Brian French

The Healthiest City in the US

Well, it's official, Burlington, Vermont was just declared the healthiest city in America by one of the pollsters out there. I have been talking about this for a long time. We live in a wonderful area with so many opportunities to exercise and take advantage of our surroundings. It truly is nice to see that we are getting recognized on a
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Great Buys

There are some incredible buys out there right now and the interest rates have dropped about a half a percent this week. The rates are highly volatile right now and there is no predicting what they may be doing in the future with the economy in such disarray. In fact, our prediction is that they may ultimately go up causing the anticipated
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Gas Relief

There always seems to be two sides to every story and that is what we are going to talk about today. The bad news is that the economy is taking one on the chin, with the mortgage debacle, the economic doldrums and the increase in unemployment numbers. With that said, there is a bright spot with the cost of gasoline. In the past year we have
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Election Results

The United States and Barack Obama made history yesterday in his winning the Presidential election. What an incredible time to be an American. Whether you voted for him or not, I think everyone should be proud of what he accomplished and what America was willing to do with courage and forthrightness. It wasn't that long ago that this would
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Travel to Burlington

Recently, there was a great article in the New York Times about outstanding places to visit and Burlington was the featured place and destination. It was fun to see them highlight a number of venues that I have talked about in the past, and the ambiance of the Church Street Market place. It really is such a quaint and diversified setting,
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Video Tours

Today's real estate market has changed from years ago and consumers have access to more information than ever before. With that said, there is always one common denominator that we have found for people searching for homes on the web. They love pictures. Not only pictures, but home virtual tours. If a picture says a thousands words than the
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Our First Snow

We had our first light snow here the other day, just in time for Halloween. Ok, that's not funny, but we did. It was odd to see the white blanket of cold as I headed East towards Williston. Burlington did not get any to cover the ground, but we got to see snow flakes. When I was driving downtown in the early morning, I saw what looked to be
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Don't Believe all the Bad News

Have you noticed how negative the print media and television new's anchors have been recently concerning the economy? Well I certainly have and Iwonder to myself, do you think they might be creating some of the misconceptions out there? Sure things are not what we would like them to be, but on a local level, the real estate market is prime
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Time to Exercise

Well now that summer is over you might start thinking about either starting an exercise program or extend your current one. If you are like me, you might have gained a few pounds over the summer from all the barbecuing and back yard get togethers. If this is accurate, now may be the time to shed a few extra pounds before the cold weather
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The Real Estate Debate

After watchingthe political debates it made me stop and think what people must be thinking about the current real estate market. On one hand, we have the group that thinks it is better to wait and not purchase to see if they can time the market, and on the other hand, we have those individuals that are out looking to purchase their dream
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The Economy of Real Estate

To say that these past few weeks have been an emotional roller coaster ride would be a huge understatement to say the least. With that said, I have had a front and center seat to what is happening in our local real estate market. First and foremost, the interest rates are extremely volatile right now, although all in all, they are still

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Congratulations to our top agents in September!

Kelly Lydia

Kelly Farr and Lydia Wisloski Sales Associates with CENTURY 21 Advantage in South Burlington, were named the offices top sales associate in the month of September.

We are pleased to recognizeKelly and Lydia with this honor. Their competitive intelligence, professionalism and dedication to homebuyers and

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Customer Service Excels

We are in the process of implementing a new customer follow up software program that will allow us to convert internet inquiries to phone calls. By instituting this new way of doing business it will allow us to provide the consumer with real time feedback and information. In today's busy world, people want answers and they want them now. We
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A New Site

This is the first time that i am writing a blog from our new site. I hope you enjoy its new features and functionality. We have focused on what the consumer is looking to have when they visit our real estate web site, and we believe we have provided it. People can save searches, search the entire Multiple Listing Service, view videos and
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Here We Go Again

Well the Senate just passed a bill that they say will help the economy get back on track. It will now go to the House for their vote. I wonder what the real impact is going to be on us down the road. If we really knew how much this is going to cost us, I wonder if we would be in favor of this bail out. It is amazing to me that Wall Street
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Interest rate adjustments

I want everyone to be aware that we may see interest rates drop a bit after the federal government recently took over Freddie Mac and Fannie May. Two of the largest private financing institutions available to us for home loans. Because of the not so recent mortgage industry debacle, new rules and regulations and precautions are being
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The New Economy

I am not quite sure how the new economy is going to look once the government figures out how to bail out all the companies that took part in the housing debacle, but I do know one thing. You and I are going to pay for it. It is so revolting to think of how all this came about. Too many people taking advantage of too many people. Plain and

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New state of the art website

I am proud to announce that we have recently launched our new and improve real estate web site. You can view it at www.c21-advantage.com By doing so, we have provided the consumer with the easiest way to search for homes on the internet. Take a look at our open house piece and hover over the listing. You will see where it is located and
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Mortgage Fallout

The bad news just seems to keep coming concerning the economy, the brokerage houses and the insurance companies. Right now people are thinking what else is going to happen. It is a time of uncertainty and trepidation. Most of us have never seen the economy do anything close to what it is doing right now. It is unchartered water for the big
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