September was a down month for the Hartford County single-family market. The number of contracts signed declined more than 9% from the same month last year, leaving the County 4% behind on a year-to-date basis. It appears that there will be a modest fall market in Hartford County this year. Other agents throughout the state are reporting similar observations about the market, so the deceleration does not appear to be unique to Greater Hartford. I’ve
Hartford County finished August with 779 single-family contracts, slightly behind the August 2017 total of 785 deals. It continues to be a strong year for the county, with the total deal count only off last year’s total by about 3.4%. Real estate markets took the traditional late summer step back in August. The pool of buyers trying to time the school year cycle typically phase out of the market at about this time of the
Hartford County finished July with 868 single-family home contracts, a decline of more than 15% from the July 2017 total. On a year-to-date basis the County is a little less than 4% behind where it was at this point last year. The comparison month, July 2017, was an outlier in last year’s data. The chart above shows that the deal total unexpectedly jumped last July, unlike the total from July 2016. Because of the odd
Halfway through the year, the real estate market is in good shape. Activity levels are in line with the previous two years, which were both strong years for the market. Hartford County finished the month of June with 969 single-family contracts, which was about 3% fewer than the total from last June. On a year-to-date basis the first half of 2018 was about 1.6% behind the first half of 2017. One of the important trends
2018’s monthly deal count increased in May. The 1,089 total was slightly less than the May 2017 total, but a solid increase over the April 2018 count. On a year-to-date basis there have been 1.3% fewer Hartford County single-family home contracts in 2018 than there were through the end of May 2017. May is traditionally the single busiest month of the year. It is also far enough into the year that the town-by-town results have