Katherine's New Hampshire Real Estate Blog

When I first got into real estate, I was working for my parents in Dayton, Ohio.  Dayton had (and still has) a very affordable real estate market.  It was very common to see most buyers purchasing using FHA financing or other government loans. When I moved to the Seacoast of New Hampshire back in...

 Data for these stats was pulled from the NNEREN MLS Database on 3/28/2008.  2007 stats run from 1/1/07 to 3/28/072008 stats run from 1/1/08 to 3/28/08  *Avg. DOM = average days on the market    **Median L/S Ratio = median list price to sold price ratio  Conclusions / My Take: Based on these stat...

It's no secret that the mortgage industry is in trouble... we are hearing about it on a daily basis through our favorite media outlets.  As with most things that we hear about in the news, it's just more bad news UNTIL... we have a personal experience that hits home.Recently, I wrote about some t...

A few weeks ago, we had something wonderful happen…. One of our listings went under agreement for full price AND we found the buyer!  The buyers are first-timers and needed to go for 100% financing and some seller contribution.  We knew this up front, so they offered over asking in order to make ...

 WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET CREATIVE!The other day, I read an post by Glen Gaspar entitled Are some of our fellow agents violating our Code of Ethics? and it got me thinking about what I am seeing in our local MLS.With the market such as it is... deals have been harder to come by.  ...