We hope that you’ve enjoyed following our Saving a West End Home series during the past few months. The restoration is complete and now it’s time to make this fantastic historic home yours! A completely rehabbed exterior welcomes you, starting with the new 35-year architectural shingle roof. The new wooden shingle siding, rebuilt front porch, and restored windows with full storms have all been freshly painted in historically appropriate colors. Stepping inside, you’re greeted by
I’m cheap. I don’t like turning the heat on any sooner than necessary. But it’s already cold out. Showing houses that don’t have the heat turned on is no fun. Particularly if we’ve just gotten out of a nice warm car with seat heaters. Buyers typically won’t stay long in a house if they’re cold. It’s not very welcoming. The longer you can get someone to stay in your home, the better chance you have
All the data we typically look at is related to single family homes. But how are condos doing this year? I recently pulled the CT Multiple Listing Service data for condo sales in the Greater Hartford area. As with the single family home data, it’s deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Here’s how things are doing for the first 9 months of this year compared to the same time period for 2008… My Observations… 1. The
We’ve moved into the last quarter of the year and you can tell fall is here; the leaves are changing, it’s apple picking time, and I’m wearing long sleeves on my morning runs. How did the Greater Hartford real estate market do in the third quarter of 2009? Here’s the latest data from the CT Multiple Listing Service for single family homes, deemed reliable, but not guaranteed… My Observations… 1. The number of closed sales
Real estate agents often have access to a lot of personal information about people that they don’t necessarily want shared with others. For example, sometimes people call me because they are getting a divorce. They want to sell their home, but they don’t want anyone to know why they’re moving. Other people are in the process of a job search and would like to be ready to move quickly if the right opportunity comes along,