Cheapest Cities to Buy a House in New Hampshire (2026)

These are the New Hampshire cities with the lowest median closed home price over their reporting window, among cities where Resideline tracked at least 100 closings inside the municipal limits. Cheapest is not the same as best value, so each city also shows what houses closed at per square foot, what history says about appreciation, and how fast listed homes went under contract.

The ranking

1. Keene, $375,000

Homes in Keene closed at a median of $375,000 over the last six months, about 74 percent of the New Hampshire statewide median. Resideline tracked 189 closings there, roughly 32 a month. Single-family houses closed at a median of $230 per square foot across 137 sales with usable living area. Between consecutive sales of the same home, prices moved a median 6.22 percent a year (437 pairs, postal-area scope), a historical figure rather than a projection. Listed homes went under contract in a median of 12 days, which is fast for the state and leaves little time to deliberate. Full detail is on the Keene market page.

2. Concord, $420,000

Concord's median closed price over the last six months was $420,000, around 82 percent of what the typical New Hampshire sale closed at. 440 closings sit behind that figure, about 73 a month, enough to price against. On a per-square-foot basis, houses there closed at a median of $291, measured on 236 sales. Homes that sold twice appreciated at a median of 7.80 percent a year between those sales, on 1,017 repeat-sale pairs across the postal area that shares the city's name; that is what happened, not what will. Listed homes went under contract in a median of 10 days, which is fast for the state and leaves little time to deliberate. Full detail is on the Concord market page.

3. Laconia, $430,000

Laconia's median closed price over the last six months was $430,000, around 84 percent of what the typical New Hampshire sale closed at. Resideline tracked 322 closings there, roughly 54 a month. Single-family houses closed at a median of $289 per square foot across 160 sales with usable living area. Between consecutive sales of the same home, prices moved a median 7.94 percent a year (824 pairs, postal-area scope), a historical figure rather than a projection. The median listed home was under contract in 15 days, so a buyer here needs financing lined up before the search, not after. Full detail is on the Laconia market page.

4. Manchester, $455,000

Homes in Manchester closed at a median of $455,000 over the last six months, about 89 percent of the New Hampshire statewide median. Resideline tracked 988 closings there, roughly 165 a month. Single-family houses closed at a median of $294 per square foot across 610 sales with usable living area. Between consecutive sales of the same home, prices moved a median 6.97 percent a year (1,844 pairs, postal-area scope), a historical figure rather than a projection. The median listed home was under contract in 8 days, so a buyer here needs financing lined up before the search, not after. Full detail is on the Manchester market page.

5. Goffstown, $500,000

Homes in Goffstown closed at a median of $500,000 over the last six months, close to the statewide median. 187 closings sit behind that figure, about 31 a month, enough to price against. Single-family houses closed at a median of $277 per square foot across 111 sales with usable living area. Homes that sold twice appreciated at a median of 6.19 percent a year between those sales, on 1,362 repeat-sale pairs across the postal area that shares the city's name; that is what happened, not what will. The median listed home was under contract in 7 days, so a buyer here needs financing lined up before the search, not after. Full detail is on the Goffstown market page.

6. Derry, $505,000

Homes in Derry closed at a median of $505,000 over the last six months, close to the statewide median. 373 closings sit behind that figure, about 62 a month, enough to price against. On a per-square-foot basis, houses there closed at a median of $324, measured on 239 sales. Between consecutive sales of the same home, prices moved a median 6.68 percent a year (733 pairs, postal-area scope), a historical figure rather than a projection. The median listed home was under contract in 8 days, so a buyer here needs financing lined up before the search, not after. Full detail is on the Derry market page.

Note: realized appreciation is the one column measured on the postal city, from repeat sales of the same home across the ZIP codes that share the city's name; every other figure is confined to the municipal boundary.

How to read this list

A low median is where the analysis starts, not where it ends. Property type, size, condition and block move a number far more than the city line does, so check any address on this list against its own comparable closings.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked. Appreciation is the median annual change between consecutive sales of the same home; it is historical, nominal and not a projection.