Brian French

A place to call home

Located on the Northwest side of Vermont and bordered by Lake Champlain this is truly one of the nicest places you'll ever want to experience. Two blocks away is Church Street our pedestrain walkway lined with restaurants, shops, galleries, and the Flynn theater. Modeled after Fanueil Hall in Boston, this brick-lined street is a hustle and
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Local Broker Hits Grandslam for kids

It's not often in life that you get a chance to positively affect a whole community, but that is what has happened for us this past year in Burlington, Vermont. Being an avid baseball fan and coach for several years in our wonderful community we realized that we only had one regular size baseball diamond for the largest city in our State.
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Experience Counts

I am entering my 24th year selling real estate this year and I must say that I still love the feeling of being able to help someone buy their dream home and sell their current home. It never seizes to amaze me how incredibly rewarding it is to use my expertise to help other people attain their goals. I have learned alot over this period of
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Snowy Week

An unpredicted ice storm roared into the area on Wednesdaymorning around 7:00 am making the roads treacherous to drive on. There were many accidents and a number of school cancellations due to a build up of ice under the 5 inches of wet and heavy snow. Usually this small amount of snow doesn't affect us much, but combined with the thick
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More proposed legislation that would limit our housing stock

Water Buffer

The House Fish, Wildlife and Natural Resources chaired by David Deen (D-Westminster) has continued its work on H.549 a bill that would implement a 50-foot waterway buffer around all waters of the state. The committee was scheduled to vote the bill out on Friday, but do to strong opposition from many in the regulated community

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Legislative update From our Local Homebuilders Association

Smoke Detectors

The Senate Commerce, Housing, General and Military Committee began to take up testimony last week on a bill, S.226, which would mandate that all new smoke detectors installed be photoelectric detectors. Currently builders are only required to install either ionization or photoelectric smoke detectors. Local firefighters have begun a recent push to only allow photoelectric detectors to be

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Motivation keys the Movement

A wonderful thing is slowly starting to happen in our local real estate market. Sellers are starting to realize that it is no longer 2004, and I say this without any intended disrespect. Yes, deals are becoming possible because people are becoming much more willing to accept the reality of our situation. There seems to be an excitedhush and
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Fed cuts rates and mortgage interest rises

The following information is provided by a local mortgage broker in our area:
You may have noted the endless news stories regarding rates being down due to the recent and pending 'Fed cuts'. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the press often misrepresents the facts regarding how Fed cuts effect mortgage rates. Here is the way things
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Five Thousand Saved and Forty Thousand Lost

I was talking to a client the other day, and he was telling me a story about how he tried to buy an investment property years ago from a for sale by owner.He told me that he found a building that was in good condition, a decent location, and the numbers on it looked pretty good. He made a couple of offers on it, up to within $5,000 of what
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Why Century 21 Advantage ?

We engage one-on-one consulting with proven results. We use state of the art resources for client convenience. We achieve maximum exposure when selling your home. We use advanced technology for lead generation and follow up. We track our marketing avenues and utilize the most effective resources to reach out and touch people.
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Realtor Code Of Ethics

The best way to increase our business is by providing outstanding service in a competitive real estate market. No big surprise there. But most consumers are unaware that Realtors abide by a code of Ethics outlined by the National Association of Realtors. In fact they provide a handbook by which all Realtors adhere to and is the benchmark
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The Interest Rate Game

Interest rates change constantly. Some days they are up and some days they are down. When I started selling real estate in 1984 interest rates were in the 14% range. That's right 14%. Do you remember how difficult it was to accept that reality. Well, rates are currently down but that will last only so long. When the economy is sluggish
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The Silence is Loud

There seems to be a hush over the real estate market that most agents have never heard. That's right, those agents that entered the business in the last 10 years. Their careers were jump started by low interest rates and rapid appreciation. Oh it was never so good, as to be a Realtor in the day. Well the market has changed and with that
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who cares if it gets cold

I often find it amusing when I tell people that I live in Vermont when I am visiting other states and their reaction to it. "But isn't so cold there?" they ask. Of course it is cold at times, but not all the time. We have four great seasons here. Being a native, I am certainly used to all the seasons and the changing weather conditions. We
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We can help you.

We can help you find your perfect home on the lake, in the mountains or in the suburbs. So take a look at the entire inventory and give us a call or email us. We'll make your sale or purchase fun, rewarding and easier than you could imagine.

Is it a good time to buy?

According to the statistics provided by the Vermont Real Estate information Network for Chittenden County, there are a number of opportunities for the person looking to buy a home in our wonderful area. Residential listings are up 2.5% for this past December compared to December 2006. Currently there are 740 active listings in Chittenden

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