Buyers appear to be frozen in jello.

We are in a strange market it appears.

After having worked the New Hampshire Real Estate market since March 2003, this is the 1st time I have experienced a mass of buyers that can’t make a decision.

I have closed a lot of homes this year but it appears there is a glut of indecisive buyers out there at this time.

I have talked to other Realtors and many of them are experiencing the same thing.

  I am surmising that some of the excuses

 for their hesitancy are the following reasons:

- The market hasn’t bottomed out yet

-The rates may drop

-I’ll wait till the price for this house drops

-I’ll wait till more houses come to the market

-I can’t get enough from the sale of my house to afford a purchase.

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Please add more excuses that you may be hearing at this time.

2008 New Hampshire Fair dates!

It is almost that time of year again.

 

Here is a list of the 2008 New Hampshire Fair dates.

 

Have you any stories to share?

 

Do you have a favorite fair that you attend?

 

Save these dates for your fair season.

 

If you care to share anythig or tell a story please do so.

 

Thanks,  Don

 

 

Date	Fair	Contact
July 23 – 27, 2008	North Haverhill Fair
July 24 – 27, 2008	Stratham Fair
July 30 – August 3, 2008	Cheshire Fair
August 9 – 10, 2008	Belknap County 4-H Fair
August 15 – 17, 2008	Cornish Fair
August 27 – September 1, 2008	Lancaster Fair
August 28 – September 1, 2008	Hopkinton State Fair
September 5 – 7, 2008	Hillsborough County Agricultural Fair At the 4H Center in New Boston
September 12 – 21, 2008	Rochester Fair
September 25 – 28, 2008	Deerfield Fair
October 11 – 13, 2008	Sandwich Fair

 

 

 

Rochester Sratchboard Artist makes series of Rochester Drawings!

  Attached is a photo scan of the front page of the Rochester newspaper dated Feb/28/2008.

   The article includes a sample of the work of art on the Rochester Opera House.

   Check out bobgoudreau.com for a complete view of all the artist’s works of art.

What so you think of paranormal activity?

With 1 50 TV channels there are tons of programs about ghosts and paranormal activity.  Some of the popular shows are: Ghost Whisperer,  Ghost Hunters,  Paranormal State  & Most Haunted.Weather you believe in ghosts or not there seems to be something in the unseen world that is trying to reach out to people in this world. I believe there are some spirits, if you will,  in the unseen world but I have never seen one myself.  If you have any true life stories I’d like to hear them.I don’t believe that we should hold a séance or provoke spirits as that could open up a possible haunting and provoke violent spirits to attack you or your home and family.  I have heard many accounts personally of people that have seen “Ghosts” and are more sensitive to the spirit world.   I have stayed at a haunted cabin up in Maine. There are 9 cabins located on Moosehead Lake and the resort is about 4 miles off the main road.I haven’t seen anything over there either but I remain open minded to the whole idea.   What are your thoughts on the subject please share with us? 

Recommendation for fantastic Financial advice!

 Hey Folks,   Have you ever heard of Dave Ramsey?

I found out about him a couple weeks ago.

He is on TV every week night at 8PM Eastern Time. 

  He does a 1 hour show and takes calls on just about every type of financial question you can imagine.

   I strongly recommend you check it out on Fox Business Network.

Dave also has a number of  books.

His most popular one is entitle “Total Money Makeover”.

Dave has a great, faith based, practical, direct approach to get people debt free and destroy their credit cards and break those chains of  bondage.

Tune in and I really think you would like the program.

There is tons of sound advice and, although it is all practical advice, we can always use a refresher coarse even if we think we know a lot about finances.

There are a lot of Estate Planning and Real Estate questions on the program.

Thanks , let me know your recommendations.

Don Goudreau

http://www.daveramsey.com/fpu/home/ 

“2007″ New Hampshire Property Tax Rates.

For your reference Here is a link to a complete list of all the tax rates for NH towns & Cities:

 Click the link to view tax rates:

www.nh.gov/revenue/munc_prop/documents/2007taxratereport.doc

What are we going to do with our time now that the candidates have left?

