Why Mixed-Use Development Benefits Matter More Than Ever for Property Investors
Key Takeaways: Mixed-use developments are redefining real estate investment by combining residential, commercial, and retail spaces into integrated properties that deliver superior returns compared to traditional single-use buildings. The numbers behind mixed-use development benefits aren’t compelling enough on paper or a blog. What they don’t capture is the ground-level reality: residents in well-designed mixed-use developments…
New Homes Don’t Raise Property Taxes
In New Hampshire, when a subdivision is proposed in just about any town or city, there is a “hue and cry” about the fact that it will put more kids in the school system, and that because of more kids, the costs of operations for the school district will increase – thereby increasing the taxes…
Multi-Family Trends – National vs. Local
Multi-Family and apartments are still some of the hottest investment products in the commercial real estate market. In just New England (NE) this year there have been more units sold of Multi-Family than Self Storage, Senior Housing, Special Purpose, Mobile Home Parks, Retail, Office, Industrial, Land and Hotel/Motels combined! Even with a lower price per unit,…
New, Creative Projects Nearby
There are a lot of creative housing projects in the works in the New Hampshire seacoast and they all have a similar theme – increasing density. It’s no secret that New Hampshire is experiencing a housing crisis. A severe lack of inventory has caused prices to surge, leaving both buyers and renters in a bind. From…
How Much Is My Land Worth?
This is a very simple question that I wish was a simple rule of ‘x dollars per acre’, but there are so many different factors to consider in determining land value. Let’s take the following example in the community that one of our agents currently lives in, of Dover, New Hampshire. Here are three lots that…
Residential Rental Rates
Low inventory, less than 1% vacancy rates, and higher rents have created a very challenging market for New Hampshire renters. According to almost all public and private sources, the housing shortage in the rental market is as acute as the shortage in the single family home sale market. This shortage spans the entire range of product,…
Local Trends Explained
The Boston-Cambridge-Newton Market, or as we call it, Seacoast & Northshore Market, is #1 in Buyer Activity in New Hampshire for 11 straight quarters. It is also the only market in the state that has a commercial inventory “demand surplus”. It doesn’t take a commercial real estate expert to recognize that this is a market…