What You Need to Know (presented by the Vermont Association of Realtors®)

On Monday, June 17, the Vermont Legislature overrode six out of seven bills that Governor Scott vetoed. As a result, these bills become law. VAR will provide a detailed overview of the policy impacts of H.687, the Act 250 bill, and H.889, the Yield bill. However, we want to make you aware of the financial implications of H.687 and H.889 and their impact on real estate.

BIG NEWS!!!  Our Principal Broker, Alison Cummings, has been featured in the latest issue of Top Agent Magazine. 

Are you familiar with the saying "the hurrier I go the behinder I get”? I feel like there are times that no matter how fast I go, there are far too many balls in the air to catch them all. I had sort of an epiphany today related to this.

First, I will give you a little backstory: as you may know by now, I live on a farm. Not an animal farm [...]

      My birthday is in April and I think this makes me more connected to springtime.  April brings the freshness of green grass, emerging daffodils and the promise of an overflowing garden. As the snow melts, the brooks and streams fill up, the leaves begin to bud and life feels hopeful. Something about the change of season at this time of [...]

It seems that the question on everybody’s mind is, “How's the market?” It doesn’t matter what’s going on in our world, Realtors still get the same ask. Pre-pandemic, the answer seemed to be the same: “The market is slow, prices are decreasing, it’s a great time to [...]

I love my job in so many ways!  While driving around the state puts a lot of wear and tear on my car and I spend too many hours sitting, the scenery and the places I get to see are sometimes breathtaking and always engaging.  My most recent drive through the Woodstock area yielded freshly mown hay and the chance to see a bailing machine [...]

Years ago when I was a full-time ski coach I would meet a lot of people who came to Vermont only to ski. The conversations I remember having with them make me laugh today, because one of their comments would always be what do you do in the summertime in Vermont? It must be so boring! I could never live here in the [...]

There is nothing predictable about a VT spring!  With anxious anticipation on the dawn of a sunny day, when opening the door to let Tiger out any hopes of sitting on the front terrace with coffee would be squashed by the consistent 40 +/-  degree temperatures. Until [...]

Vermont has a long standing history and an incredible reputation for producing some of the best maple syrup in the world! Dating back to Native American tribes that lived here many moons before the Europeans arrived, the annual tradition of making this delicious, sweet concoction has endured the test of time.  Thanks to modern technology and [...]

Visitors love Vermont’s downhill skiing for its joyful exhilaration and physical challenge, but winter hiking can be just as satisfying outdoor experience.  At first glance, the woods look bare without the leaves and flowers, but just take a walk on many of the state’s famous [...]