It is Jan 10th 2008 and all of the candidates have packed up their busses and headed to Michigan and points West.  I noticed another thing; it was like the sign fairies came in through the overnight and removed all the signs from the side of the roads.    Maybe I am more aware of the sign disappearance because I am a Realtor and I am always on the lookout for signs.   I don’t know about you but I really didn’t want to view all the TV programs about the  Presidential contest at first, but after being inundated by all the TV exposure I was drawn in like a zombie and looked for more and more programs as the race heated up.  Now that the race is over and the winners (McCain and Clinton) have won, we are now left with the usual repeats at prime time and the problem is compounded now the TV script writes strike.  Working out of downtown Concord every day I got to witness the carnival atmosphere on a daily basis.  So my question to you is what are we to do with our time in the evenings now that the circus has left town?   Please comment and let your opinion be known.

2008 Top story in New Hampshire “Civil Unions Legal”

According to the Concord Monitor the New Year”2008″ was rung in with 40 same sex unions Just after midnight for the new year.The couples took their vows on the New Hampshire State House steps and see their legal civil unions as a step in direction of being recognized as married couples on the national level.Read the entire Concord Monitor story by clicking this link:http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008694276159

Democrat Race too close to call on December 15th 2007.

New Hampshire still remains the 1st in the nation State for the Primary Vote.Although many states have upped their Primary dates, NH has held to the earliest primary date to hold on to their tradition.    The Republican race as of this writing date has Romney with a double digit lead over Giuliani and McCain moving up into 3rd place.   The Democrats however have seen Hillary’s lead slip from a 30 point lead to a 1 point lead in just a 3 week period.Obama kept away from negative campaigning and it bolstered his ratings.In Hillary’s camp there were a number of rumors and leaks of negative reports about Obama .Although Hillary never admitted knowing of or authorizing the leaking of negative stories to the press or the internet.Some of the stories that hit the news were:1 -A story was put out criticizing Obama for writing essays about being President in Kinder garden .2-Another story was leaked was that Obama was a Radical Muslim and learned that from his father.3-The lowest blow was that Obama had used drugs in High school and maybe he could have sold drugs.None of the stories were proven true and Hillary actually denounced her campaign people that were responsible for leaking these stories.One thing that bolstered Obama’s support was Oprah going on the campaign trail with Obama in early December.Hillary’s slide in the lead appeared to start by a bad showing in the last New Hampshire debate in early December.Hillary stammered on a question concerning issuing drivers licenses to illegal aliens and she indicated that she though the New York’s governor’s idea to issue drivers licenses to illegal aliens to keep control and track them since there was no way to keep them out of the state.She also lost ground by not guaranteeing that she would get all the troops home before the end of her second term.The other factor that showed Hillary has deep concerns in the tight race was that she had to get Bill Clinton to start campaigning full time on the road for Hillary as a last ditch effort to gain votes.In summary with a surge in Obama’s numbers to 31% and a decline in Hillary’s numbers to 32% this race is shaping up to be a real race to the finish and may come down to the last couple hours of the vote counting on Primary Day.What are your thoughts on the race and the strategy being use by the candidates ? 

Recommendation for New Hampshire Magazine

 I have been thinking about what is my favorite magazine in New Hampshire.  There are many great honorable mentions like “Yankee Magazine”, “Old Farmers Almanac”, and “New Hampshire Business Digest”.   My pick however is “New Hampshire Magazine”.  Some of the things I like are a well rounded array of stories and great information on towns and events.  The Dec/2007 issue has a couple nice features like “Insiders guide to North Conway” & “Skiing Without the Fear Factor”.  -Articles on Veteran skiers have advice on tamer skiing & Shopping and a culture tour of North Conway.  The Nov/2007 issue featured “Hot New Restaurants” & “NH Home”.  -Articles on new restaurant openings & Ways to spice up the Thanksgiving table.  The July/2007 issue featured “Best of NH 2007″ & “Summer Playhouse”.  -Articles on picks of the best in the state places and things & Wilton’s  Andy’s Summer Playhouse.  The March/2007 issue featured “Granite Plates” & “Best Towns for You”.  -Articles on cool license plates and on an article filled with town facts and figures. 

 Let me know your thoughts for great New Hampshire magazines. 

Hope this article helps you to learn more helpful info on New Hampshire towns and places.