NH Real Estate Market Report ~ Rockingham County Jan 2010

Rockingham County Real Estate Market report

Good new in the southern NH real estate market! The New Hampshire Association of REALTORS just released their monthly market statistics and it was well worth the wait.

Homes sales increase

Units (homes)  Sold – Jan 2010 Rockingham County Residential units sold are up 20% from Jan of 2009.  This month to month comparison shows a significant increase and while it’s way too early know for sure all indications are very positive.

Rockingham County Median Sales Price Jump

Rockingham County Median Sales Price jumped  9 % compared to  Jan 2009! This is exciting news as the last time we saw an increase in NH for a single month over the same period from a year prior was in November of 2007.  While one month can not define what is happening in the NH real estate market it sure makes us all feel very good as we enter our spring market.

Statewide totals all increased as well…Yippee!

Jan 2009 compared to Jan 2010 at 16.5 % increase in Units Sold Statewide.

Jan 2009 compared to Jan 2010  a 7.5 % increase in Median price!

Thinking about buying a home and worried about taking advantage of the Tax Credit give us a call… I know we can help you!

Blooper alert… I meant to say market report for the end of January 2010 not 2009 as I stated in the video

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10 Fatal Seller Mistakes

Are you thinking of selling your Southern New Hampshire home? If so this short video is a must watch and can help you avoid some common fatal mistakes many sellers make! Thank you to Lani over at Agent Genius for sharing this video with us.

A Little Taste of Winter in Southern New Hampshire

New Hampshire in the winter is so magical and this year we’ve had a record amount of snow which really makes everything look so special. I took a few pictures the other day to share …I hope you enjoy them.

Are You Smarter Than Your GPS ???

I have always loved technology and always needed the newest tech toys when they first came out, except a GPS.

I never really felt I needed one as I knew my way around my marketplace very well. I knew all the shortcuts and there really was no need for one as I had my trusty road atlas.

 

I had a customer a couple of weeks ago who wanted to view some homes in an area that I had not been in for quite a while. During our initial conversation my customer mentioned all he needed was the addresses as he had his GPS. No big deal I thought as for someone from out of state I guessed it would be quite handy. 

He and his wife arrive at my office and he grabs his GPS and we set it up in my car and off we go. He plugs the address to the first house in the GPS and  I can see the  GPS acquiring the satellite signal.

I back out of the office parking lot and it tells me how far to drive and when I come upon about .2 miles it prepares me to turn. How cool is this I’m thinking. It also told me all the streets to turn on and the best was when we arrived at our destination it told me we had arrived at our destination. We viewed a bunch of homes that day and that is where I fell in love with the GPS.

I know most of you probably own one and can relate. I decided that this was a must have as I am beginning to hate to drive at night and this would really help. I also know that when my customer had his, it was very easy to talk with them and not worry about flipping through paperwork or maps while conversing. That was the selling point, right there, it was a no-brainer.

I have had it a little over a week now and Monika just absolutely loves it. 

Today I had to meet Monika’s clients at a house I had never been to so the GPS would come in handy and I wanted to test it’s ability to see if my shortcuts were really shortcuts. Once it locks into the satellite it tells you what time you should arrive. So, of course, I had to try and beat it. It told me I would arrive at 9:50 AM for a 10:00 AM appointment, so, off I go. I plugged the GPS to take me the shortest route, because, when I took off down my street it had me heading in a different direction than I wanted to go. I was going to take the shortcut.

The minute I deviated from the original course it would tell me “re-calculating” and the time changed to 3 minutes longer than I had when I started, Not to be discouraged, I knew I could make up time by going my way. 

Sure enough, when I got to a point where I knew the GPS wanted me to go originally I had made up 2 minutes off the original 9:50 AM time of arrival. Two minutes may not seem like a lot but if you take a 30 day month you could save an hour to do something else you would really like to do.

All in all I love our GPS and I highly recommend you look into getting one. They come in all shapes and sizes and prices. This one is under $300.00 and well worth it. 

So, that is why I ask “are you smarter than your GPS? 

Jay and Monika McGillicuddy

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