A New Home for Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs, Apple CEO and technology visionary, has a gift for designing things. People have been going bananas over Apple’s various portable devices for the past decade, and he is credited with many of their important design principles. Although gadgets are fun, we’re more about the real estate on this site. And this news piece definitely caught our attention – Steve Jobs is going to be building a new home! And the site plans are

97 Girard Avenue, Hartford's West End

We recently listed this warm and lovingly preserved Victorian home in Hartford’s West End for rent. The home offers 5 bedrooms and 2.5 baths over 3,060 sqft. The first floor greets your guests with a large foyer and original molding throughout the level. Large living and dining rooms are perfect for entertaining, plus don’t miss the den with the rounded wall. The kitchen, large butler’s pantry, half bath, mudroom, and laundry area complete the first

Buyers: Don't Forget to Have Fun

Buyer’s Week has been an exciting ride here at the Greater Hartford Real Estate Blog. We covered the current opportunity, the importance of talking to a mortgage professional, the benefits of trading up in a down market, and buying when you also have a house to sell. Fond memories… Buying a home is a process punctuated by events. We think that buyers should understand what they are getting into at the start, and hope that

Buyers: When You Also Have a Home to Sell

It’s Buyer’s Week at the Greater Hartford Real Estate Blog. We’ve talked about the current opportunity, importance of mortgage preapproval, and trading up in a down market. Many would-be buyers already own a home … a home they have to sell in order to buy a new one. Buying a new home while also selling an existing home can be a tricky situation. The biggest question is the order in which the sale and subsequent