Mitchell |
![]() Matthew Penner collecting some great finds! |
Katy Soukup at the start! |
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.
Waterville Valley NH, one of my favorite places in the granite state (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire)! As a 12 year old (yes, a long time ago), I remember watching the fireworks on the 4th of July with my best friend Jennifer, at Waterville Valley, the first time this "North of the Notch" girl had traveled to that beautiful part of Central New Hampshire. It was an evening of great friends, super fireworks and the feeling I had entered a resort atmosphere th...
I wrote a while back about this wonderful energy efficient new home in Plymouth NHthat is currently on the market – this is a 5 Star Energy Rated home. And now, the builders of this fine home –