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August 21, 2026 · Buying Guides
Bristol and the Newfound Lake Towns
Newfound is one lake shared by four towns with four very different tax bills — $6.35 per thousand in Bridgewater NH, nearly $20 in Alexandria. I sell in all of them. Here's how Bristol, Hebron, Bridgewater, and Alexandria actually compare — downtowns, schools, taxes, personalities — and where the inventory really is.
August 21, 2026 · Buying Guides
New Hampshire's Grandest Homes on the Lake
Everyone asks me about the mansions eventually. So here's the honest tour of New Hampshire's top lake market as of August 2026 — all 66 active waterfront listings asking $2.5 million or more, the $5 million club, the records that actually stand, and what frontage feet, southwest exposure, and a grandfathered boathouse really do to a price. No breathless adjectives. Just the numbers I pulled this week and what they mean if you're shopping the top.
August 20, 2026 · Buying Guides
Meredith or Wolfeboro
Meredith or Wolfeboro is the question I get most from Winnipesaukee buyers, and the internet answers it with fifteen-year-old forum threads. So here's my honest version — real prices from the live market, the 2025 tax rates side by side, the boating differences nobody explains, and which town fits which buyer. I sell in both. I'll tell you the trade-offs both ways.
August 19, 2026 · Buying Guides
Moving from Massachusetts to New Hampshire
Most of my relocation clients come from Massachusetts, and most arrive with the tax math half right. Here's the whole ledger — what you actually save, what MA still taxes if you keep the Boston job, what property taxes really cost, and where transplants land once they stop drawing a circle around Nashua.
August 18, 2026 · Buying Guides
Loon or Waterville Valley
I sell ski homes at both mountains, so I don't have a horse in this race — I have two. Here's the comparison the forums keep arguing about, settled with real MLS numbers: how Loon and Waterville Valley actually differ on terrain, passes, crowds, condo prices, HOA fees, taxes, and rental income, and an honest "buy this one if" for each.
August 17, 2026 · Buying Guides
What It Really Costs to Live in New Hampshire
Every relocation call I take eventually gets to the same question — what does it actually cost to live here? So I sat down and priced the whole thing out. The taxes you skip, the property tax you don't, real housing numbers from our MLS feed this week, what a tank of heating oil runs, and the bills that are genuinely cheaper here. Real numbers, no calculator-site averages.
August 15, 2026 · Buying Guides
Best Ski Towns in New England to Buy a Second Home
I sell homes in New Hampshire ski country for a living, so discount me accordingly — but I'll give you the honest tour anyway. Stowe and Killington included, real prices from the MLS, Vermont's new 3.62% second-home transfer tax, and why the I-93 corridor keeps quietly winning Boston buyers.
August 14, 2026 · Living Here
The Best Lakes in New Hampshire
I sell homes on these lakes for a living, so this isn't a tourist list. Here's how I rank New Hampshire's best lakes when buyers call my office — who actually buys on each one, what the waterfront really costs, where the public access is honest, and which lake I'd put my own money on.
August 11, 2026 · Living Here
Things to Do in Waterville Valley NH
I've been sending guests and buyers up Route 49 to Waterville Valley for years, and the same questions keep coming back — what's actually there, what's worth it, what's the town like when the lifts stop. Here's my whole answer, season by season, including the things I'd skip.
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