I recently read a Washington Post.com article about making connections on line and how web 2.0 helps agents and consumers find each other. They actually called it Real Estate Agent Hunting 2.0 and it talks about connecting without the traditional greet and meet interview process. How Blogging and web 2.0 helps agents and consumers alike and how online media helps agents rise to the creme of the crop level. Rise above the crowd and be established as an area expert.
This is something I have been saying for a long time yet there are still so many nay sayers in NH. Relatively few NH real estate agents Blog or Blog consistently and most have no idea about social networking tools like Twitter or Linkedin. Our New Hampshire Real Estate blog has a little bit of everything...we talk personal stuff, market info and complain about sucky real estate agents as well. I think a well rounded blog is interesting and I am pretty happy to have made the Top Real Estate Agent Blog list again for the 3rd month in a row. This is a nationwide list and only 80 blogs are on the list. For a little New Hampshire Blog that ain’t bad at all. Thank you to all our readers and subscribers…without you we wouldn’t have gotten on that list.
Yesterday Jay’s 24 year old nephew was killed by a 22 year old alleged drunk driver. Sean survived two tours in Iraq only to be killed at home by an alleged drunk driver! Sean had everything to live for and now he is gone. He loved his job as a Hopkinton New Hampshire police officer and was a just an all around nice guy. He was killed in a hit-and-run crash on his way home from work early Thursday morning. We will miss him. http://wbztv.com/local/newhampshire/police.officer.killed.2.795063.html
Our July 2008 web stats have been updated and are compared to the same month last year.
All stats are down except the fact that our listings are getting shown more this year than last year. Interesting stat to say the least and unique visitors are down slightly.
We recently had Friends from out of town stay with us and they had a craving for chocolate covered frozen bananas. I had never heard of chocolate covered frozen bananas and I had no clue where to get them. But our friends were relentless in their quest for the special treat! One day we decided to visit Sanborn’s Fine Candies in Plaistow NH to see if they had any. We were in luck! Our friends got their chocolate covered bananas and I swear I gained weight just walking in the door. The place is wonderful and everything looks and smells yummy! The bananas by the way were fantastic! Check them out next time you’re in Plaistow.
Below are a couple of graphics showing how Real Estate sales in 2007 compare to 2008.
Interestingly the sales for single family homes in Atkinson are virtually the same as last year. Average home prices sold are up but the median price is down by almost $27,500.
Days on market have increased by 41 days on average and dollars per square foot are up on average by $7.00.
looking for something fun to do this weekend and up for taking a trip to Northern New Hampshire? If so the annual Pittsfield Balloon Rally will be held from Aug 1st to the 3rd. Check out their website for details.
