Whether its in their store or on their website, support the small businesses in your town and towns like yours. No matter whos on your gift list this year, one of these businesses will have the perfect present for them. The products from these businesses will likely be easier to wrap than what weve featured in our gift guides (see those [...]

Working on your gift list? This year, give the gift of a spectacular property. In our annual LandVest Holiday Gift Guide series, we share homes thatll be perfect for you, your family, and your friends! Follow along in this 3-part [...]

Is This a New Normal?

For most of last year, many wondered when the COVID-driven demand would come to a halt. Many projected a sharp decline once the pandemic ended, as people would recede back to metropolitan centers. Such a shift has yet to occur. While COVID-driven demand remains strong, the emergence of climate refugees has [...]

Our friends at CFAR, the respected advisory firm to companies, families, and organizations, recently examined the parallel challenges of closely held companies and family compounds.

Caleb White of CFAR noted that a tiny fraction estimated at 13% of family businesses make it to the third generation. A similarly small fraction of [...]

Every Fourth of July, people flood to New Englands lakes. For generations, people have been eager to get out on the water, take in gorgeous scenery, and enjoy bustling lake towns. So, when Travel + Leisure was putting together their list of the countrys [...]

When Saturday Night Live riffs on homes in Vermont, you know things are hot.

(They are absolutely right that Boomers own a large share of Vermont vacation homes, and are, on margin, sellers. Whats new is that Gen X and Millennials are buying.)

The aggregate numbers are impressive enough, but its the difference in tone that is [...]

COVID-fueled interest in rural properties drove a near tripling in sales of Vermont's luxury properties. Today we look at the COVID land rush across New England and nationally.

Everyone knows three things matter in real estate: location, location, and location. At LandVest, what that means is sense of place.

People want to be somewhere special, someplace that speaks to them.

Thats what LandVest brings to the properties we represent and what we bring to buyers trying to find what they are looking for.

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Just got off the phone with the owners of Taylor Farm in Peacham, Vermont, who have been happily there for the full pandemic, joined with family and friends over the course of the last year. Here are some highlights:

So, what was your experience being on the farm over the last year?

Weve lived here for years, but this was our first [...]