Eastman Real Estate Blog

This event just seems to get better every year!!! The Eastman Community is filled with volunteers that make this event happen. People travel from long distances to participate and everyone has so much fun!!! The event has entries that are trying to win, people trying to set a personal best, and people that have never done anything like this before. There are teams competing, where you can have to or three competitors on one team. There is even a scaled down version for kids under 14.

Here’s a link to a video

Looking at the most recent condo and home sales in Eastman, NH it is extremely clear, we are by far the leading real estate company! Especially in Eastman!!

Right now there are seven properties either pending sale, or contingent. Contingent means that there is a signed Purchase and Sales Agreement and there are either inspections to complete or financing to obtain. Pending is when the property is about to be transferred. Usually within a few weeks of going from the contingent status to pending.

Here are the numbers: Of the seven properties, four are houses and three are condos. Six are Country Houses listings, six buyers are Country Houses Buyers, one house is listed by an out of area agency and as of right now I do not know who brought the buyer.

Here’s another way to look at this. There are two transaction sides to each sale, the seller side and the buyer side. So 7×2=14 total transaction sides. Country Houses is part of 12 of the 14 sides.

Why should you list with Country Houses? These numbers are just proof that our location, right here in Eastman, is the place buyers come to find their Eastman home or condo.

I’m trying something new….again. Video of new listings is a great way to see a home. Exposure of your Eastman Lake property is going to help get it sold. The more ways to get the information out there the better.

Check out Eastman Home @ 10 Trillium

17 Highwood Way

17 Highwood Way in Eastman NH, has outstanding privacy, ease of access, beautiful grounds, a 2 car garage, a master wing, large screened porch and plenty of space for family or friends. Over the least few years there have been many updates to numerous to mention but include roofing, heating system, and bathrooms. For more details call my cell at 568-0609 or click here for more photos and other specific information.

Eastman condo sales seem to be picking up a bit. Last year in 2010 there were 6 condos sold all year. In 2011 there have been 3 sold and 3 are in the pipeline to be sold. They are either contingent or pending.

This is great news!! Last year the condo market was dreadful. To only sell 6 units when in the good years there were 20 to 30 sales just made it a extremely tough year. Units are also getting shown more so the potential that more units will sell is there.

It would just be great if we can to twelve or fifteen units sold this year….

This hasn’t been the warmest or driest of spring time weather but the outdoor activities are well under way.

The tennis teams have started the Summer league play. Eastman has three teams again this year, only this time there is a Men’s A, Men’s B and Woman’s B. Both the Men’s A and Woman’s teams have started match play. The Men’s B team travels tonight to Lebanon to play CCBA for their first match of the season. All men’s matches are played on Tuesday nights. The men’s A team has a bye this week. The women play Wednesday evenings and have played two matches also. All team matches start at 6PM.

The golf course is in fantastic shape with very little winter grass kill the greens and fairways look just beautiful!! With the new approach to grass maintenance you will see some longer grass areas this year. These areas are going to be areas where you are least likely to hit a ball. This is going to reduce mowing, maintenance, man hours and chemical use. The golf committee has hit a home run with the new $99 membership (this is a limited membership). Last I heard membership was up over 400 people. This is well above last years membership total.

If it would only stop raining, everyone would want to get into the action!!

10 Buck Common

As spring is quickly turning into summer, this wonderful home offers so much. You are completely secluded for privacy and yet you are minutes to everything that Eastman has to offer. The closest activity is the hiking and cross country skiing right out your back door. The South Cove Activity Center is a bike ride for kids and adults or if you want to walk the half mile you can do that too. Once there you can swim in the lake or heated pool, work out in the fitness center, or play in the game room. Attending meetings is just as easy held in the community rooms.

This home offers plenty of recent updates. From the kitchen with GE Monogram appliances, Granite tops to remodeled baths. There is plenty new in this home.

For more photos and specific information, click here to get the details.

This Eastman waterfront condo offers views to Eastman Lake, privacy because the unit sits back from the lake a bit yet you can walk to the beach without crossing a road and be there in less than a minute. Ease of access to the Upper Valley or New London is really easy.  Custom paintings on the walls make this condo very unique.

For all the details visit www.jeffadie.com

Well today is usually my least favorite day of the year. Income tax day! At least this year tax day falls on a Friday.

If you are looking for things to do this weekend and the up coming weeks, Eastman Happenings is a great place to start.

Golf events, Easter events and community events. All signs that spring is here!!

This article is proof that if you list your property and it’s priced properly it WILL SELL!

On March 10th, 2011 I listed 11 Barn Owl Overlook. Four days later it was under agreement. The buyers had been looking for weeks and just could not find the right home at the right value. On the first showing, the buyers decided that this house had everything they needed, was the right price and they made their move.

On March 16th, 2011 I listed 13 Highwood Way. A vacation style home that is rock solid but in need of updating. Fifteen days later we are under agreement!!

The homes are different enough and priced $65,000 apart that they attracted buyers looking for different features at different price points.

The point is…buyers are out there, but buyers will only step up to the plate when they see value. You don’t have to sell a property at a give away price. You just have to list the property at a price that is better than the homes competing in the same price range. Buyers will look at every property in their price range. This happens with every buyer and they are the one’s that determine market value.

Here’s another great example: Right now in Eastman there are 16 homes priced between $300,000-$350,000 and only 1 is contingent. That one buyer probably looked at a minimum of 10 to 12 houses and picked the one house that they felt was the best value. That house was on the market for 23 days!! It just stood out from the rest of the competition.