There is a moment in almost every waterfront home search when the view takes over.

The lake is sparkling. The dock looks inviting. The chairs are perfectly placed. Someone imagines morning coffee, family weekends, kayaks at sunset, and grandchildren jumping into the water before anyone has asked the first practical [...]

What boaters, buyers, and sellers should know before falling in love with “lake access”

There are two very different ways to experience New Hampshire’s Lakes Region.

You can drive around it.

Or you can arrive by water.

And once you have pulled up to a town dock in Meredith, walked from the Wolfeboro waterfront to lunch, tied up at Weirs [...]

New Hampshire’s lakes are among the state’s most valuable natural and economic assets. From Lake Winnipesaukee and Squam Lake to Newfound Lake, Winnisquam, Ossipee, and countless smaller ponds and waterways throughout the Lakes Region, healthy lakes support property values, recreation, tourism, wildlife, and the character of communities [...]

How Maxfield Real Estate’s WE CARE Program turns local transactions into local giving across the Lakes Region.

Real estate companies love to talk about market share.

Fair enough. Numbers matter.

But there is another measure that matters just as much in the Lakes Region: who gives back to the communities they serve, and whether that giving [...]

It is not just the lakes. It is the rare combination of water, mountains, privacy, access, and four-season living that makes this part of New Hampshire so compelling.

There is a reason the Lakes Region keeps showing up on buyers’ wish lists.

Actually, there are several.

Yes, the water is the obvious draw. Lake Winnipesaukee tends to get [...]

The Lakes Region real estate market is doing what it often does best: confusing people who are trying to make it sound simple.

At first glance, the numbers appear to tell one story.

Sales are down.

Prices are up.

Days on market are longer.

Inventory is still tight in some places, wildly ambitious in others, and waterfront buyers continue to behave as if Lake Winnipesaukee has quietly become its own [...]

Accessory dwelling units are getting a lot of attention across New Hampshire, and for good reason. State law has made ADUs more accessible in many cases, including allowing one ADU by right per property and providing specific protections for ADUs between 750 and 950 square feet, while still leaving towns with authority over many local [...]

Selling a home is never just one task.

It is pricing, preparation, presentation, marketing, negotiation, communication, timing, problem-solving, and keeping the whole thing from going sideways when real life inevitably barges in wearing muddy [...]

I follow Nikki Beauchamp on LinkedIn because we know each other through FIABCI, the International Real Estate Federation, a global real estate network. So when I saw her mention Terri Williams’s recent Forbes article, [...]

Some properties stand out because of their size. Others because of their setting.

And then there are properties like this one, which stand out because they make sense.

Located on beautiful Lake Winnisquam, this furnished garden-style condo offers a rare opportunity to enjoy waterfront living in the heart of the Lakes Region with the kind [...]