Since January to August of 2010 about 120 homes have been sold. The leading price range is the $300k to $400k bracket with 29 sales this year. The next most popular market segment is the $400-500k range with 26 homes sold in Widham NH. In third place is the $500-600k property group with a distant 18 sales in the first 8 months of 2010. No homes have been sold over $900,000 in a town that was a leader in the million dollar plus market in New Hampshire.

The change in real estate sales price structure is reflected in the per square foot prices as well. At the height of the market Windham NH homes were selling for $200 / sqft. Now? Buyers are cherry picking homes under $100 / sqft.

See what deals are available now:

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  132 Range Road

  Windham, NH 03087

  $395,000

  • 4 bds
  • 4 ba
  • 4000 sq ft
  • Status: Active
  • MLS #: 4000786

  STEEPED IN HISTORY, this fascinating estate commonly referred to as “Senter Farm” is rich in historical significance and has much original, in-tact pe…

  1

  Listing courtesy of Lori Jordan Realty, Inc.
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  87 Mammoth Road

  Windham, NH 03087

  $309,000

  • 3 bds
  • 6 ba
  • 3708 sq ft
  • Status: Active
  • MLS #: 2821858

  JUST REDUCED! OWNER SAYS SELL..THIS HOME IS A MUST SEE. UNIQUE HOME OFFERING LOTS OF PRIVACY, GREAT OPEN SPACE, LOTS OF NATURAL LIGHT, LARGE ROOMS, 2…

  2

  Listing courtesy of RE/MAX Prestige/Pelham
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  4 Baker Rd

  Windham, NH 03087

  $359,900

  • 3 bds
  • 3 ba
  • 3654 sq ft
  • Status: Active
  • MLS #: 2819910

  Walk to Cobbetts Pond from this completely remodeled and rebuilt in 1993 home with 2 extra lots in a Cul-de-sac neighborhood. Oak kitchen, granite cou…

  3

  Listing courtesy of Prudential Verani Londonderry
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  108 Lowell Road

  Windham, NH 03087

  $379,000

  • 3 bds
  • 3 ba
  • 3487 sq ft
  • Status: Active
  • MLS #: 4009484

  SWIM IN THE POOL AND BE CLOSE TO THE SCHOOLS–Fantastic home with all the extras! Newly renovated granite kitchen with custom cabinets, master bedroom…

  4

  Listing courtesy of Prudential Verani Sale

Click to see a current list of real estate deals in Windham NH.

Front Entrance of Windham High School

Rich Manley principal of the $50+ million high school gave a brief introduction at the meeting of the Granite State South Board of Realtors held in the brand new 500+ seat auditorium. The public open house or students’ “First Night” is scheduled for August 26th.

Auditorium of Windham High

Each student and teacher gets a personal laptop and has access to Smart Board technology in every class room to bring education to the 21st century in one of New England’s most state of the art high schools. In this high-tech environment team work is enabled by on-line collaboration and contents of the white board can be downloaded to computers.

Library - Media Center of Windham High School

40 tech-savvy teachers were selected from over 1,000 applicants and bring tremendous knowledge and expertise to this impressive environment. A large library / media center with full data access, bio labs with flex cameras feed information to every student’s computer.

The two stories high vocational shop is richly equipped for hands-on training in robotics, plastics and computer aided design. Several computer labs with large flat screen displays on every pc provide students with an ideal work environment.

Computer Lab of Windham High School

Healthy eating habits are encouraged (no fried food) in the spacious dining room with outdoor cafeteria.  All utensils and plates are non-plastic and environmentally friendly.

Football and soccer fields

The large gym can host several simultanious basket ball games and will provide ample space for personal cardio fitness and advanced weight training.

The soaring ceilings and large windows of this many-angled architectural delight create a sparkling setting for Windham’s most fortunate student population.

Soaring ceilings - impressive architecture of Windham High

The facilites of the new high school also welcome the public and will serve as the venue for future town and voting events.

related:

Windham High School Overview – slide show presentation

Schools in Windham NH

Windham has 8 water bodies that according to the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NH DES) are qualified as “great ponds” with a lake surface area greater than 10 acres.

Canobie Lake is the largest at 373 acres and it also serves as Salem’s water supply therefore no swimming is allowed in it. Canoe access is provided through the Verrette Conservation land on West Shore road.

Cobbett’s pond hosts the Windham town beach, residents get free passes at the town hall and it is a favorite hang-out spot for vacationing kids and moms with toddlers.

Rock Pond and the shallower Simpson Pond below it are connected lakes with a total surface area of about 72 acres. Moeckel Pond is privately owned,  the bridge at the South end takes hikers to the 54 acre Deer Leap conservation area.

