On Monday, September 27th, Hartford Young Professionals and Entrepreneurs (HYPE) is hosting an event focused on Downtown Hartford, and featuring David Panagore, COO and Director of Development Services for the City of Hartford. Mr. Panagore is a strong advocate for Hartford. He is leading the charge to encourage development in the capital city, and seems comfortable sharing information about projects that are under discussion, but by no means finalized. For example, just last week he
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Our neighbors are a musical bunch. Melodies can be heard from many different directions during the outdoor seasons, with tastes differing dramatically. Some neighbors perform, while others listen, and on occasion there is dancing. We recently got a new neighbor who seems to be a dedicated and talented violin player. Although we have not had the opportunity to meet him/her yet, we have enjoyed the extended practice sessions. Libby especially likes to lounge in the
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Tuesday is the traditional day for real estate office meetings and then Broker Tour. What exactly is Broker Tour? Well, it’s essentially an open house for real estate agents. When homes are newly listed they’ll typically have an open house so agents can get a preview look. If they have buyers interested in that type of home, they can give them more information. Broker Tour in the Hartford area traditionally happens on Tuesdays between 11:00am-2:00pm.
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Most people have a favorite house style. Ranches, capes, colonials, contemporaries, bungalows, split levels, tudors, farm houses, raised ranches, victorians- and a few others I’m surely forgetting. There is a house type for everyone and each of these styles have unique layouts and design features. When we work with buyers sometimes they are familiar with house styles and sometimes they are not. For example, we often find that buyers don’t realize that capes usually have
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Pricing a house is all about using “comparable sales.” We always try to compare similar properties and the more similar the better. There is rarely a perfect match, but we can usually get pretty close. It seems to me that in evaluating a city we should be using a similar approach. When comparing our area to others around the country, we need to be comparing like to like. The current dust-up about Hartford being a
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