The story of this market
The typical home in Coos County, New Hampshire sells for about $240,000, or $164 per square foot.
Prices are up +9.1% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 71 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 175% since 2000. Last year 6 of 9 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is winter weather, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,350 a month.
FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Very High.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+3.4%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2021 (+25.4%). Worst: 2010 (-7.8%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+3.4%
NH · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+3.4%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 9 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
98
Very High
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $68,135,525.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
70.7%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1132 | 572 | 70.7% | 3.7% | $145,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Coos County, New Hampshire
Coos County remains the most affordable housing market in New Hampshire, with prices showing steady year-over-year growth. Demand continues to outpace supply, keeping upward pressure on home prices despite the county's low population density.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 0.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 226 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 0.0% · poverty 13.2% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 2 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
No researched ZIP reports yet — ZIP discovery runs with the county's first refresh, and each ZIP's intel report appears here once its research lands.
The county is part of the Berlin, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area and serves as the northernmost region of New Hampshire with an international port of entry in Pittsburg.
The economy is characterized by its status as the least-populated county in New Hampshire, with a per capita income significantly lower than the state average.
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Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts and Census Reporter.
applies when — Applies when a property owner demonstrates disproportionality or hardship in their tax assessment.
Provides a mechanism for property owners to seek a reduction in their tax assessment if they can prove the assessment is disproportionate to other properties or causes undue hardship.
Governed by RSA 76:16.
applies when — Applies to residential mortgages that contain a 'power of sale' clause.
Allows for non-judicial foreclosure. The process requires specific notice periods and procedures as outlined in RSA 479:22-25. There is no statutory right of redemption after the foreclosure sale is completed under the power of sale.
Governed by RSA 479:22 through 479:27.
Property taxes are levied by local taxing districts (municipalities, counties, school districts). The tax is calculated by multiplying the assessed value of the property by the local tax rate (tax rate = total amount to be raised / total assessed value of the municipality). Various exemptions exist, such as the elderly exemption, blind exemption, and solar energy system exemption, which reduce the taxable assessed value based on specific eligibility criteria defined in RSA 72.
Governed by RSA 72 and RSA 76.
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.