Category Archives: Vermont Real Estate News

Can Home Staging Really Win Over Buyers?

Home staging can influence buyers’ perceptions of a home and even motivate them to pay more, according to the National Association of REALTORS®’ 2015 Profile of Home Staging, a survey of more than 2,300 REALTORS® representing buyers and sellers.

Eighty-one percent of REALTORS® who represent buyers say that staged homes make it easier for their home buyers to visualize a property as their future home. Forty-six percent of buyer agents also reported that staging makes their buyers more willing to tour a home they viewed online, and 45 percent say that buyers tend to view the value of the home more positively if it is decorated to buyers’ tastes.Read More…

Smaller Down Payments Lure More Buyers

Some home buyers are stepping off the sidelines as more lenders require less money up-front on a home purchase. Recently, more borrowers are able to pay 3 percent or even less of a home’s purchase price to get a mortgage …Read More…

The Curse Of The First Offer

Sometimes when everything goes right we have trouble accepting that fact. Perhaps nowhere is this phenomenon more clearly illustrated than in the case where a seller receives a good offer right away. The annals of real estate are well stocked …Read More…

Vermont Real Estate Outlook for 2014 and 2015

National Association of Realtor’s chief economist Lawrence Yun notes in Realtor Magazine, that after a fiercely cold and dark winter, the sun is beginning to shine on U.S. real estate, and the market is warming up! Existing home sales have risen for four straight months, in a “confluence of positive trends” . . .Read More…

Giving Thanks and Looking Ahead: New Website!

Welcome to Vermont Home Properties! The launch of this new Vermont real estate website provides us the perfect opportunity to reflect and give thanks. We are indeed grateful to be able to have helped so many fulfill their dream of Vermont home ownership. Vermonthomeproperties.com is a beautiful new gateway to even more of the work we love!Read More…