Posts by Amy
Buying a Home: Should You Stress About Multiple Offers? [Updated for 2023]
Months of searching, attending open houses, reading articles about if you should buy a home, picking a lender, and viewing available homes finally paid off. You’ve found the perfect property in a nice neighborhood for a fair price. You’re ready to make an offer. Then it happens: you get the dreaded call from your agent…
Read MoreWant to avoid the intrusive paperwork when buying an investment property?
If you’ve ever bought a house, chances are you used traditional mortgage financing, like FHA, VA, USDA, or conventional loans. These types of loans are great for the typical buyer. But if you’re self-employed, have low cash reserves, or just don’t want to deal with a lot of intrusive paperwork, these traditional financing options may…
Read MoreOctober Real Estate Market Update
Single Family Homes and Condos After three years of a seller’s market buying frenzy, it feels like the overheated market is finally slowing down. Is that the case? Yes and no. We are still seeing a relative lack of sufficient inventory to feed the demand for housing units (both sales and rentals). The recent significant…
Read MoreTax Breaks for Homeowners
Porcupine Real Estate believes that homeowners shouldn’t pay more taxes than they have to. Our agents are experts in finding homes in low-tax towns and fighting legislation that seeks to increase the tax burden on residents. So it’s no surprise that we are always looking for ways for our clients to keep money from Uncle…
Read MorePorcupine Real Estate’s Get to Know New Hampshire Weekend – October 7-10, 2022
Porcupine Real Estate & the Free State Project are teaming up to let you experience New Hampshire like a local. Join other prospective movers, their families, and New Hampshire FSP residents October 7-10th. You can view events by date, by region, or on a map. Registration Online registration has closed. If there’s an event you’d…
Read MoreThe New Hampshire Ice Cream Trail
Use our interactive New Hampshire Ice Cream Trail map to plan which ice cream shops you want to visit! Or click on Ice Cream Trail to view a list ice cream shops by region. Note that some shops are seasonal, so check information on the shops’ websites or call for more info. Ice Cream Shops…
Read MoreThe Haunted New Hampshire Trail
Use our interactive Haunted New Hampshire map to plan which haunted sites you want to visit! Each map location has a link to the haunted legend. Or click on Haunted Locations to view a list of reportedly haunted stops by region. Haunted Locations by Region Lakes Merrimack Valley Monadnock North Country Seacoast Upper Valley Lakes…
Read MoreThe New Hampshire Coffee Trail
Use our interactive Coffee Trail map to plan which cafes you want to visit! Or click on Coffee List to view a list of coffee shops and their websites by region. Coffee Shops by Region Lakes Merrimack Valley Monadnock North Country Seacoast Upper Valley Lakes Region Lucas Roasting Company – Wolfeboro Lydia’s Cafe – Wolfeboro…
Read MoreThe New Hampshire Wine Trail
Use our interactive Winery Trail map to plan which wineries you want to visit! Or click on Winery List to view a list of wineries and their websites by region. Winery List by Region Lakes Merrimack Valley Monadnock North Country Seacoast Upper Valley Lakes Region Hermit Woods Winery & Eatery – Meredith Coffin Cellars Winery…
Read MoreThe New Hampshire Distillery Trail
Use our interactive Distillery Trail map to plan which distilleries you want to visit! Or click on Distillery List to view a list of distilleries and their websites by region. Distillery List by Region Lakes Merrimack Valley Monadnock North Country Seacoast Lakes Region Tamworth Distilling – Tamworth Dancing Rabbit Vodka – Laconia Merrimack Valley Live…
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