Barre Montpelier Real Estate

Vacant Homes in Montpelier In addition to taking every precaution to make sure that there isn't a freeze up, there's something else to look into if your home is going to be vacant for any extended period of time-insurance. Homeowners' policies do their underwriting (I suppose that's what it is......

Montpelier Homes in the Winter It's a known fact that some houses are kept vacant during the winter.  Sometimes people have second homes elsewhere, sometimes they've bought their next home and already moved, sometimes people are just on vacation. Remember that it doesn't  take long for a freeze u...

Oh, man, there are some good costumes in this year's contest.  Does it make me a bad dad if I don't pick my own kids as the winners?  I have to say that I'm leaning toward the Troll Brothers at this point.  Realizing that everyone was probably very caught up in the excitement of election day, I'v...

Attention Murray Hill Condo Owners-I have buyers!! To anyone living in any phase of Murray Hill in Montpelier, I have buyers who are interested in living there.  Currently there are 16 condos for sale in Montpelier, but none in Murray Hill (including Cityside).  Ok, technically there is one.  And...

It's time for the annual Ray's Halloween Costume Contest!  Here's what you do:  Send along a picture of you, your kids, or your family in Halloween costume.  It can be an electronic form, a link to an online album, or a hard copy.  Just make sure I get it by Wednesday November 3. Here's what I do...

Proactive Sellers Get a Home Inspection First When I was a kid I had a cat that was a natural hunter.  She'd get hold of a mouse, and NEVER let go.  She wasn't the kind that would play with it.  Nope, she caught it, she held it, and she finished it. Lately I've seen a couple of transactions in th...

This is an informal snapshot of the average rents for available apartments in Montpelier and Barre as of the middle of October. I compile and analyze the data myself, partly because it's exactly the sort of thing I like to do.  But I also do it because as an owner of multi-family properties, I wa...

I heard somewhere that humility is a virtue.  Maybe self-flagellation is too.  I'm not proud of it, but I just watched 10 minutes of a movie called "Sharktopus".  The title pretty much sums up the plot.  There are a lot of questions that come up, but probably the biggest one is why would one chum...

I had been in negotiation for several days on a home for sale in Montpelier.  In this case, I was representing the buyer.  We were close, only a few thousand dollars apart.  The seller was doing an interesting negotiating dance:  Sometimes not moving in price, but suggesting he would if we came u...

Fast Search:  Montpelier Homes for Sale Montpelier Homes for sale from $100,000-$200,000 Montpelier Homes for sale from $200,000-$300,000 Montpelier Homes for sale from $300,000-$400,000 Why make it hard to find the homes you're looking for?  I figure that I may as well make your job as easy as p...