Hampton, NH

Summer time along Seacoast NH is already gearing up for the best and the busiest three months of the year. Right after Memorial Day spring moves away and all sorts of fun- filled things start to happen no matter what the weather is. The Atlantic ocean is beautiful to look at and be near and affords lots of water sports for surfers and swimmers. Those who love boating are standing by ready to launch their boats for another action packed summer.

The Hobie Cat Regatta is always a big event and those who have done it before return year after year to be a part of the sport.

Then there is the sand sculpting competitions where every year master artists return to sculpt all sorts of spellbinding works of art. The lasts for a week, rain or shine.

Every Wednesday night there are fireworks that everyone loves to see along with the great music preformed on the Seashell Stage.

Hampton Beach is ready and waiting every year for people to come and have a great time. So if you are in the area, or even if your not, make a road trip up to "The Live Free or Die State" and join in the summer fun.

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Although the real estate market was tough in 2008 as you will see below, 270 homes sold in the Hampton area. People still have to move and homes still do sell regardless of the market. With that said, here is A Little Perspective on the Real Estate Market:

• More than 1000 banks closed in 1930 (three years before the FDIC was created) BUT Only 14 banks have been taken over in 2008,

• There are 76 million households in the US that own their home--24 million of these homes are owned free and clear,

• There are 52 million homes with mortgages in the US; 97.2% of these are not in foreclosure AND 93.8% of these homes are current on their payments.

Unfortunately...

• Over 20% of people with a mortgage owe more than their home is worth

• 40% of all homes in foreclosure are non-owner occupied (investments)

• There is $975 billion in consumer debt in America

Historic Facts...

• The average real estate boom lasts 3 to 4 years, and the bottom lasts for 15 months

• This real estate boom lasted 9 years, so the bottom will likely last 2-3 years (start Jan. 2008)

• The normal recession lasts 7 to 8 months in total

• There have been 8 recessions and 1 depression in the past 100 years

• 8 times more millionaires are created in a recession

Here is the history on what happened in Hampton at year end...

36 homes sold in the Hampton area in November and December:

- 22 single family homes,

- 12 condos, and

- 2 mobile home.

In 2008, 270 homes sold in Hampton:

-148 single family homes

- 105 condos, and

- 17 mobile homes

In addition, 6 Hampton area homes went pending with active contracts in November and December.

For more real estate information, check out my website www.SeacoastHomesForYou.com , or to receive a FREE on-line market analysis on your home check, out www.GetFreePropertyValues.com.

Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist noted in October that, "A trend away from subprime mortgages to FHA loans, which often carry much lower interest rates, is a positive development for consumers and the house market going forward. Still, it will take some time for the change to yield a measurably higher closed sales volume in the aftermath of the subprime collapse. In the near term, we expect home sales to remain fairly stable." As real estate markets are local, here's what happened in the Hampton market in October:

19 homes sold in the Hampton area in October:

- 8 single family homes,

- 10 condos, and

- 1 mobile home.

Year-to-date, 234 homes have sold in Hampton:

-126 single family homes

- 93 condos, and

- 15 mobile homes

In addition, 16 Hampton area homes are pending with active contracts.

For more real estate information, check out my website www.SeacoastHomesForYou.com , or to receive a FREE on-line market analysis on your home check, out www.GetFreePropertyValues.com.

As you may guess, I receive many requests from friends and associates for referrals to professional trades and services - everything from painters to attorneys. Because I've received these requests, and because I operate my own business by referral, I have compiled a Business Referral Directory that lists the finest individuals and companies serving our community. You can check out this new directory anytime on my website, www.SeacoastHomesForYou.com. I hope you enjoy this directory and if you or someone you know would like to be a part of it, please give me a call or drop me an email.

Now let's take look at what is going on in the market locally...

30 homes sold in September:

- 16 single family homes,

- 12 condos, and

- 2 mobile homes.

Year-to-date, 215 homes have sold in Hampton:

-118 single family homes

- 83 condos, and

- 14 mobile homes

In addition, 9 Hampton area homes went pending with active contracts in September.

For more real estate information, check out my website www.SeacoastHomesForYou.com , or to receive a FREE on-line market analysis on your home check, out www.GetFreePropertyValues.com.

Hampton Beach NH has a yearly Seafood Festival, and the first weekend in September each year is everyone's opportunity to fill ourselves full of all kinds of fabulous food from over 50 local area restaurants.  Talk about yummy - every single morsel I indulged in was absolutely scrumptious!

Living in New Hampshire, and New England in general, affords those of us fortunate enough to call this part of the country home countless places to indulge in some of the finest seafood in the world. 

And once a year, you get to meander from food booth to food booth dining on every kind of local seafood all in one place!  How cool is that?!?!?!?

I must admit, in all the years I've lived here in Portsmouth NH, I have never been down to the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival until this year.  And now I know what I've been missing all these years! 

This is the 19th Annual Seafood Festival, and it just keeps getting better and better from what I can heaing.  It's so good and such a great family event that it has been named "One of the Top 100 Events in America" for a number of years.  And now that I've been myself, I can see why the festival continues to receive that recognition!

I went on opening day with good friends Jay and Monika McGillicuddy and another great friend of ours, and we had a great time trying as much seafood as we could.  Some of what we sampled, and loved, were lobster rolls, fried clams, sauteed lobster tails on a stick, grilled shrimp on a stick, grilled swordfish on a stick, fried onion rings, coconut shrimp, steamed lobster and corn-on-the-cob, chowder, ice cream, and some beverages of course.   The really great thing about this festival is that you can dine on all this great seafood at less than half the price you'd have to pay if you ate in the restaurants that have the food booths.  It doesn't get any better than that, that's for sure! 

In addition to the yummiest seafood you can imagine, there's also a variety of bands playing throughout the weekend, arts and crafts booths, and fireworks, as well as great sidewalk sales in front of all the shops along the Hampton Beach Boardwalk area.



Not a seafood lover?  Not to worry, you can also find chicken, hot dogs, chinese food, ribs, and other food not from the sea.  That all looked delicious as well.

For those of us who live here in the NH Seacoast area, we get all kinds of great fun events like this to take part in all year long.  Just one of the many perks and benefits of calling this great area HOME!!

Have you been dreaming of living by the ocean?  Hampton Beach NH has been named one of the top 3 cleanest beaches in America.  Watch this video by MSNBC --->  America's Beaches - Hampton Beach awarded FIVE stars for being the cleanest in the country!

Are you thinking about buying a home or condo in the Seacoast New Hampshire Maine area?  Call me today at     603-431-1111     x 3839, or  send me an email, and let's talk real estate!  I'd love to help you achieve your dream of living along the coast.....

 
            
   



                                  
  Ann Cummings, New Hampshire REALTOR
  RE/MAX Coast to Coast
  Portsmouth NH
  ann@anncummings.com
      888-349-5678     x 3839
  Servicing the Coastal Areas of NH & Southern Maine