Now might be a good time to buy a house in New Hampshire. Homes are selling for less than expected, and mortgage rates in the state are low at the moment. For the smoothest transaction, work with a local real estate agent to help you find the best deal on […]
Low mortgage rates have enticed people to buy, while the inventory of homes for sale has remained low. And this will likely be the case through 2021 as well, says Reed. That means people looking to sell their house are going to have it good for some time, if the […]
Accountants KPMG predict that if the UK leaves with a deal, house prices will rise by 1.3% in 2020. However, in a ‘no deal’ outcome, KPMG estimates that prices would fall between 5.4% and 7.5%, and doesn’t rule out that house prices will crash after Brexit by as much as […]
While overall January housing stock diminished by 35 percent from 2020 to 2022, the sales volume for that month increased from $298 million to $422 million – a 42 percent increase. Meanwhile, some buyers who need financing are feeling pressure to move quickly before interest rates rise again. Are home […]
As of January 2022, sales of single-family homes had fallen by 15.2% year-over-year, and prices are actually down 3.3% since December 2021, and 10.7% lower than the peak price reached in June 2021. Are home prices dropping in NH? The median selling price of a home in New Hampshire hit […]
Living in a state that doesn’t tax income can be a major advantage – especially to those in high income households. While many states force high earners to pay high taxes, states without personal income tax do not tax their earnings at all. This allows high earners to save much […]
New Hampshire Consumer Taxes at a Glance New Hampshire does not have a sales tax, and has some of the lowest gasoline taxes in the country. Since the state controls all liquor sales, it levies a flat 30-cent tax per gallon of alcoholic beverages sold at state-owned retail shops, or […]
Taxes. Taxes are another reason why the cost of living in New York is so high. The Empire State has the seventh highest income tax rate in the country at 8.82%. You’ll also have to pay an average of $3,755 per year in property taxes, which is $1,917 more than […]
Yet even with the low supply, the market has been lucrative for those who are selling homes. While overall January housing stock diminished by 35 percent from 2020 to 2022, the sales volume for that month increased from $298 million to $422 million – a 42 percent increase. Are home […]
The cost of living in New York, NY is 19.5% higher than in Boston, MA. You would have to earn a salary of $71,695 to maintain your current standard of living. Employers in New York, NY typically pay 6.8% more than employeers in Boston, MA. Is Boston cheaper to live […]
characterized by high rents, expensive to live in; (in extended use) affluent, exclusive. Why is it so expensive to rent? Rents soared because of simple supply-and-demand economics. Combine that with inflated construction costs. Higher lumber prices alone added $92 per month on rent for new units between April 2020 and […]
According to HousingAnywhere’s 2020 Most Expensive Cities in the World survey, the number 1 most expensive city to live in is San Francisco as a result of its notoriously high rents with an average of 3,500 euro (4,124 dollars) a month for a one-bedroom apartment (including utilities), pushing the city […]
Booming demand as more people want to live on their own. Put simply, demand for rentals is way up. As the pandemic wears on, more people are looking for their own space: Young adults who had hunkered down with their parents at record rates are moving out. People who had […]
Table Population Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2016-2020 24.3 Income & Poverty Median household income (in 2020 dollars), 2016-2020 $59,489 Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2020 dollars), 2016-2020 $33,774 What income is middle class in Maine? The middle class is defined as […]
Throwing balls, a ring-toss game and foot races that could cover many miles were among the common pursuits. Slide Groat. Slide groat was another of the colonial New England games that people had to play on the sly. What did the colonies do for fun? Colonial life was filled with […]