“Loose lending practices seen during the housing bubble allowed 5 million renters to become homeowners …the market is in the protracted process of evicting this group.”- Bloomberg Businessweek This statement offers much to think about. While it is true that all of us, at some point in our lives, make decisions that are not necessarily [...]

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Real Estate is a fascinating industry, rich with lessons about economic and social trends, lifestyle, choices, transitions, priorities and values. Just as each of us seeks a career path that matches our skills and interests, so do we seek living spaces that match our vision of what it is we need around us in order [...]

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When asked how they would feel about seeing public transportation become a part of their rural community, Vermonters react in various ways. Some welcome the idea. Others, mostly former city-dwellers who do not wish to encounter vestiges of the city life, boldly announce, “If I see one public bus on my road, I’ll hop on [...]

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“Where liberty is, there is my country.” – Benjamin Franklin “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.” – John F. Kennedy “Liberty is the great parent [...]

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Let’s say you are contemplating buying your first home ever. So you made yourself your favorite tuna sandwich, with the homemade bread you get every Sunday at the local Farmers’ Market. There is something grounding and comforting about those hand-carved slices, the dark green lettuce that spills out from every side and the tall glass [...]

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She had always known this: Some day, it would happen to her. She would be walking up to a home with prospective buyers, and everything would stop. At that precise moment, the professional suite pant, the brand new, state-of-the-art Netbook tucked under her arm, and her natural talent for making sense of details and numbers [...]

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While house hunting, we tend to place a lot of our attention on the details that pertain specifically to the dwelling. We want the kitchen to feel just right, the garage to be large enough for tools, perhaps even a workshop and the backyard to offer a sense of privacy. We might be concerned with [...]

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“I don’t think this recession is anywhere near over,” he said, “I was going to try to sell my house this year, but am afraid I won’t be able to buy again. You probably can’t relate to this so much since you’ve been renting for so long. I never liked renting. I don’t know what [...]

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While living together over time, we grow apart in so many ways. We grow apart, while living together, because we feel at home and comfortable. When we feel at home and comfortable, we are free to change. In the process, we complement each other in new ways; we also become aware of differences we had [...]

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A popular French Canadian song goes something like this: “The nest is in the tree, the tree is by the house, the house is on the street, the street is in the town, the town is in the county,” and so on. What’s happening in our own backyard? Even long-time Vermont residents often feel like [...]

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