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 [...]

2020 was a record-breaking year for real estate. Nationwide, the pandemic drove total home sales to their highest level since 2006 (National Association of Realtors). In our luxury markets, sales went up 209% from that same year and 51% from 2019. Given these impressive results from an unprecedented year, it is amazing to hear that theres [...]

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.

2020, a historic year. Everyone can agree that 2020 was one for the record books, a difficult time in many ways, and we are all glad to see the hard times behind us. From a real estate perspective, it was a very surprising year. As the pandemic increased in March, the market slowed to a crawl, buyers held back, and sellers were hesitant to [...]

Moving is rarely an easy task. This year, some are finding it nearly impossible. During a challenging year, people across the nation continue to have the same life changes that motivate a move: families grow and shrink, jobs change, and people age in and out of their shells. Space to work and educate from home reached a new level of [...]

Conservation projects often happen when, for a moment in time, the interests of landowner, community, and conservation align. This was the case on Cuttyhunk Island where a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity emerged with the passing in 2015 of island legend, Oriel Ponzecchi, owner of several iconic properties including historic [...]

As Ruth Kennedy Sudduth explored in The Covid Land Rush, trends in the real estate market experienced a 180 in 2020. After the Great Recession, apartments with concierge services and lots of amenities were all the rage for millennials and baby boomers alike. Last year though, with more jobs being moved away from urban centers, people [...]

Life science headquarters, biomedical labs, and top-ranked universities seem to be around every other corner in Boston. It should come as no surprise that all this activity has propelled the city to the top of [...]