You can find this tag line on the NH Department of Resources and Economic Development’s web site at Welcome to New Hampshire. If you’re planning a visit to NH for a vacation or house-hunting, it’s the perfect place to start. You can make your reservations right on line. The site is designed around the current season and, there is an absolute wealth of information to be found. Some of the many subjects covered are Arts & Entertainment, Shopping and Antiquing, Family Attractions, What to do, Where to Eat…etc. For example, in the Arts & Entertainment section, you’ll find a brief description of NH’s music and arts scene, but there are also separate links to “Music”, “Galleries”, “Museums”, “Theatre”, “Film”, and “NH Made”. There’s even a NH Brewery Location Map! There are plenty of pictures and even some suggested itineraries suited for the season, and what could be more appropriate than “Yankee Dollar Stretchers”? You’ll find yourself going back many times. Come visit us in the New London-Lake Sunapee Area when you get here! The Best Team in Town | Coldwell Banker Milestone Real Estate
Monthly Archive for January, 2010
MKIM’s mission is to connect people of today with 20,000 years of ongoing Native American cultural expression. The Museum embraces cultural diversity and encourages responsible environmental action and seeks to challenge and inspire all of us to improve the quality of our lives and our world. With these goals in mind, the Museum galleries, grounds and gardens have been designed as teaching tools while also functioning as tranquility zones in which visitors can find respite from the hectic pace of modern life. The Museum is also a favorite site for educational school field trips and hosts over 5,000 children each year. Since its founding over 17 years ago, nearly 250,000 people have visited. There are docent led tours daily and families enjoy the “Quests”, including the Completing the Circle Quest and Medicine Woods Quest. The Museum is closed in the winter. Visit the website at: http://www.indianmuseum.org/index.html
Donna Forest, ABR
Selling? Within the first 15 SECONDS, a buyer has already developed an opinion of your home!! Here are a few things you can do to be sure that very first impression is a good one:
- Improve curb appeal. (Remove toys, paint front door, prune shrubs, keep walks and driveways clear of snow, etc)
- Paint walls which are dinged and scuffed and clean all dirty carpets. Keep all colors neutral.
- Get Rid of Clutter! Remove excess furniture, knick-knacks, extra wall decorations, etc.
- Have a home inspection done and then address the items which need to be repaired.
- Eliminate odors. Nothing turns a buyer off faster than a smelly house.
While it may seem like a hassle to do these things now, when you realize the best price for your property in the shortest period of time, you’ll be glad you made the effort!
Email or call me to receive a free booklet “Home Enhancement Guide.”
Donna Forest is Broker Associate with Coldwell Banker Milestone Real Estate.
“New Hampshire residential home sales experienced the largest single-month increase on record last month (November) as sales jumped 70% from November of 2008.” In 2008, November saw 673 sales; in 2009, there were 1,141. The NHAR (New Hampshire Association of Realtors which tracks real estate data for the State) attributed the jump in part to the home buyer tax credit incentive. The jump was also considered a signal that the NH real estate market is in the middle of the early stages of recovery which will head us back to a “normalized residential housing market”.
The cumulative totals for 2009 are about 5% ahead of the same period last year. Also important about the increase in the number of sales is that it has helped to drive down the statewide inventory to a 9.1 month supply. For comparison, at the end of January, 2009, it was at a 22 month supply. Prices do continue to lag, however, which should continue to make buying a home very attractive to buyers. The median price of last November was at $215,000 and dropped 2.8% this November to $209,000.
Source: NH Union Leader 12/16/2009
