West Hartford Dog Park Coalition- Dog Swim at Kennedy Pool

Libby here. As you can see, I like to exercise by chipping sticks. Some of my four legged colleagues prefer swimming. I don’t know why. I think it makes them smelly. Anyway, the fine people of the West Hartford Dog Park Coalition have pulled together an end-of-the-season dog swim at Kennedy Pool in West Hartford. That’s right. A dog swim. At a local pool. How refreshing! The event will be held Monday, August 18th from

Greater Hartford Real Estate Market Statistics- Condos

I recently posted the latest real estate statistics for single family homes in Greater Hartford. Below are the latest real estate statistics for condos in Greater Hartford. I pulled the time period of April through July (essentially the spring market) and compared 2008 to 2007. A few things to keep in mind; some towns simply have more condo complexes than others, some towns have lots of new condo construction going on while others do not,

Greater Hartford Real Estate Market Statistics- July 2008

The lazy days of summer are here. But at the Greater Hartford Real Estate Blog, we’re not lazy, we’re market focused! So just what the heck happened out there in July? Let’s look at the lastest real estate statistics, straight from the CT Multiple Listing Service… My takeaways… 1. If you’re a buyer and looking for a deal, you might want to concentrate on the markets with their inventory numbers highlighted yellow. Those are all

Test Scores and Home Prices

Last week the results for the Connecticut Mastery Test were released to the public.  The Courant has put together a nice page for quickly seeing data, while the official results website allows users to generate detailed reports. As expected, there has been a flurry of commentary on the results for different towns.  The West Hartford results are being debated on West Hartford Forums, Talk of West Hartford, and The West Hartford Blog.  I’m sure that there

Similar House, Higher Taxes. What Gives?

I recently received an email from a reader interested in the West Hartford market. Because their question was related to property taxes, something people are fixated on most of the time, I thought I would share the conversation with the masses… When looking online, every once in a while I am thrown off when i see two similar houses that have two totally different “estimated tax” amounts. A good example i found this morning is: