Your 2014-2015 Holiday Events Guide!

• Meet Santa at the Burlington Town Center!  Santa and his helpers have lots of fun activities in store this season. 

• Giant Menorah Lighting! Come down to the UVM Green Tuesday the 16th to celebrate the first night of Hannukah with music and treats from 5:30-Midnight.

• The Nutcracker Ballet takes the stage at the Flynn Center Saturday December 20th! Enjoy a Christmas classic and a stroll up the beautifully decorated Church Street after! Get tickets here. 

• Visit the Vermont Reindeer exhibit at the ECHO Center Saturday the 27th! This event will be magical for the whole family -- kids will love learning about and petting real reindeer. More information here. 

• The Vermont Symphony Orchestra will perform at their annual Gala hosted by the Burlington Sheraton. Celebrate the season with beautiful music. More information here. 

• First Night will be back in Burlington to ring in the New Year! Enjoy a day full of music, dance and celebration throughout Burlington. Buy your tickets and see the full calendar of events here. 

 

 

Use your agent to narrow the prospect field.

Buying a home involves making many choices--often overwhelming and confusing decisions, the least of which is where to start. If you're thinking about buying, you've no doubt already begun looking through the pages of home magazines and searching through web sites. It doesn't take long before the rows of tiny house photos blur together. How can you be sure you've seen all the homes that may fit your needs? A good agent brings to the table an in-depth knowledge of the current housing inventory in their area, and continually updates that knowledge by touring homes as they are placed on the market. This is to your advantage. Trying to personally see every available home that might fit your needs would be an overwhelming process. If you are thorough in communicating your needs and what you can realistically afford, then your agent can help you narrow down the list of prospective homes to those that best suit your needs. This will save much time and energy. When the time comes to settle on one home, you can do it with the confidence that you've made a well-informed choice.

Location, Location, Location.

You've heard it before--the three most important things in real estate are location, location, location. Virtually no other single factor has a bigger impact on the desirability and resale value of your home to be. No home is an island, and the value of yours is affected by the homes that surround it. Your first consideration is the neighborhood. If you're not familiar with the area or community you're moving into, talk to a real estate rofessional who has experience there and can point you in the right direction. Then visit those neighborhoods at various times of day and observe the homes carefully. Look also for things like traffic congestion, intrusive sounds or annoying smells. You may find the perfect home, but if the neighborhood has problems, your investment won't be worth much when it's time to sell. Also, remember that extremely large homes surrounded by smaller ones tend to appreciate less than a large home among other large homes. Conversely, the smallest home in the neighborhood tends to be "pulled up" by the others.