Levels of Awesomeness

We’ve already taken a look back at how the real estate markets did in 2010, but there’s another review we can do that is just as exciting. How did the local agents do? And more importantly (to us), how did we do compared to everyone else? Before going any further, we have to define the ground rules. We like to keep it simple. We look at sold dollar volume in the Connecticut Multiple Listing Service

38 Goodwin Circle, Hartford’s West End

This pristine Harrison model end-unit at The Goodwin Estate, one of Hartford’s premier condo communities, offers it all. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3.5 baths over 3,164 square feet. The open floor plan on the first floor has wonderful flow for entertaining and everyday living. The combination living room and dining room features a gas fireplace and opens to a modern kitchen with maple cabinets, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, a custom tile backsplash

Is Snow Slowing the Real Estate Market?

I don’t know about you, but we got 19 inches of snow in Hartford last Wednesday. I chronicled it here and here and here. It was a nice day to kind of lay low and then shovel out. Since then we’ve had a few more inches of snow added and we are apparently supposed to get 3″-6″ more on Friday. Sheesh, that’s a lot of shoveling. We’re at the point at our house where we’re

Property Taxes and Revaluations

We’re sensing some confusion over the future direction of property taxes among some of our buyer clients and homeowner friends. We don’t know pretend to know exactly what will happen, but have a theory we thought we should share: You’ll notice that property values (assessments) do not figure into the property tax calculation. Even though your home, or the home you hope to buy, may have fallen in value since the last revaluation, you should

Weekend Plans: Jan 22nd 2011

Welcome back to another frost-bitten edition of Weekend Plans. Is it just me, or has this winter been much colder and snowier than the past few? I thought for sure global warming was already kicking in and ridiculously high heating bills were a thing of the past. Our dog has even started complaining about the cold. And she should want to go outside to get away from the kid, who has learned some sort of