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‘It’s pretty much insanity’: Pandemic-weary out-of-staters make housing market a feeding frenzy
FILE - In this April 1, 2020 photo, a For Sale sign stands in front of a home that is in the process of being sold in Monroe, Wash., outside of Seattle. It’s an exciting time to be a home seller, and 17% of homeowners plan on selling in the next 18 months. But we’re in a unique market, and now is not the time to dive in without proper preparation. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) Elaine Thompson
How crazy has the real estate market become in the Upper Valley? Ask Amanda Addington.
‘It’s pretty much insanity’: Pandemic-weary out-of-staters make Upper Valley housing market a feeding frenzy
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WEST LEBANON How crazy has the real estate market become in the Upper Valley? Ask Amanda Addington.
Addington and her partner, both 32, share a one-bedroom apartment in Hartland with their cat, Gary, and since September have been actively looking to buy their first home. They want to settle in the area with a bigger place.
The professional couple she works in the development office at Dartmouth College, he is a social worker in Vermont have visited 23 houses and condos, from Canaan to Quechee and Enfield to Thetford. They’ve made eight offers, not one less than asking price.
First the good news: The Frederick Keys will continue to play ball during the summer at Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium. Now the less good news, the team will no longer be affiliated with the Baltimore Orioles organization, and the quality of play will probably be a bit lower.
The very existence of the team has been in doubt since it was revealed in 2019 that Major League Baseball wanted to eliminate 42 minor league teams in a major restructuring of the sport. The Keys were one of the teams on the chopping block.
Major League Baseball said at the time it wanted to reduce the number of minor league teams to make the development of players more efficient and also improve the pay and working conditions for players.
Jim and Amanda Addington are now wondering what their summer might look like.
For the past six years, the Frederick residents have run a host-family program for minor league baseball players.
At just about every Frederick Keys home game, the Addingtons can be found in their seats at Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium, enjoying a game they love and supporting the players they have come to know and help support.
But Wednesdayâs news the Keys and Baltimore Orioles were parting ways, ending more than a year of speculation about the fate of their 31-year relationship, left the Addingtons with questions, not just about the future of the minor-league team, but of their own involvement with it.