103/104 Upper Suncook Lane, Barnstead NH 03225 | 4 bed 2 bath on Upper Suncook Lake $329,000 | MLS# 4024111 | Bean Group

SOLD!!!!!

103/104 Upper Suncook Lane, Barnstead NH 03225 | 4 bed 2 bath on Upper Suncook Lake $329,000 | MLS# 4024111 | Bean Group.

147 Lower Bay Road, Sanbornton NH 03269 | Condo 3 bed 2 bath on Winnisquam $329,900 | MLS# 4037007 | Bean Group

PRICED REDUCED ~ $299,900 !!!!

147 Lower Bay Road, Sanbornton NH 03269 | Condo 3 bed 2 bath on Winnisquam $329,900 | MLS# 4037007 | Bean Group.

Collection of Properties Sold in 2010

$269,900 Gilmanton, NH 1 1/2 Story, Cape Home on Shellcamp

SOLD!!!!!

via $269,900 Gilmanton, NH 1 1/2 Story, Cape Home on Shellcamp.

$174,900 Middleton, NH 1 1/2 Story, Contemporary Home on Sunrise

SOLD!!!!!!  

via $174,900 Middleton, NH 1 1/2 Story, Contemporary Home on Sunrise.

Alton Bay, NH Ice Runway Open

The ice runway at Alton Bay, N.H., opened for the 2010 season on Jan. 9—two weeks earlier than last year, thanks to colder temperatures, said Paul LaRochelle, the airport’s volunteer manager. The ice airport at the south end of Lake Winnipesaukee is the subject of a feature article, “The iceway is open,” in the January issue of AOPA Pilot.

6 Acre Lake Winnipesaukee View Lot ~ Alton, NH

One of the last buildable lots on Alton Mountain with expansive and spectacular views of Lake Winnipesaukee and the mountains. A wonderful lot for you to build your dream home!

http://www.moniquetenander.com/real_estate/listings/Land/NH/Alton/712050

 

HUD Action Allows Home Buyers To Use $8,000 Tax Credit For Downpayments On FHA-Insured Loans

If you or someone you know is looking to buy their first home and would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please have them contact me. I am happy to help!!

May 13, 2009 – HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan’s decision to allow consumers to use the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit to help cover their downpayment and closing costs on FHA-insured mortgages will be a big boost to the housing market, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

“The biggest obstacle for first-time buyers is coming up with a downpayment,” said NAHB Chairman Joe Robson, a home builder from Tulsa, Okla. “We commend Secretary Donovan for acting decisively to enable buyers to access the tax credit at the time of closing. This will help to stimulate home sales, stabilize housing and get the economy back on track.”

The measures announced by HUD would allow FHA-approved lenders; federal, state and local government agencies; and FHA-approved non-profit organizations to supply home buyers short-term or “bridge loans” up to the amount of the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit.

Longer term loans secured by second liens can also be used by government agencies and FHA-approved non-profit organizations to facilitate home sales. Several state housing finance agencies have introduced such programs and a number of agencies are considering that possibility.

More information about these programs can be found on the National Council of State Housing Agencies Web site at www.ncsha.org/section.cfm/3/34/2920.

Previously, the home buyer would have been unable to access the tax credit until they filed their next annual tax return or an amended 2008 tax return and received the refund from the IRS.

Robson and others NAHB leaders discussed this matter and other housing-related issues with Secretary Donovan last week.

“Secretary Donovan shares our view on the need for a housing and economic recovery,” said Robson. “We appreciate his leadership in moving swiftly to help first-time home buyers to access the tax credit up-front at the time of closing. The timing could not have been better as we are in the midst of the crucial spring home buying season.”

The next step is to see how FHA-approved lenders use HUD’s new guidelines to actually monetize the tax credit for first-time home buyers and structure the payback provisions of the loans. NAHB encourages lenders to act promptly to put these provisions into place.

To qualify for the tax credit, first-time home buyers must actually close on their home purchase by Dec. 1, 2009. Buyers can take the credit on their 2008 or 2009 income tax return.

For further information about the tax credit – including a detailed question and answer section and a number of home-buying resources for consumers – log on to NAHB’s consumer Web site at www.federalhousingtaxcredit.com. A Spanish version is also available to provide detailed information on the tax credit to Spanish-speaking first-time home buyers.

Alton Bay Riverfront! ~ Just in Time for Summer!

“SOLD”   If you have always dreamed of being on Lake Winnipesaukee but did not think you could afford it…take a look at this beautiful home located on the Merrymeeting River in Alton Bay. Listed at $349,900 and offering 100′ of riverfront and direct BOAT access to Lake Winnipesaukee! Along your 100′ of riverfront you will find a state approved dock as well as a boat lift that can accomodate boats up to 27′in length. As you head up the stone stairs from your waterfront, you will arrive on your spacious patio ready for entertaining by the camp fire overlooking the river! As you enter the home from the patio, the large eat-in kitchen open to the living room with granite fireplace is a wonderful place on a rainy day. The sparkling hickory floors and tile through out make you feel right at home.  Just beyond the living room is a den to enjoy some quiet afternoon reading. Upstairs are two large bedrooms overlooking the river as well as a bath equipped with shower and laundry! The basement is large and dry and offers much room for all those relaxing weekend projects. The home was newly built in 2004, is located on a private dead end road and is within walking distance to all that Alton Bay has to offer…

    

    

       

   

For more information or to schedule a private showing please contact me at 603-875-7431…

Alton Bay NH Winter Carnival ~ February 15, 2009

Photo By: Mike McDavitt

Join in the fun at the Alton Bay Winter Festival.

