Eastman Real Estate Blog

This Eastman home has direct water access to Anderson pond. Eastman Lake can still be accessed as all owners in the Eastman Community can use the beaches, boat racks and lake accesses.

This home is priced well below assessed value, $100,000 below! There is some work to be done by the new owner but the major items seem to all be in good working order. With a bit of elbow grease and a coat of paint you will own a fine and beautiful home. Waterfront is always a sought after property.

This home has over 2500 square feet and room sizes are generous. A rear deck overlooks a rare grass lawn in Eastman. You will also enjoy the sunsets from this deck with western exposure. The master has plenty of closet space and a bathroom divided in two. A private water-closet and a separate room with a tub/shower, sink and laundry area.

Enjoy cozy warm wood fires in the beamed ceiling family room. The screened porch has a brick hearth for cooking with wood.

The lower level has a good sized media room/den with it’s own fireplace. Two bedrooms of ample size, a Wine Room that’s 7′9x 5′6″. This gives you plenty of storage. If you need a workshop area then this home has one too. It even has it’s own sink and wood stove. Take the chill of with your scrap wood.

If more information is needed or you would like to view this property please call my cell 603-568-0609 or email me at jeffadie@gmail.com

The Common Loon Spreads Wings

Swimming with momma

A Beautiful Loon

Loon pair swimming towards their young

This has been a great year to be out on Eastman Lake. The weather has been hot, the sky blue as can be and nesting Loon pairs are raising their young.

These photos were taken with a very good camera from a kayak and canoe on the lake. Loons are “private” birds and do not like to get close to humans. The photo of the head of the Loon is a very impressive shot. That bird must have dove after some food, swam under water and surfaced near the photographer.

This is just another reason Eastman NH is such a special place. (more…)

Enjoy the deck and water view.

Location is the key to this property. Not to mention the level entry that you don’t always find with Eastman Condos.

There has also been some significant upgrades. The kitchen has been completely renovated and redesigned. Add the oak wood floors and newer carpets and you have a move in condition condo where you can just relax and enjoy the view.

If you would like more info on the spectacular condo, please email me at jeffadie@gmail.com

Eastman Lake View From 28 Bay Tree

Just a few years ago you would have had to pay more than $200,000 for this condo. Today it hits the market at just $179,900. Are you looking for Eastman Lake waterfront? Do you want the ease if life condo living provides? Do yo like falling to sleep to the call of the Loon?

This condo has such a great location, easy access to the beach, walking trail, tennis. Level entry is another huge bonus. Only one step down from the parking spaces.

The Eastman Community has so much to offer and values like this do not come along very often. Come see for your self, or for more info go to www.jeffadie.com

It’s very hard to believe that half of 2010 is behind us. Two of the best things I can say about this year is the weather has been mild, not that much snow and finally a real summer with heat and sunshine. More importantly home sales are up HUGE!!!

Sales are up just over 225% when you compare the first sixth months of 2010 to 2009. In 09′ there were just fourteen home sales compared to 32 home sales this year. The first 6 months of 2010 equaled the entire amount of home sales for the year in 2009. How does that sound for an improving market?

As for condos and land the numbers are not nearly as good. In the same time periods used for home sales, condo sales totaled 3 in 2010 and just 2 in 2009. Land sales, there was only one in 09′ and 2010 has seen 2.

Here is where the debate comes in: Has the market really turned? Web site traffic is down, sales are up. Is the buyer pool stronger because only the most financially sound buyers are left? Did the tax credits that the government had in place really drive sales? Now that the credits are over will sales drop? Are web hits down because the tax credits have ended?

This is what I see in the micro market of Eastman with observations of the Upper Valley and New London/Lake Sunapee mixed in.

May was most likely the quietest May I will ever see. At least lets hope so!! June started off slow but finished strong. The activity I see in my office has been steady to fairly busy. The mid priced home is no longer a non existing market. There has been several homes in the $350,000 to $550,000 price range that have gone under agreement. There always seems to be some action in the sub $200,000 range. Currently the selection of Eastman Lake waterfront homes is down and it would be good to get some inventory in that category. ($500,000 plus with good water access)

I think land sales are down for the obvious reason. Why build when you can buy existing for less?? Condo sales? No that’s a good question. Are sales down because of the maintenance fees? Are buyers looking at homes and just see better values than a condo? There are some great prices on Eastman condos but can buyers be watching their monthly dollar expense so closely and they are not figuring for repairs on a home making a home look inexpensive?  Home maintenance is not a monthly expense but it still adds up by the end of a year?

