For more information on effective planning for real estate and art, please contact Ruth Kennedy Sudduth, Elizabeth Chapin of Christies (617-536-6000) or Jenny Naylor of J.P. Morgan Private Bank (617-310-0716). For great Vermont properties for sale on the Lake Champlain waterfront, gentlemans farms or near skiing, [...]

Is conservation good for the value of properties or does it restrict marketability? Can you answer this question for your property or for a property you are considering for purchase?

Over 19 million acres of land are conserved through conservation easements nationwide, many of them very valuable properties. With so many of the best [...]

LandVests Timberland Division has recently become certified by the Rainforest Alliance to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Forest Management and Chain of Custody Standards - FSC C120428. Forest Certification is a voluntary third-party process to identify and recognize well-managed forestland. LandVests forest management policies, [...]

April 22nd is a great day to do something good for the earth. Join the LandVest team in helping the environment, whether its walking to work, planting a locavore garden, volunteering for a community cleanup or on a bigger scale, purchasing an energy-efficient home or making an investment in renewable resources! LandVest has multiple green [...]

Aldo Leopold is widely considered the grandfather of modern day conservation. His principles live vibrantly today among land managers who often look to, or instinctively impose, his philosophies. Leopolds land ethic is a general principle recognizing that natures equilibrium is resilient but not immune to imbalance, particularly from [...]

We asked LandVests equestrian marketing team to tell us about their favorite equestrian communities.

First up: Myopia Hunt country, which threads through Hamilton, Wenham, Topsfield and Ipswich all the way to West Newbury. The small towns of Bostons North Shore have been stewarded by generations of landowners to preserve riding through [...]

I recently attended the RISI Forest Products and Timberland Investment conference in New York City and wanted to share some of the conference highlights. The conference was well-attended with over 100 participants from various financial and institutional backgrounds. Approximately [...]

2014 is off to a great start in luxury real estate as Robb closes the highest sale yet this year in Hamilton at 641 Bay Road for $2,537,500 and 12 Smiths Point the highest waterfront sale on the North Shore at [...]

LandVests Consulting Group is cited in Stephen J. Smalls groundbreaking new book The Business of Open Space: Whats Next?

Steve Small is recognized as the nations leading authority on private land protection options and strategies. He has been counsel to landowners and easement holders in more than 400 transactions around the country and has [...]