| With soaring mountain ranges, New Hampshire | | | | family if you can afford it. |
| is often called the Switzerland of America. | | | | |
| Fortunately, New Hampshire real estate prices | | | | Hanover |
| compare favorably to Switzerland. | | | | |
| | | | Located just across the border from Vermont, |
| New Hampshire | | | | Hanover is home to Dartmouth College. A |
| | | | fairly isolated location, Hanover is great |
| New Hampshire is a state with beautiful | | | | little town in which a college atmosphere |
| scenery that takes on the full effect of each | | | | battles with traditional northeast |
| season of the year. Spring and summer are | | | | influences. Red brick buildings dot the town |
| tailor made for fishing, hiking and water | | | | and there is something very impressive about |
| sports along the state coastline. Fall is an | | | | walking through Dartmouth. You simply get the |
| explosion of color as the leaves turn, while | | | | feeling this is what a college should feel |
| winter is the time to hit the slopes. The | | | | like. The best way to investigate Hanover is |
| overall contour of the state is mountainous | | | | to visit and stay in one of the bed & |
| in the north; fields, lakes and forest in the | | | | breakfast homes. |
| central area; and little villages and beach | | | | |
| resorts on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. | | | | New Hampshire Real Estate |
| It is hard to believe such a small state | | | | |
| could contain so many things to do throughout | | | | New Hampshire real estate is generally not as |
| the year. | | | | expensive as you might think. A single-family |
| | | | home in Portsmouth will set you back $340,000 |
| Portsmouth | | | | while the same home in Hanover will cost |
| | | | nearly $500,000. While not exactly |
| Located on the coast, Portsmouth is a classic | | | | inexpensive, the prices are reasonable when |
| New England town with a bevy of colonial | | | | compared to New York and surrounding areas. |
| architecture and charm. Portsmouth Harbor | | | | In 2005, New Hampshire real estate |
| looks like something out of a post card with | | | | appreciated at a solid 12.5 percent. |
| red brick buildings and colonial white | | | | |
| churches crowding the water. The city has two | | | | Raynor James is with FSBOAmerica.org - a FSBO |
| dominant charms of note. First, it appears as | | | | homes for sale by owner site. Visit our "Sell |
| though it hasn't grown in size much over the | | | | My Home" page to list your FSBO Home or visit |
| last hundred years. Second, this is truly a | | | | our home buying page to see fsbo homes for |
| city with a small town feel. People are | | | | sale. |
| friendly and it is great place to raise a | | | | |