I can not understand why condos are so over looked right now. Maybe the vacation buyer has really been taken out of the market? If that’s the case than condo sales will remain slow until those buyers come back. About 75% of Eastman condos are vacation homes.

OK enough typing, home sales are up HUGE and that’s GREAT news!!

The newest listing is a wonderful 3.34 acres parcel of land that has over 160′ of lake frontage.

This is one of the last, true, Eastman Lakefront building lots in the Eastman Community.

Would you like water views like this? Would you like to live in a community that offers a lake, 18 hole championship golf, tennis, hiking and biking, cross country skiing, right out your back door?

Come take a look at Eastman, you will not be disappointed. For more info go to wwww.jeffadie.com

There are some very positive numbers here if your a seller. The real estate market has improved dramatically since last year. Here are a few numbers for you to look at.

From January 1st, 2009 through May 31st 2009 there were nine homes and one condo sold. For the same time period this year twenty six homes have sold and 3 condos sold.

That’s nearly a 300% increase in sales! If we can keep this pace up, there will be 62 home sales this year. That’s not a bad year at all.

Condo sales are better than last year but still seem to be lagging the home market. If we figure our average sales for most years, totals of over 20 units a year, this year we are on pace to sell a total of 7. That’s not good, but condo selling season is just getting under way. I am confident that by years end, sales in condos will be respectable.

Kayaking Eastman Lake 5/31/10

There has been plenty of recent chatter Eastman condos and what’s for sale.

Currently there are thirty four units actively for sale. Of those there are only a few with good water views. If you don’t want to pay the water view premium then the selection is very good, and pricing is in your favor.

Prices start as low as $154,900!!! Your would have never seen a price this low four or five years ago. Even two or three years there would have never been 13 condos priced under $200,000

Condos that stand out form the crowd due to their water view are 15 Pleasant and 30 Bay Tree. If your looking for move in condition where you shouldn’t have to do a thing? Then you want to see 802 Covered Bridge Ln and 52 Black Duck Spur. Both these condos have a water view and both are very clean and ready to go. 802 has a third level with sliders that let you out steps from the lake.

If you are interested in looking at any of the condos mentioned or any of the others that are currently available then please call or email me, jeffadie@gmail.com and I would be glad to set up a tour.

The probability of finding Eastman Real Estate that will work for you could not be greater. As of this post

Fall Morning Mist On Eastman Lake

(3/30/10) there are 90 homes currently on the market in the Eastman Community. Since it is very early in the spring season I expect over the next few weeks, we will break 100 homes for sale.

If you are a buyer this is great news! To be able to have a choice or several choices of quality homes in your price range is something that rarely happens. Over the past few years buyers have been lucky with this gift of choice. This year could be the best ever for choice. I think that sellers patients are running out and and trying to ride out the down market is just taking to long.

Buyers should be embracing this opportunity not questioning it! A few years ago buyers were buying a house just because if they didn’t someone else was right behind them waiting to put their money down. Most buyers in the early 2000’s didn’t even like the home they were buying with out saying, “we can change this or fix that”.

What about waterfront? Everyone would love to own on the water if they could. A few years ago there just wasn’t many homes to choose from. The properties that were for sale had huge price tags on them. Now there is affordable choice. Just around Eastman Lake there are several options for homes. Water front condos are available also with several options to choose. If condos are something you might be interested in than there are 32 available units to look at. All but two of them are priced under $300,000. There are some water front units priced under $225,000

The choice is yours!

802 Covered Bridge Ln

Are you looking for waterfront? Do you need space? This unit has both.

A free standing Webster style unit with just under 2000 square feet. Three total bath’s, a full on the main and second floors and a 3/4 bath on the lower level. Two of the three sliders will be new within the next few weeks. There is a bedroom on each level which is great for kids or visiting guests.

This unit is in move in condition! Carpets have been replaced, paint is fresh, kitchen and bath updates. All you need to do is show up and enjoy the lake!

For more info click here.