Shadow lake stretches between Windham and Salem and has become a much more enjoyable lake since the opening of the Rt-111 bypass. Mitchell Pond can be accessed for fishing through the Windham trail network from Searles road in the new Castle Reach subdivision.

related:

Windham NH Recreation

Recreation Map download

Waterfront home on Moeckel Pond

Windham NH lakefront homes for sale

Spring on Moeckel Pond

For sale (light green), sold (dark green) and pending (red) homes in Windham NH

The average list price has declined from $545,000 a year ago to $497,000 in March 2009, a nearly 9% decrease. Prices of sold homes have plumeted to $399,000 this year from $498,000 in March of 2008, a 20% drop in sold house prices in Windham NH. It appears that most of the buying activity is centered in the $370 – 400k range.

Average list price (green) and sold price (red) of Windham NH homes

The good news is the reduction in the number of months it would take to sell the current inventory at the current 12 / month rate (in March of 2009). Compared to a nearly 30 month supply in March 2008 and a staggering 39.7 month inventory in January of 2009, the current 11.5 months is a relief. The market is considered balanced at a 6 months inventory level, and it is judged to be a buyers market above that threshold.

Months of inventory of single family homes in Windham NH

related:

Price reductions in Windham NH

Frozen Windham NH real estate sales

SELECTMAN (2 for three years)
ROSS MCLEOD     1779
Dennis Senibaldi     1634
ROGER HOHENBERGER     1820

TOWN CLERK (1 for three years)
NICOLE MERRILL     2230
Joan C. Tuck     584
Elizabeth Dunn     332

TOWN TREASURER (1 for three years)
ROBERT SKINNER     2271

TRUSTEE OF TRUST FUNDS (1 for three years)
KAREN MARCIL     2179

CEMETERY TRUSTEE (1 for three years)
JAYMI HAEGLE (WRITE-IN)     37

LIBRARY TRUSTEE (2 for three years)
WENDY KELLER     1897
CAROLYN WEBBER     1999

PLANNING BOARD (2 for three years)
NANCY PRENDERGAST     1929
PAMELA SKINNER     2023

BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT (2 for three years)
THOMAS MURRAY     1844
DIANNA FALLON     1885

Votes for Town Officials 2009

Zoning Articles: blue – YES, red – NO

Article #2: only petition 3 passed. All petitions on Article #3 passed.

Zoning Articles #2

Zoning Articles #3

Remaining Warrant Articles:

Warrant Articles 4-13#

resource:

Primary results March 10th 2009

related articles:

Windham NH Budget 2009 Charts

Windham NH 2009 budget items over $100k

In this respect the budget structure is healthy, it concentrates 2/3rds of the grand total on 5 essential town services: fire, police, highway, trash removal and library.  The sum of all line items that are less than $100k individually, amounts to $422,640 or 3.4% of the budget.

The Town of Windham 2009 Warrant and Budget also contains extra-budgetary spending proposals or articles. With the exception of Article 5, all are recommended by the Board of Selectman or the Planning Board. The total expense of the articles supported by the Boards is $1,385,510 or 11.2% of the $12,308,969.00 operating budget for 2009.

Articles of Town Warrant - Windham New Hampshire

Some of these items are either carry-overs from previous budgets or are only partially paid by the town, portions may be funded by the State of New Hampshire. The biggest items are the Highway complex $960,000 Windham Depot Engineering $176,000 and Ambulance for the Fire Department at $155,000. The rest of the articles amount to less than $100k.

If Article 5 for conservation land purchases was approved by the voters the total for the articles would increase to $6,385,510 or 51.2% of the core budget, inflating the 2009 Windham NH budget to $18,694,479.

resources:

Warrant and Budget 2009 – Windham New Hampshire

Articles of Warrant – explanation

Soaring windows

The soaring space of the two story entrance is filled with sunshine, the cascading light pours in through the arched window over the double front door and casts an intricate shadow on the freshly painted walls. You sit down and soak in the sight, the richness of the architecture, trim work, gleaming wood, decorative coloumns and the craftsmanship of Delbar Builders. There is quality here, this is a solid place, where you can grow old and know you will be cared for until you’re ready to leave this world.

Susan Pike a geriatric nurse is bursting with the energy of excitement, taking care of all the last minute arrangements before the grand opening later this week, open houses on Thursday and Friday for health care professionals and Saturday and Sunday for the general public. They are hoping to start operations at the beginning of April.

As owner, she is especially proud of the unique services they will be able to offer at Grace House, a completely personalized care that includes daily quality time with each individual in a small home environment.

Research suggests that residents of small homes appear better satisfied and report better quality of life than do residents of traditional larger homes.

“It will be a home where the staff knows if you like to sleep on your right side and you want your pillows stacked high.” – she beams.

Grace House of Windham

Open houses for Health Care Professionals: 2-6PM Thursday, March 5th  and 10AM-2PM Friday, March 6th

Open houses for the public: 10AM-2PM Saturday, March 7th and 10AM-2PM Sunday, March 8th

web site: www.GraceHouseOfWindham.com

more pictures…

Homes for sale vs. sold and pended in Windham New Hampshire

In the trailing three month period the total number of sold houses was 22 with 12 sold homes in November and 7 in December of 2008 added in. Windham real estate sold a year ago: 7 in January 2008, 11 in December and 10 in November of 2007 totaling 28. Was it the ice storm, the financial crisis, the rising unemployment rate that has held buyers back?

