The landscape of Robert Frost, with green-shuttered white clapboard houses, white mountains, and rolling meadows, is the backdrop for an active equestrian community - from top dressage trainers to vibrant hunt clubs and avid eventers and jumpers. NHs current use tax program encourages open space by reducing taxes on undeveloped land, a [...]

A selection of historic properties listed by LandVest was recently featured in Private Wealth Magazines Buying History: If These Walls Could Speak.

Ian Shearn explores the backstories of ten great antique homes for sale.

It wasnt surprising that LandVest represents nearly half the great properties featured by Private Wealth Magazine in [...]

Vermont Market Highlights

• Vermont luxury market is improving.
• Appreciation is stifled by excess inventory. This is due to the large demographic of baby boomers downsizing, relative to a smaller Gen X and Y pool of buyers.
• Buyers favor recent renovations, turn-key condition and close proximity to amenities.
• Furnishings and equipment are included as part of the turn-key
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THE VERMONT LUXURY MARKET IS IMPROVING

• Bennington, Chittenden, Lamoille, Windham, and Windsor counties command the most sales above $1 million.
• The number of luxury sales continued to improve in 2016, with 111 sales in 2016 compared to 97 sales in 2015, a 14% increase and 2017 appears to be off to a strong start as
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What says luxury more than a sumptuous master bedroom with a cozy fireplace and sitting area, an ensuite bathroom with steam showers and his-and-hers sinks as well as separate walk-in closets? How about [...]

Market Highlights

• 2016 $2,000,000+ sales were at record levels.
• Inventories were 8% above 2015.
• The top sale in Norfolk County in 2016 was $6,732,000 for 180 Clyde Street in Brookline.
• LandVests markets continue to improve in volume, turnover, and with significant record sales. Special properties, expertly presented to a broad market with
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The Ideal Family Home

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in one of LandVests properties? We invite our owners to tell us a bit about their experience, what they love about their homes and what makes their property special. The owner of [...]

LandVest and Christies continued to help our clients to global success in 2016. From world-class art to great New England and Adirondack properties, there was one common [...]

Do you ever wonder what it is like to live on a property carefully designed to fit into nature and surrounded by a beautiful, sustainably managed forest? The owners of Beaver Brook Farm in Marshfield, Vermont describe the joy they have found in stewarding their property.     Walking out of our own back door into nature - after living in [...]