Stowe Vermont Year End Data 2012
Based upon information provided by the Northern New England Real Estate Network (NNEREN) for all of 2012, there were 112 single family residential and condominium units sold within Stowe Vermont with a total sold volume of $50,304,279. Compare that number to a total of 97 single family residential and condominium units sold in 2011 with a total sold volume at $53,701,020. These numbers indicate an increase in the actual number of sales from 97 to 112 from 2011 to 2012 (an increase of 15.46%) and a decrease in total sold volume of -6.32%. The average sale price was down in 2012. In 2012, the average sale price of a home in Stowe VT was $449,145.35 down from $553,618.76 in 2011 a decrease of -18.87%.
Average days on the market in 2012 was 331 compared to 269 in 2011 or an average increase of 22.74%.
Armed with solid numbers, buyers and sellers alike can manage their expectations and the current realities of our local market.
If you are considering listing your home for sale or buying a home, condominium or other property in Stowe Vermont, please give me a call or email me to discuss the market and your options. I would be delighted to assist you. I can be reached on my direct line at 802.238.5256 or email me at Chris@ChrisHurdVT.com
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(These figures include sold numbers for single family residential and condominium only in Stowe VT only. All information deemed reliable but not guaranteed by the Northern New England Real Estate Network (NNEREN which supplies these figures.)
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unemployment figures for our mighty little state. The rate decreased from 5.9% to 5.8%. Compare this statistic to the national figures which are currently reported at 9.1%.
17 foreclosures!! Chittenden County lead the way with 4 followed by Windham, Rutland and Franklin Counties with 3 each. There were new foreclosure filings for every 1 in every 18,485 housing units in Vermont in September. Compare that to Nevada 1 in every 118. Arizona had 1 in every 305. Florida had 1 in every 368 and New York had 4,202.
current market conditions and your needs/wants in a new home and community. I would be delighted to assist you.
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Guess who made the list? Okay, i'm a little giddy about this one. I mean Burlington Vermont has been piling these things up for more than twenty years now. Year after year, someone else says this place is the greatest. And guess what? It really is. Here are some fast facts:
Today was the final day of the Vermont Real Estate Conference at the Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center here in South Burlington Vermont. It was a day I was looking forward to as I had enrolled in a course entitled, "Volcanic Video Ideas to Make Your Messages Go Viral". The course instructor, 
Doug, "if a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a million...".
Once each year, our professional association convenes affording Realtors time to gather in a setting that is full of speakers, classes, exhibits on new standards, technology and best practices. I'm excited this year to be taking several Continuing Education classes. They are as follows:
Burlington VT - March 1st, 2011
When Sellers agree to list their property they agree to a commission which is paid to both the Realtor who lists the Seller’s property and the Realtor who brings the Buyers to the table. A typical Realtor commission these days is either 5 or 6%. Thus, this commission is split in half (i.e. with either 3 or 2.5% going to the buy side Realtor). Buyers should not think because I am represented by a Buyer’s Agent I am incurring an additional expense to pay their commisssion. The commission is already taken into account by the Seller(s) in their Listing Agreement with their Listing Agent. All Sellers are willing to split the commission between the Realtor representing them and the Buyers Agent representing the Buyer(s). Sellers do this to facilitate the transaction and in this market they are happy as can be to have buyers brought to them.
Burlington VT - February 28th, 2011
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Yesterday, in Sunday’s Burlington Free Press, an editorial entitled, 
Simply put, in 2007 The Vermont Department of Public Service concluded in its article entitled,
One of the barometers many real estate buyers look towards before buying a new home is the quality of public education within a specific town/community. The quality and performance of public schools helps drive home values and in this economy certainly helps maintain them.
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