How long we will be using the phrase “in the current economy”? It is a point of reference, one that calls our attention to important considerations when deciding where we want to live and how to arrange our finances to ensure our comfort extends beyond the walls of our homes, …
Remember steel kitchen cabinets? If you were born in the sixties, you may remember the sound of metal and magnet from grandma and grandpa’s kitchen when they fetched a special treat for you from the cabinet above the sink. What might have appeared to be a low-end feature is now …
Are you an optimist or a pessimist? In today’s economy, well, let me rephrase this, in any economy, it is easy to take one stance over the other. It depends on what we hear from the media and from others and how we respond to this. Massachusetts Mortgage Broker and …
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 …
Imagine Martha Stewart, comfortably sitting in the real-leather, reclining seat of a time machine. She has agreed to an impromptu journey to a destination of your choice and awaits departure, magazine and martini in hand. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Launch! The capsule disappears from your laboratory. You and Martha …
The For Sale sign in front of the neighbor’s house, and the moving van that arrives and leaves, reveal immediate changes in the community. A bird’s eye view, or in our times a webcam view from the International Space Station, would reveal a complex migration choreography with For Sale sings …
In the 1991 comedy-drama “Fried Green Tomatoes”, Kathy Bates portrays a dissatisfied, 40-ish-year-old housewife who befriends Ninny Threadgoode, an elderly woman with a fascinating story, but no one with whom to share it. In one remarkable scene, Bates’ character explodes in a burst of assertive confidence and, brandishing a sledgehammer, …
This is only a test… of our patience, our perseverance and creativity. In many communities right now, flowerbeds and lawns do not exactly look their best. The weather is like the economy; it affects all people equally, for all of us value what we have and want to preserve it. …
According to Vermont Housing Data, 4834 primary residences and 1493 vacation residences sold in 2010 in Vermont. If the majority of vacation residences belong to individuals and families that already own a primary residence, then it is clear that we value having a place to call our own. Though our …
74% of homebuyers begin their search online. 69% begin by contacting an agent directly and 22% look for yard signs as their first step. Today’s QR technology is already converting many yard sign hunters to Internet researchers. QR stands for “Quick Response”. It consists in a coded image added to …
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