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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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With 4,463 people, 1,636 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $783,074, New London house prices are not only among the most expensive in New Hampshire, New London real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in New London, accounting for 77.39% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in New London include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 8.58%), row houses and other attached homes ( 8.04%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.98%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in New London. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 72.74% of New London's homes, and 62.79% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in New London built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in New London built before 1939 ( 21.25%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 19.76%). There's also some housing in New London built between 2000 and later ( 15.39%).
A decent proportion of the New London housing stock is seasonally occupied. That is, homes and condos in New London are occupied by people for a portion of the year - mainly for vacation purposes - and then locked up and left unoccupied for the remainder of the year as owners return to their primary residences. This characteristic of the New London housing market speaks to its popularity as a vacation location of choice.
Appreciation rates for homes in New London have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 101.70%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average New London house appreciation rate of 7.27%.
Appreciation rates are so strong in New London that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, New London real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, New London appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 11.03%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 90.76% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in New London. New London appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 6.41%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 28.22%.
Importantly, this makes New London one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the town's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to New Hampshire, our data show that New London's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 50% of the other cities and towns in New Hampshire.
$783,074
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1,636
$1,511 / per month