What is New Hampshire’s Current Use Law?

By Dick Thackston On July 1, 1973 the Current Use Law became effective in New Hampshire.  The Current Use law was designed to keep New Hampshire’s rural character in tact while allowing owner’s to use the land quoting from the preamble to the law itself: “It is hereby declared to be in the public interest [...]

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Will 2012 be the Year of The Buyer Broker?

By Dick Thackston By now if you’re in the housing market, have been in the housing market or are thinking about being in the housing market, you’ve heard about buyer brokerage. Most folks, consumers & REALTORS, have an idea about buyer brokerage but very few actually understand it or have the training and background to [...]

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Homes Sales Reported to Drop 3% Last Month What Does that Mean to Me?

By Dick Thackston CRB, ABRM, ABR The actual answer to the question in our title is very little. From the street level- were you and I both are as buyers, sellers and REALTORS – mostly what it tells us is it’s not our imagination the people who make up these statistics only give a portion [...]

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Short Sale Success Stories

By Dick Thackston CRB, ABRM, ABR Since the down turn started in the third quarter of 2005, (yes that’s right it’s actually been over six years if your benchmark is real estate brokerage), and the economic seizures started happening almost daily after November 2008, I’ve actually had some excellent experiences helping sellers and lenders work [...]

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How I got Started Doing Short Sales.

By Dick Thackston CRB, ABRM, ABR Short Sale Success Story: Short sales have become a major part of my companys business. In 2007 I realized that more and more of the owners I interviewed during listing appointments were helplessly under water on the loan on their home. During the Savings & Loan crisis of the [...]

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Whats happening in the economy, and how does it affect housing and me today?

By Dick Thackston Whether the US Economy is entering or has entered a double dip is a hard call and seems less than clear to most of us. Remember as President Nixon famously said over forty years ago: “Unemployment’s a matter of perspective which mostly depends on whether you’re working or not.” Happily, New Hampshire [...]

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WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BANKRUPTCIES? I DONT SEE ANY PROPERTIES FOR SALE BY BANKRUPTCY COURTS, HOW COME? (Part I)

By Dick Thackston I’ve gotten a consistent stream of questions from buyers about buying real estate out of Bankruptcy Court and the reality is there aren’t a great number of these, in fact they are quite rare. There are a couple of reasons bankruptcies don’t generate much in the way of real estate sales: most [...]

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Whats a Buyers Agent and Why do I Care?

What’s a Buyer’s Agent and Why do I Care? By Dick Thackston CRB, ABRM, ABR Buyer’s and Seller’s both should hope that a buyer is represented by a buyer’s agent, hopefully one who’s earned the ABR designation from the National Association of REALTORS and not just any agent who hopes they can figure out what [...]

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Setting your list price

Setting your list price Setting the list price for your home involves evaluating various market conditions and financial factors. During this phase of the home selling process, as your REALTOR®, we will help you set your list price by determining: Pricing Considerations In setting the list price for your home, you should be aware of [...]

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