Some Vermont home buyers are worried that there isn’t enough time to get deals done before the deadline, but Realtors disagree. If you are diligent and able to make good decisions fast, agreements can be reached fairly quickly.

While the tax credit alone is not reason enough to buy, combine it with great interest rates, and you’ll see why homes in the Burlington Area are on the move. The motivated sellers behind these Vermont homes make the prospects even better:

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In November, the tax credit was extended to April 2010. To get the credit, the taxpayer has to enter a binding agreement to buy a residence by April 30th 2010, and close by June 30th.

From the IRS website:

Under the new law, an eligible taxpayer must buy, or enter into a binding contract to buy, a principal residence on or before April 30, 2010 and close on the home by June 30, 2010. For qualifying purchases in 2010, taxpayers have the option of claiming the credit on either their 2009 or 2010 return.

It depends on whom you ask. Of course Burlington is beautiful, some consider it the most beautiful city on Lake Champlain. But if you ask the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Burlington is the nation’s healthiest city.

The Burlington City Marathon is huge, of course. And if you walk down any street in downtown Burlington, you’ll pass a yoga studio or a health club. Take a look:

Imagine that each studio employs 30 fitness professionals. That’s 510 people. Add in the colleges, sports clubs, personal trainers, and ski instructors and this number ski rockets to more than two thousand people. That’s nearly ½ % of the city’s population! 

This list doesn’t even take the marital arts, Pilates, or physical therapy into consideration. Whatever your body needs, you’ll find it here in Burlington. And you’ll find any type of class that suits your needs. Take yoga for example: there’s prenatal yoga, post-natal yoga, yoga for toddlers, yoga on the lake, yoga for kayakers, yoga for seniors, skiers, bikers, golfers, runners…You get the picture.

These Burlington homes are all within walking distance of a yoga studio or health club:
MLS # 2811788 – 673 Prospect Street
MLS #2903426 – 94 Church Street
MLS #2901442 – 40 College Street
MLS #2902570 – 161 St. Paul Street

Here are many more Burlington homes fit for the fit…