VHFA invited bids from investors Friday for the "Housing for All" initiative passed by Vermont lawmakers earlier this year. The proceeds from this financing will be used to create and rehabilitate an estimated 650 rental and owned homes across the state.
          
  
            Northfield Savings Bank’s Tom Leavitt appointed to VHFA’s Board of Commissioners
      
        
        
        
        
          
  
            
Governor Phil Scott has appointed Thomas S. Leavitt of Waterbury Center to VHFA's Board of Commissioners.
Leavitt, has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Northfield Savings Bank since 2014. Prior to Northfield Savings Bank, Leavitt was President and CEO of MountainOne Financial in North Adams, MA and before that he was on the senior management team of Merchants Bank in Vermont for 16 years.
          
  
            Home prices rise for northern Vermont counties through June 2017
      
        
        
        
        
          
  
            
In each of Vermont's northernmost counties, the median price of homes sold during the first half of 2017 was more than 10% higher than a decade earlier, according to our recent analysis of VT Tax Department data on non-vacation homes.
Home price data through June 2017 for every town and county in the state was recently added to the Vermont Housing Data website's community profiles.
          
  
            Head out to the ball park and enter our photo contest! 
      
        
        
        
        
          
  
            
Heading out to a Vermont Lake Monsters game this weekend? Enter our photo contest by visiting VHFA's ball park photo booth, tagging VHFA (@vermonthousingfinanceagency) and the Vermont Lake Monsters (@VTlakemonsters) and uploading your photo to Facebook or Twitter. One winner will be selected at random after each game and receive a $50 gift card!