The Gardener's Bin by New Hampshire Garden Solutions
Wild Things Wed, 16 May 2012 08:35:49 +0000 This post is of more of what I find wandering through forests, swamps and fields. I was happy the day I went to a bog in a town called Fitzwilliam and saw Rhodora (Rhododendron canadense) blooming. These flowers appear on short (3 feet or less) upright shrubs that like to live in wet places. The ones [...]read more.. Nature, Foamflower, Gaywings, Mayapple, Native Plants, New Hampshire, Painted Trillium, Poison Ivy, Red Admiral Butterfly, Rhodora, Sessile Bellwort, Speedwell, Spring, Starflower, White Campion
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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 to … Read more →
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By Dick Thackston According to several industry sources the average value of bank owned, REO Properties, has actually increased in the last years while the value of non-bank owned real estate has dropped on average! There are several reasons in the realm of conventional wisdom as to why this is happening; the most common reason … Read more →
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CORONA, Calif., March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — PartnerFirst is pleased to announce the renewal of its contract with ServiceLink as its nationwide short sale agent network. Through this alliance, now entering its third year, thousands of distressed homeowners can use PartnerFirst agents to resolve their mortgage problems. PartnerFirst powers the ServiceLink Short Sale … Read more →
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By Dick Thackston Ronald Regan made the now famous statement about thirty years ago that the phrase “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”, was a phrase that Americans everywhere have learned to fear. The current mortgage/housing/financial crisis has only reinforced that view for many of us that have had to deal with … Read more →
By Dick Thackston Prior to 2007-2008 most of the American public and most mortgage lenders believed, and often would state in conversation, “real estate never goes down!” Since that time frame buyers and sellers have gone to the other extreme and now the common wisdom is “real estate will never go back up.” Well never … Read more →
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By Dick Thackston So, 2012 looks like maybe hone buyers will be back out seriously looking at homes which means the whole issue of buyer brokerage will soon be among us again with untrained agents trying to represent buyers again. Thinking about that, I have created a six point template that every buyer thinking about … Read more →
By Dick Thackston The National Association of Home Builders maintains indices that measure conditions for the home building industry. There are three basic measures that the NAHB looks at as measure of were the home building industry is at: traffic visiting model homes, current sales conditions and the most subjective of the three expectations for … Read more →
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By Dick Thackston 2012 is likely to be defined, in the real estate world, by three “E’s”: Expectations, Employment and Europe/Economy. No matter what your political belief system is, no matter how much or how little money you have, these three factors will permeate American life and the economy more than any others in the … Read more →
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