We last celebrated America’s funniest Realtor, Phil Dunphy, last fall when alter-ego Ty Burrell won the Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy. And that comedy would obviously be ABC’s “Modern Family.” We’ve got absolutely no stake in ABC or parent company Disney, but we’re huge fans of the ongoing real estate agent storyline and thought you would enjoy the most recent episode, “Send Out the Clowns.” In the episode, real estate agent Phil is about to score the biggest real estate listing of his career, when rival agent Mitzi Roth (guest star Ellen Barkin) swoops in on his territory — intent on stealing the client for herself. It’s a brazen but sleazy move — the kind that Mitzi is known for. To punctuate her unrepentant sleaziness, Mitzi sneers at Phil on their way into the house: ... 04/02/2012

There were 77 residential home sales last month in the communities listed in this Lakes Region real estate market report. That’s down a bit from the 88 sales last June. But the average sales price came in considerably higher at $476,304 compared to $292,586 in June 2010. The higher average seems to have originated from a strong month in Moultonborough where seven sales closed in excess of $1 million. Not a bad month there with 19 sales at an average of $1,072,761! Laconiaalso had a pretty good sales tally with 16 homes exchanging hands. It appears that about a third of the sales for the month were waterfront or vacation type homes. OK, I like really like milestones such as being halfway through the year. It seems to mean more when you can compare results for the first half of one year ... 07/22/2011