How about sold home prices in Windham NH? The average sold price was $472,000 in 11/07, $476,000 in 12/07 and $429,000 in 01/08. Compare these home sales with  $432,000 in 11/08, $413,000 in 12/08 and $448,000 in 01/09, averaging $431,000 for the last three months vs. $459,000 a year ago, a 6% drop. Not great, but much better than the national averages.

One metric that has suffered, is the sold vs. original list price ratio of home listings in Windham NH. Remember the heady days of getting more than the asking price of the house? At the beginning of the year 2008 the ratio was 91-92%, for the past 3 months house sale prices in Windham NH were hovering at 89% in January, 80% in December and 90% in November relative to the price the home was listed at.

How is the spring market shaping up?
Here is the silver lining: as of today there are already 18 pending homes sales in Windham New Hampshire spanning a healthy  $127,900 to $719,000 price range. Is the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit having an effect already? Are low interest rates for NH home buyers helping them to commit to a home purchase? Are longer days, the snow melting, spring fever and pent-up demand for Windham homes showing their signs?
Stay tuned for the next update: flowering real estate market in Windham New Hampshire…

January ice storm in Windham New Hampshire

related articles:

Windham New Hampshire real estate listings, market trends

Windham Life Magazine: Buying a home? Take your pick.

Windham real estate market update, trends.

Buyer tips, Sellers guides for Windham New Hampshire

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Donations are encouraged by tax regulations:
If the individual itemizes his/her tax return and is giving to 501(c)(3) organizations that are either public charities, private operating foundations, or certain private foundations, he/she may deduct contributions representing up to 50% of his/her adjusted gross income.

see all 45 non-profit organizations in Windham New Hampshire

501(c) organizations and endowments in Windham NH:

MOMS Club of Windham NH
Activities for moms and kids! Park Days, Story Hour, Craft Activities, Nature Walks, Potlucks, Breakfast Brunches, Moms Night Out, Weekly Playgroups, Local Field Trips, Museum Visits, Holiday Parties
Book Club, Knitting Club, Recipe Swap Club

WIRE Windham Initiative for Renewable Energy
c/o Windham School District                                         Phone: 603.437.0686
P.O. Box 510, Windham, NH 03087

WIRE is chartered by the School Board of Windham New Hampshire to develop a plan for and seek donations to fund the first alternative energy project at the new Windham High School.

Windham Endowment for Community Advancement
P.O. Box 4315, Windham NH 03087                           Tel: 603.437.0686

A community foundation can provide services to local groups and causes, serving as a focal point for fundraising. For donors, the Endowment can provide a way to support a wide range of causes in the town through a single organization. In this way, the Windham Endowment will strengthen relationships among local organizations, donors, and citizens who want to improve the quality of life in our  community.

Windham Rail Trail Alliance
P.O. Box 4317, Windham, NH  03087                         Phone: 603-434-0806

The corporation provides the public a premier non-motorized recreational and educational experience by use of the paved trail  and restoration of the historical buildings located at the Windham Depot

Shepherd’s Pantry
Windham Presbyterian Church                                      Phone: (603) 432-2150
1 Church Street, Windham, NH 03087

Shepherd’s Pantry serves about 80 families every week with one or two bags of groceries and some personal/health items and seasonal vegetables.

More organizations in Windham NH …

Presbyterian Church Windham NH

According to Windham NH realtors, news of the High School opening in September 2009 has already increased the demand for real estate in Windham New Hampshire. The Windham NH Town Hall had 12,682 residents on record in 2007, the 23rd highest in the state of New Hampshire.

Roads are being repaved and modernized; good news for real estate. The Windham NH Police and Fire Departments moved to new buildings in 2000. Shopping is tax free, there is no income tax in New Hampshire either.

The Massachusetts state line is 10 minutes, a 40 minute commute to Boston with four lanes N/S on the widened I93 should boost Windham NH home values. Numerous lakes, ponds and recreational land create an attractive life style and a strong Windham NH real estate market.

Growth has been financed by relatively low real estate taxes in Windham NH. High speed internet on every street enables telecommuting and home businesses. New Hampshire real estate companies and others are going “virtual” fueling a real estate .com boom.

In statistics New Hampshire regularly ranks among the top 10 most desirable states to live in the country. Crime is low, education level and per capita income are high. As a consequence, Windham NH foreclosures and bank owned properties are hard to find.

The lakes, the mountains and clean air are big attractors according to the nh real estate mls. On a clear day you can see the Prudential and Hancock buildings in downtown Boston MA from the new homes of Terra Bella in Windham NH; a 36 mile vista!

Terra Bella Windham NH - views to Boston