You’re getting into the real estate market, spending hours looking at listings online, talking with friends, reading blogs (see what I did there?). Maybe you have a Realtor that you’ve been in touch with to help move the search/buy [...]
Have you ever noticed that the more times people say something, the more times it gets repeated, and then eventually it’s just assumed to be true? From a sociology standpoint, I’m sure that’s [...]
Green Light Real Estate is sponsoring a food drive to help people in our Central Vermont community. Starting November 18, we’re accepting donations of non-perishable food and toiletries at our office at 63 Barre Street in [...]
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As Realtors, we see a lot of houses and we hear a lot of stories. Vermont, with so many older houses, is fertile ground for spooky stories. Here’s one for you to enjoy.
Years ago, a Realtor had a property listed for sale. The owners didn’t live in the house, but it was still furnished. This particular house was, you can imagine, an older [...]
Effective July 1, 2022, any residential property listed for sale in Montpelier is required to have on file a Home Energy Profile. This blog post does two things. First, it gives the details and links to info with the City (boring). Second, we break it down into frequently asked questions (way less [...]
Closing On Your Home In Vermont? Do Not Wait Until The Last week To Do These Three Things
Once your home goes under contract, it's essential that you start to prepare for closing; there are several tasks you should undertake, and some you don't want to wait until the week before closing to do. Things like submitting a change of address [...]
Sometimes there’s nothing that can be done, the transaction is just not going to close. But often there are ways to keep a precarious transaction together. Here are three ways that a transaction can fall apart, and some ways to keep it [...]
If you’re an out of town owner of property in Vermont, or if you’re thinking of becoming one, let’s talk about the elephant in the room: short term rentals.
We’re talking AirBnB, Vrbo, and countless others.
When these work out, they can be pretty profitable. Setting them up, and getting them off the ground can be some work. If you’re [...]
People are saying that cash buyers are winning all of the contracts, and no buyers can compete with cash buyers.
Whenever we hear “people are saying” we get curious and suspicious at the same time. People can say whatever, and good stories travel fast.
So, we decided to fact check this.
We looked through all of MLS data for single family [...]