Sale pending in our slow-selling North East Kingdom

83 Howard Road, asking $2.445 million, after almost a year on the market. Its original builder blew it, and missed the last bubble by pricing it at $4.2 in 2007, before finally selling it to these owners for $2.6 in 2010.

I like the house, though its location isn’t a market favorite and — though don’t hold me to this, because memory has dimmed — I don’t believe the yard is a knock-out.

But some people, including myself, appreciate the privacy you find up here, and what else is available in this price range these days?

You’d think the Zebra would have clinched a sale long ago

And, in case the ironic reference to the orange was too subtle in the zebra den, here it is again, in a place of honor