Timing is everything when listing your home for sale

Timing is everything when listing your home for sale

Chris von Trapp, Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman, Realtor

As one of the top listing agents for the Charlotte real estate market, a common question I hear from home owners at this time of year is “Is this is a good time to sell?” The general impression is that more houses sell in the spring, when the grass is green and flowers are in bloom.

Prep the right way for a wide range of house hunters

Prep the right way for a wide range of house hunters

Heather Morse

Oh, the holidays. A time of family, traditions and togetherness. Or if you’re like me, a time of deep cleaning and junk-hiding to give my home the illusion of Pinterest perfection for the relatives. And while most homes will never look as tidy as they do before the in-laws pull up, there is one other time to pay such close attention to your home’s appearance—when you go to sell it.

Milk Money wins VBSR innovation and inspiration award

Milk Money wins VBSR innovation and inspiration award

The Charlotte News

The Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility Inspiration and Innovation Award recognizes VBSR member organizations who have demonstrated innovative or inspirational achievement in environmental, social or economic fields within the past three years. This year, Milk Money, a Charlotte-based company that helps entrepreneurs and small business owners raise local, “patient” money to grow or expand their companies, received the award for small member organizations. Pictured with the award are Milk Money cofounders Louisa Schibli, right, of Charlotte, and Janice Shade of Jericho.

Realtor tips for fall sellers

Realtor tips for fall sellers

Heather Morse, Contributor

Fall in Vermont is the perfect time of year for many things: apple picking, pumpkin patches and, of course, gorgeous foliage. But what about listing your home? Typically, as the leaves begin to fall so do the number of buyers searching the market. However, with current interest rates so low, you might be surprised to find many still eager and looking. And while most consider spring to be the time to list, selling your home while the cider’s hot can have its advantages too.

Burlington and New Moran Inc. disagree

Burlington and New Moran Inc. disagree

Erick, Charlie and Tad

Last Friday afternoon Burlington mayor Miro Weinberger announced at a news conference at City Hall Park that the city and New Moran Inc, the nonprofit headed by former Charlotters Erick Crockenberg and Tad Cooke and their partner Charlie Tipper, had failed to agree on the terms and conditions for going forward with the redevelopment of the Moran Plant on the Burlington waterfront. Weinberger indicated that the city was now exploring options for razing the building, a former coal-fired electricity generating plant that was decommissioned in 1986.

Charlotte’s Youth Catalytics appeals federal grant termination

Charlotte’s Youth Catalytics appeals federal grant termination

Lynn Monty, Editor in chief

Last month the Office of Adolescent Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services informed Youth Catalytics that it was rescinding a $2 million-plus federal grant they had been awarded for pregnancy-prevention work. This five-year grant began in 2016 with $564,000 in funding. The remaining four years of the grant have been terminated. Scheduled training and research was halted just when new programing was gaining momentum, said Meagan Downey, Youth Catalytics Director of Special Projects.