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Navigating the Homebuying Journey: Credit Score Essentials
The home-buying journey often goes much smoother when you prepare before diving in, and your credit score should be a key priority as you prepare to purchase a home. A strong credit score is essential to securing the best terms on your mortgage. If it could use a little work, don't worry. Our real estate agents have compiled a guide to credit score essentials to help you navigate the home-buying journey.
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It Helps to Start Early
While there's much you can do to improve a credit score that needs a boost, it will take a little ti...
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How to Add An Event to the Community Event Sign at Badger Peabody & Smith Realty
We have a great double sided sign at our Badger Peabody & Smith Realty Franconia office location at 383 Main Street. This double facing sign is used by us to post area events and messages. To learn more about what goes on the sign, and how to send in your information for possible inclusion on the sign, please download the guidelines and instructions here: https://dmgre.us/cdf/nljzw2l
To learn more, reach out to us via email at Info@BadgerPeabodySmith.com
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Janet Nickerson Awarded SRS Designation
Berlin, NH – Janet Nickerson with Badger Peabody & Smith Realty has been awarded the Seller Representative Specialist (SRS) designation, the premier seller agency designation in the country.
The SRS designation is conferred by the
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Find Antique Treasures This Fall in NH
Fall is the perfect season to go antiquing. You're probably looking for more indoor activities now that the weather has cooled off. Plus, you can gather some unique decor pieces to incorporate into your fall and winter decorating schemes. Luckily, the White Mountains region is home to a few amazing antique shops where you can find unique trinkets. Here are some top shops our real estate agents recommend visiting in the coming months.
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Fall 2023 Market Watch by Andy Smith, CCIM
Tight Inventory Drives Fewer Sales, Higher Prices
It's all about supply and demand in economics and in the real estate market, this theory holds true now. Low supply of inventory and buyer demand has real estate prices in New Hampshire up with a median sales price in August of $490,000. Home prices have continued to sit at record high levels nationally and locally thanks to a limited supply of homes for sale.
Higher mortgage rates, along with elevated sales prices and a lack of housing inventory, have continued to impact market activity during the summer homebuying season. According to Freddie Mac, the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has remained above 6.5% since May. As a result, existing home sales have continued to slow nationwide, but this has done little to cool home prices. These pric...