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An UNREPRESENTED Seller

I was working with a great young couple a few months ago, and they were looking to buy a new home for their soon-to-be growing family.  After meeting with them for a buyer consultation, I began emailing them listings on homes for them to look through that had the potential to meet their needs. In the process of getting the listing agents' contact information on each of these houses that they wanted to see, I came upon the instructions on one of them to deal directly with the seller instead of the agent.  What?  Ugh!  Sure enough, when I pulled up the full internal MLS sheet, there were these instructions, "Please contact Owner directly at 603-xxx-xxxx for showings, property information, negotiations and closing without the participation of XXXX Real Estate."  More...

BUYING A Home in New Hampshire or Maine?

We all hear and read all kinds of things about the housing market, and most of us are probably pretty tired of the same old negative stuff.  What seems to get buried in all that "negative sells" stuff is that the market correction may actually be coming to an end in many markets across the country. More...

Hampton Beach NH ~ Sand Sculpture Contest

To kick off this year's special celebration, Hampton Beach held their 'Seventh Annual Hampton Beach Master Sand Sculpting Contest".  And what sculpting masterpieces they were, too!  WOW! The Master Sculptors who take part in this event come from all over North America.  This year's competitors hailed from Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Ontario, Quebec, Texas, and Ohio.  More...

Tall Ships Are Coming to Portsmouth New Hampshire!!

Have you ever seen any of the majestic Tall Ships that visit various ports around the world?  If you lived in Portsmouth New Hampshire, you would have seen at least one every year.   Once a year for the last 10 - 12 years, at least one Tall Ship has sailed into Portsmouth Harbor to the delight of area residents! This year, we're lucky enough to have THREE sailing into Portsmouth!!  These ships are just absolutely beautiful when you see them in person - pictures just really never do them justice once you've seen any of them up close and in person. More...

Portsmouth NH - An Historical Weekend with FOUR Tall Ships!

This past weekend here in Portsmouth New Hampshire, we were fortunate to see history in the making.  Never before, in at least 100 years, has there ever been more than one Tall Ship in our port at any one time.  
This past weekend, for THREE whole days, we had the pure pleasure of FOUR of these magnificent beauties in the Port City, tied up at our State Pier. More...

Fly Right Into Portsmouth New Hampshire!!

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