Badger Peabody & Smith Blog
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Spring Gardening Tips for Maximum Value
One of the most important aspects to enhancing your property's value as you prepare to sell is curb appeal. Some studies suggest that a beautiful front yard can increase the home's selling price by up to 20 percent. The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) says that you can see a 100 percent return on investment when you spend 10 percent of the value on greenscaping.
That means if you're focused on making the most with your sale, effective landscaping and gardening are a must, especially from the front curb.
Here are six expert tips on...
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2025 Real Estate Market Reports for Northern New Hampshire and the White Mountains
At Badger Peabody & Smith Realty, we are committed to providing buyers, sellers, and homeowners with accurate, hyper-local real estate insights. This winter we released these 2025 Real Estate Market Updates offer a comprehensive look at housing trends across Northern New Hampshire, including the White Mountains, Lakes Region, and Mt. Washington Valley communities. These reports analyze key data points such as home prices, inventory levels, days on market, and overall sales activity—helping you better understand the current real estate landscape in your specific town or region.
Whether you're considering selling your home in Littleton, investing in the...
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Sellers: How to Prepare for Multiple Offer Situations in NH
New Hampshire's housing market has a habit of moving fast. And when your listing draws serious attention, you may find yourself reviewing several offers at the same time. The agents at Badger Peabody & Smith Realty have guided sellers through this exact scenario and know that the outcome depends far less on luck than on preparation.
What a Multiple Offer Situation Actually Means for You
Receiving more than one offe...
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Trapped In The Dark
Allow me to set the scene: I am home alone, on my day off, doing some cleaning. It's the end of the day, with the sun hanging on for maybe another thirty minutes or so, and I decide to start a load of laundry. It's a bit windy outside, but nothing too wild or crazy. No rain, no thunder.
I head downstairs into the basement to start my laundry, and as I'm filling the washing machine, the lightbulb in the lamp above my head starts to flicker. I think to myself, I really hope that bulb doesn't go out; I don't think I have any extras. But, I am not too worried about it, as the light that illuminates the rest of the basement is just fine—or so I think.
As I'm loading the last part of my laundry into the washing machine, everything suddenly goes dark. I...
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Fields of Flowers: Don't Miss Lupine Season Around NH
Reaching up toward the sky just like the cliffs around them, lupines are the unofficial flower of New Hampshire's White Mountains. They grow wild all over the region, and locals even celebrate the blossoms with an annual Lupine Festival around the beginning of the month.
Our real estate agents always look forward to seeing these proud flowers standing tall in the fields as they drive to viewings and client meetings near our