VAE and BBC Revitalize The Window Works Project BENNINGTON, VT — The Vermont Arts Exchange (VAE) and the Better Bennington Corporation (BBC) once again team up to dress up downtown windows by reinstituting the Window Works Project. Window Works now seeks downtown vacant Continue Reading
Archives for April 2008
Vermont Offers Special 'Green Mountain Migration' Summer Packages for Floridians
   MONTPELIER, Vt., April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Florida residents are invited to head north to Vermont where they can find lodging properties offering special summer discounts and packages designed exclusively for Floridians. Continue Reading
Move and REALTOR.com(R) Lead Campaign for Fresher Listings
   LOS ANGELES, April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- One-third of REALTOR.com's 4.4 million property listings -- over 1.55 million homes for sale -- are updated every fifteen minutes, delivering the freshest, most current collection of real estate listings on the world Continue Reading
Builders Downsize Homes to Offset Costs
Home builders are cutting back on square footage and offering fewer amenities to keep the costs down. "We are dealing with realities of the market. Prices have come down somewhat, and some houses are smaller," says Don Knutson, senior regional president for the mid-Atlantic Continue Reading
Get Serious!
Familiar with the law of supply and demand? In real estate right now, it may seem like the supply of homes for sale is much greater than the numbers of buyers demanding those homes, forcing prices down and decreasing activity. But what's really in shortage may be serious, Continue Reading
Affordable Ways to Makeover Bathrooms
A dreary, outdated bathroom can be a home sale deal breaker. Remodeling magazine says the average price of a mid-range bathroom remodel in 2007 was $14,445. But $500 worth of nips and tucks can upgrade the room, says Lytel Young, host of HGTV’s "Save My Bath." Continue Reading
Where Entrepreneurs Thrive, Vermont is #7
Entrepreneurial business is growing in many parts of the country with 495,000 new businesses per month started in 2007, according to the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity. The study, which is sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, found that some areas Continue Reading
Green Mountain Log Homes Completes Another Home
This is a 1800 square foot house in Alpenwald Village with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a finished basement with loft space. This Customer chose 6x8 D KILN DRIED LOGS. Construction time was about 6 months. To view additional homes in the area that Green Mountain Log Continue Reading
Better Loans for Green Homes?
U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) has rolled out legislation that could result in lower-interest loans for people who purchase energy-efficient homes or retrofit existing residences with green features. Under the bill, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would gain as much as a Continue Reading
It Takes Two to Harmonize!
Whether you are buying a home or selling one, it is likely that once an Offer To Purchase is on the table, you'll enter a phase of the transaction called Negotiation. Fear not - this is how both sides "win." By following a few reasonable recommendations, both parties can Continue Reading