Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
The West End of Hartford will be hosting its 4th annual progressive dinner, the DineAround, this evening. The 180+ participants will begin the night by gathering at a home on Prospect Avenue for appetizers and drinks. From there, guests will proceed to one of 23 host homes where they will enjoy a lovely meal with 8-10 neighbors that they may or may not know. The evening is capped off by dessert at a home on
I’m starting a new weekly genre- Fabulous Friday Finds. Because this is my blog and I can do what I want, it may or may not be related to real estate. My first Fabulous Friday Find is Yelp.com. Oh, what a fun little website. Somewhat social networking, but more a user review site with the “I’ve got an opinion on this place/service…” slant. Read reviews from quirky people like you and figure out if you
There is an interesting article in the New York Times today about a buyer in California that is suing her buyer’s agent. Marty Ummel believes that her real estate agent hid information that similar homes in a neighborhood were selling for less, in order to keep a deal together and retain his commission. There are a lot of things at play here; the real estate agent was also the mortgage broker (which to me seems
Oh Lordy. That was my reaction when I read the title of the Hartford Courant’s front page article on Sunday, Truth About Home Prices. Most troublesome were the comments posted online by Courant readers. I could feel the venom oozing out of my laptop. It seems like there are a number of misconceptions out there about seller concessions. A few observations after reading both the article and reader comments… 1. The MLS covering the Greater
If you’re eating breakfast, you might want to finish up before you read this post. You may have seen the billboards around the area for Bodies Revealed. It’s a somewhat graphic human form, cut in half, skin pulled away revealing muscles and organs. Kind of invokes the reaction of “Eeewwww…” from most of us. Well, I put my queasiness aside this weekend and went to check it out. If you have any interest in science,