June 21, 2010

Tom Carstens Joins Peabody & Smith Realty

Posted to Chrissy Smith

We are so pleased to welcome Tom Carstens to the Peabody & Smith Realty team. For almost a decade, Tom has been involved in the local real estate market as a Sales Associate, and is now bringing his experience to us. He will be working out of our Littleton office located at 11 Riverglen Lane.

 

Tom earned his New Hampshire Real Estate license in 2001, after moving to the area from Minnesota to be closer to his son and granddaughter. He originally hails from the midwest, and worked as an engineer and operations manager in the food and beverage industry.
 

Tom and I had lunch together today and we talked about what he likes about real estate. “What’s your favorite part of real estate Tom?” I said. He answered, “I have a sweet spot for selling and showing land parcels. I enjoy taking customers onto the land, showing them around and giving them ideas of where a house could be placed.” Its always fun to ask someone what they like and watch their face light up! Tom went on to explain how he was the general contractor in the building of his own log home a decade ago in Littleton and how he cares for his seven acres of land the home it sited on. Great lunchtime conversation.

 

In the winter, Tom can be found working as a handler for his son Matt Carstens at sled dog races from Minnesota, to Maine and Quebec!
 

Tom is a great addition to our team of agents. Like everyone at Peabody & Smith, he knows the area, he understands the real estate market, and he is a great resource for sellers and buyers. And if you have questions on how to build a log home, he’s your guy!

 

 

 

 

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Chrissy Smith

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June 10, 2010

Current Spring Market Data for the Greater Littleton NH, Plymouth NH and St. Johsnbury VT Real Estate Markets

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As summer begins, the trees have budded and it definitely feels like a time of renewal. A time of growth for the trees and for the real estate market too. In our travels, all of us are asked the timeless question, “How is the real estate market?”. For some, they expect an answer filled with despair and angst. However, as you can see from these charts, we are seeing more hopeful signs of market stabilization. While the “First Time Home Buyer and Move Up Home Buyer” tax credits have expired, the market continues to improve over last year.

In terms of county statistics, Caledonia, Grafton and Coos counties have all seen improvements in the average selling price year over year, as well as the number of homes sold. Essex still has numbers similar to last year, but they have had more homes sold, which is encouraging.

As we look at the towns in our service area, these totals show much improvement over the same time the year before with 44% more homes sold, average selling price up 43.5% and days on market just up slightly. We also have seen an increase in our luxury market with four homes sold over 1 million dollars recently, and several more under contract.

What does the future hold? The feds have held interest notes down much longer than anticipated. Most industry experts are now saying rates will start to rise in the fourth quarter. For now with rates still historically low, attractive prices for home buyers, and affordability indexes favorable, buyers will continue to purchase homes and land in Central and Northern New Hampshire and the Green Mountains of Vermont. With our low crime rates, quality of life opportunities, this truly is a great area to live in, and we know more people will continue to pursue their dreams of living here.

Posted by:Andrew Smith