March Contracts: Solid Deal Count Growth

2015-04-09 Hartford County Single Family Contracts in March 2015

Hartford County finished the month of March with 726 single-family home contracts, an increase of 6.3% over March of 2014. There continues to be excitement and energy around the real estate markets. Buyers are out in force, and seem confident about bidding on homes. On a year-to-date basis, the price bands of $100,000s and the $200,000s have shown strong outperformance over the first quarter of last year. There have been 6.8% more deals for homes

117 Brittany Farms Road Unit B, New Britain

117 Brittany Farms Unit B

Move right in to this cheerful and welcoming townhouse condo in the Brittany Farms area! The main level is bright and open, with a view from the front door all the way to the living room. The dining area opens to a kitchen with stainless steel appliances. Five steps down from the dining area is the living room, which feels spacious and airy with its high ceilings. A slider leads out to the private deck

20 Goodwin Circle in Hartford’s West End

20 Goodwin Circle

Move-in ready Ives unit that backs to the woods, featuring 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. An open living room/dining room connects to the kitchen with eat-in space, all with hardwood floors. A raised deck off the dining room area is great for entertaining. Upstairs the master bedroom suite has a walk-in closet and spa bathroom. Two additional bedrooms, a full bath, and finished loft space complete the upper floors. The walkout lower level is fully finished.

Welcome Back, Daylight Saving Time

2015-03-08 Still Light at Seven

Switching the clocks twice a year is a time honored tradition. But, as far as I can tell, there is nobody who passionately supports the practice. Everyone just plays along and feels grumpy for the first week after the clocks “spring forward.” I’m here to celebrate the return of Daylight Saving Time. Overnight, sunset changed from a little before 6:00 to a little before 7:00. This picture was taken last night at 7 o’clock. The

February Contracts: What Snow?

2015-03-04 Hartford County Single Family Contracts in February 2015

The winter weather did not stop home buyers from bidding on real estate during February. There were 578 single-family contracts in Hartford County during the month, more than 13% higher that last February. Some may have noticed that Greater Hartford received quite a lot of snow recently. Although there were no huge storms, like the one that shut everything down for a week in February 2013, the area received plenty of total accumulation. The weather