Parks and Recreation is sponsoring the following free events for all ages:

1:00pm- Ice Bowling and DJ

1:30pm- Scavenger Hunt

2:45pm- Parade of Beds

3:00pm- Great Alton Bay Bed Race- Co-Sponosred by Meredith Village Savings Bank, cash prize to 1st place and prizes to 2nd and 3rd place. All entrants receive a prize.

ABA events:

8:00am-10:00am- Pancake Breakfast at ABCC, $5pp.

11:00am- Sleigh Rides (fee); Snowshoe Obstacle Course; Helicopter Rides (fee); Penguin and Ice Princess walk around.

11:30am- Ventriloquist Show at Puppet Patters

12:30pm- Tug-Of War

2:00pm- Crazy Hat Contest.

Refreshments will be available.

Meredith Rotary Club- Annual Fishing Derby~February 7 & 8, 2009

Meredith Rotary Club -Great Rotary Fishing Derby

Welcome to the Derby!
Over the past 28 years the Meredith Rotary Club’s Ice Fishing Derby has contributed more than $1 million to statewide, regional and local projects and charitable organizations.

Click Here for more information regarding this year’s ice fishing derby.

Photo by Mike McDavitt

Private Cape in Alton, NH – $230,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are looking for a home with a great price but not all the issues of a bank owned property…this is it! 

This well kept home sits back from the road and is tucked in the trees for privacy. Enjoy a glass of wine with friends around the table in the formal dining room or evenings with your loved ones in the cozy living room.  Awaken and start a new day in the large master bedroom suite with private bath.  A second full bath on the second floor makes a great bath for guest or for the kids.  There is a 1st floor laundry room, even with a folding counter!  An extra room on the main level gives space for a home office or room for your guest. 

The 1.85 acre lot offers lots of space for that dream garage. 

Come, view this wonderful property and call it your home!!

Asking $230,000

For more information regarding this property, click here to view the listing on my website!

My 1st Born Just Graduated High School!!!

Wow….

At this moment that is all I can think of saying.  My first born child, Chad Tenander, 17 -born on September 14, 1990 has just graduated high school from Prospect Mountain High School in Alton.  We are so proud of him just like all parents are of their children when they succeed.   It seems like yesterday when I walked him into kindergarten for his first day of school.  Where does the time go!

As many parents of teenage boys will agree, the past couple years have been difficult with keeping his interest in school.  Both my boys are very active children that love to move and would rather be outside than reading a book.  Also, not many of us, at 16, know what they want to pursue for the rest of their lives.  He has learned many things about himself in the past two years.  One of which is his love and talent for urban art.  He has been accepted to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA and can’t wait to arrive and begin the next chapter of his life.  I of course am having a hard time with him being so far away.  But I understand that in order for him to grow, I need to let him go.

So, thank you for allowing me to share my son’s accomplishments with you all!  Here’s to Chad and to many more fabulous and wonderful things to come!!!  Chad, I love you and you make me proud!!

Chad’s Art…

Charming New Englander in Alton, New Hampshire

“SOLD”  June 12, 2008 =$170,000

This charming, in-town New Englander on Main Street is price just right. Enjoy cooking in the updated country kitchen with pellet stove. Beautiful pine floors, banister staircase and a newly renovated 1st floor bath. New monitor heater, lrg 3 story barn and two-car detached garage. Relax on the wrap around farmers porch or bask in the privacy of the rear deck. Within walking distance to town and two marinas on Lake Winnipesaukee.

Asking $189,900…

Contact Monique or call 603-875-7431 to schedule a showing today!

Kids Books On CD

The books are written by Thornton Burgess and read by Rose Marie Robichaud.

Thornton W. Burgess was born in 1874 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Growing up there, he had a wonderful childhood, playing in the meadows and woods near his home. In the early 1900s he lived and worked as an editor and writer of a magazine in Springfield, Massachusetts. The memories of his early years inspired him one day to write bedtime stories about the animals and plants found in the fields, salt marshes and woods all around Cape Cod. His little son was away spending time with relatives in Chicago and he decided to write to him and include a bedtime story. Soon the series came to the attention of a Boston publisher and that was the beginning of his career as a well known children’s author and naturalist. His books teach children about the habits of the creatures of the forest and often incorporate behavioral lessons. He died in 1965 at the age of 91, but is still well loved and remembered. His legacy continues through the Thornton Burgess Society, which operates the Green Briar Nature Center and the Thornton W. Burgess Museum, in Sandwich, Massachusetts.

Rose-Marie Robichaud, who reads the stories, lives in Gilford, NH and has loved reading children’s books for years as an assistant librarian for the York, ME school system and more recently in NH where she makes her home.

The music is composed and performed by Nicolas Robichaud, a music major studying at Colby College in Waterville, ME. The CDs are produced and recorded by Nicolas Robichaud.

The package comes in a custom box as a two disc set with or without the actual book. The books alone are age appropriate for 8 to 11 year olds or 3rd to 6th graders. However, the stories on CD are very appropriate for younger children from as young as 3 years old as well as the older children.

By clicking on the link you will be able to sample some of the books and hear what a wonderful story teller Rose-Marie is.

Kids Books On CD