BETHEL, Maine – A newly created “forever wild” conservation area in Albany Township, Maine, is part of an effort that aims to have far-reaching conservation impact in both Maine and New Hampshire.
Spring has officially arrived and launches the beginning of our spring selling season for real estate in New Hampshire's Lakes Region. Buying a home can seem like a daunting process. It could possibly be the most expensive and emotionally charged purchase of your life. I've put together some…
Back in 2000, the world was at the beginning stages of a major transition brought on by the development of the internet and the many website startups that followed. The new internet-based MLS system promised to dramatically change the way homes were sold, giving more information and power in…
Much like the rest of the country, the slowdown in the residential real estate market here can be seen in the bellwether of fewer loans.
MEREDITH — Lakes Region Community Developers recently completed renovations on Harvey Heights Apartments, a 25-unit apartment complex located on Pleasant Street in Meredith.
With lakes, beaches, mountains, forests, rivers and the ocean for people who enjoy the outdoors, New Hampshire is a paradise. New Hampshire is home to nearly 1,000 lakes, and 19,000 miles of rivers and streams flow throughout the state. The Seacoast includes 18.5 miles of coastline with beau…
PORTSMOUTH — Newly married and ready to move on from their Islington Street apartment, Jason Litchfield and his wife, Lauren, both University of New Hampshire graduates, are on the hunt for a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house in the 400-year-old city.
An innovative new loan fund of nearly $9 million is being brought to bear to help develop workforce housing in the Upper Valley. With investments from eight major local employers, the Upper Valley Loan Fund is a new approach to the state’s housing crisis that has employers and housing advoca…
It's been a good week, and mother nature hit our region with a blanket of snow. The three-month winter season started late this year and it's hard to believe it ends on March 20. It becomes more encouraging when you realize daylight savings time begins next weekend on Sunday, March 12.
I’ve been pulling up some current research on the real estate market on a national, statewide and Lakes Region level. Here are some of the trend lines to follow:
LACONIA — Lakes Region Community Developers has announced that Resilient Buildings Group of Concord is the first Lakes Region Housing Champion of 2023. LRCD’s Housing Champions are local companies committed to LRCD’s mission of creating new affordable housing opportunities. LRCD will feature…
CONCORD — On Tuesday, the New Hampshire Senate Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs heard testimony on SB 224, a bill that modifies criteria for the adoption of housing opportunity zones by a municipality and expands the definition of inclusionary zoning for affordable housing.
MEREDITH — Frank Roche, president of Roche Realty Group, Inc., with offices in Meredith and Laconia, has announced that Carol Mattice recently joined the real estate firm. She will be a part of the Meredith office team.
Cash was king in the purchase of at least 50 percent of residential real estate properties in the New Hampshire towns of Hancock and Lyndeborough during 2022.
LACONIA – Lakes Region Community Developers welcomes the addition of two new members to its board of directors: Reuben Bassett, commercial agent, The Legacy Group / Keller Williams and John Libby, certified public accountant.
The development team behind a plan to construct some 650 housing units on 95 acres in Concord has grown by one partner and taken an option to purchase 40 more acres of abutting property.
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