REAL ESTATE

Signs of the Times: Realtors using some old, and new, tricks of the trade
By:  Richard Fabrizio
Published:  June 2006

There were 105 single-family homes for sale in Portsmouth. Four were sale pending. There were another 60 in Rye and only one was sale pending. Add another 92 in Exeter with six sales pending and 159 in Dover with eight pending sale and you have a good look at today’s residential real estate market. The Northern New England Real Estate Network’s Multiple Listing Service listed 416 single-families homes for sale in the aforementioned towns on April 25. Nineteen were sale pending. The days of Realtors selling a home in a matter of days are gone. Homes are sitting for weeks, months and even longer.

Conference Center: Why should local businesses care?
By:  Richard Fabrizio
Published:  May 2006

Economic projections suggest the planned conference center and Westin hotel will deliver millions to city businesses. Downtown business owners are hopeful with a dash of guarded optimism.

Signs indicate commercial space demand rising
By:  Richard Fabrizio
Published:  April 2006

Signs point to a strong year in the Seacoast commercial real estate market. Demand for space continues to rise out of the dot.com depression earlier this decade with three market segments leading the way. Small industrial spaces, retail space in downtown Portsmouth and medical offices are top items, according to area brokers. "Smaller 5,000- to 10,000-square-foot industrial spaces are very hot," said Kent White, a broker with CB Richard Ellis in Portsmouth.