Truth be known, VHFA's stationery has been green for as long as just about anyone can remember. But soon it'll be "green," as in "environmentally-friendly."

Yesterday we updated lender rankings on our Web site.

VHFA loans are originated through more than 30 participating lender across the state.  We display those lenders on the VHFA Web site — sorted by "production," or volume of VHFA loans they make.

Our top 10 lenders are now:

Uncertainty is a consistent theme among economists these days, with each round of projections for Vermont's plight worse than the last.

Columnist Robert Samuelson explained to the audience at a Vermont economy conference in early January the only other national economic experience like this was the spiraling inflation of the 1970s because, like now, people could not see where it would end.

The February issue of the Champlain Business Journal features a number of articles about development and housing in Vermont.

Topics cover green construction, the Vermont Neighborhoods Program, condominiums and other multi-unit buildings in Vermont, Act 250 and smart growth.