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Bedford, New Hampshire was founded in 1750 and is a suburb of Manchester which is the largest city in the state. It had an estimate population of 20,900 people in 2009 which was up roughly 12% from the year 2000 census. Bedford real estate has not suffered anywhere close to the national or even regional decline over the past five years. Bedford real estate is estimated to only have lost 5-10% of it's 2005 value.

It's great location, being closely located by major highways and shopping centers. It is only 40 minutes to the ocean, 60 minutes to the lakes, and approximately an hour and a half to the mountains. Homes here mainly made up of colonial, contemporary, and ranch architecture. Naturally, the colonial style is by far the most popular as Bedford New Hampshire is located in New England and classified as a village community.

Bedford New Hampshire is a very republican town. Many of it's townspeople are predominant local business owners and politicians, as we as a few national celebrities. The towns surrounding it include: Amherst, Goffstown, Manchester, Merrimack, & New Boston.

The town is made up of about 33 square miles almost all of which is land. There are a few small bodies of water, the largest of which is Sebbins Pond. The Merrimack Rivers runs down the east side of the town and separates it from Manchester.

Home owners have been successful in selling their homes is almost half the time it takes to sell the average home in NH which is 60-70 days for Bedford and almost 120 days for the state average. NH real estate is expected to keep it'value while the rest of the economy recovers and will most likely see some of the first positive gains when things improve.