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 [...]

Our 2020 LandVest Index reported an unprecedented explosion in sales of luxury properties across New England and the Adirondacks. The imperatives for refuge and a new sense of life and work balance continue to drive the market into the second quarter of 2021. With low inventory and high demand, buyers need brokers who have their fingers on [...]

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 [...]

Still working on your gift list? Weve found properties even your pickiest loved one will fall in love with. Follow along with LandVest's Holiday Gift Guide blog in this four-part series to find the perfect home for you, your family, and your [...]

Your homes your castle, right? Well, when you have acres and acres to explore and multiple buildings surrounding your castle, you can officially call it a kingdom. Weve put together a collection of properties that fit the qualifications for a kingdom property and you can see them all [...]

When the phone rang in early March, a family from New York with two young kids was looking for an immediate rental in Vermont where they could find what was desperately lacking in the locked-down city: landscape-scale social distance. The family isn't going back. They're now looking to buy something permanent in the corner of Vermont where [...]

People have been looking at Taylor Farm in Peacham, VT, and its easy to see why. Its been one of the most popular listings on LandVest.com in recent weeks and Boston Magazine just featured this private retreat on its website. One reaction to the article perfectly summed up the property: the compound dream.

What makes this a great place to [...]

Inman published a profile of LandVests Ruth Kennedy Sudduth earlier this week, and already it seems like a charming throwback to a time before the world changed. The article is behind a paywall, so we have republished an abridged version here. Many thanks to our friends at Inman, the real estate industry [...]