"Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."

- Henry James

Here's a Vermont summer day captured on video at one of our favorite farms for sale:

Uphill Farm on a lovely summer day. Thanks to Henry James for the inspiration.

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Market Highlights

• Record number of high-end $2,000,000 + sales, up 84% from 2011 and 4.5% above the peak in 2007
• Cape Cod record sale of 17 Indian Trail in Osterville at $19,500,000. Overall the number of $5,000,000+ sales was about the same as last year.
• Inventories are shrinking slowly, but still represent 2 years of absorption and 3 years at the $5,000,000+
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MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• Record number of high-end $2,000,000+ sales, up 65% from 2011 and more than twice the number of sales in 2009.
• Record sale on Fairhaven Hill in Concord at $8,600,000. 74% of high-end sales $2,000,000 to $3,000,000; 5% of sales above $5,000,000.
• Inventories are healthy at all levels relative to sales.
• Strong performance in other high-end markets across New England suggests a return to a more balanced market, driven by significant price adjustments and pent-up
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