Mortgages & Finances

Now's the time to sell your home!

2020 Is the Year to Sell Your Home! It's a Seller's Market....

The Northern Vermont Board of Realtors tells us that January started off strong for the housing market in the region, with healthy buyer demand and strong market fundamentals.

New Listings decreased 14.6 percent for single-family homes and 41.3 percent for townhouse-condo [...]

COVID has changed our lives and how we want to live

COVID continues to affect our world and lives in many ways, leaving us separated from many of the people, places and things that we love and value. What it's led us to see more clearly is that we may want to live differently, in a space that better fits our needs. Well, the good news is that the market remains active and home prices remain [...]

Prepaid Interest - What is the Point?

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Take note.

Prepaid interest, sometimes called points, is generally tax deductible when a person pays them in connection with buying, building or improving their principal residence. When points are paid on a refinance, they are not a current deduction but have to be taken prorata over the life of the [...]