We’ve been showing a lot of houses over the past few weeks. And it seems like there just isn’t anything out there for buyers. What do the inventory levels of single family homes in various towns in the Hartford area tell us? All of the data used to develop this chart came from the CT Multiple Listing Service and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. We looked at the number of homes currently for sale
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Discussion of Hartford’s Plan of Conservation and Development resumes this week with the first of four Community Listening Sessions organized by the City Planning & Zoning Commission. Since the first round of events, the City has been working to incorporate the community feedback into the overall plan. A second draft is available, and there is a summary of the Top 20 Individual Ideas as voted by the attendees of the previous events. After looking at
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Oh happy day, our kitchen remodel project begins in T-minus 3 weeks. So, what exactly are we getting rid of and what kind of space do we have to work with? Here are some pictures from when we first bought our home and what the kitchen looked like… I like to try to be positive, so let’s first start with the good things about our existing kitchen. It’s quite a large space (12×20) and has
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Recently I had a client ask me how long the offer process takes and then apologize for asking me what they considered a dumb question. First, I’d like to say that there really are no dumb questions in real estate, as with just about anything else in life. It’s only dumb to not ask the question in the first place. Unfortunately for HGTV watchers, the offer process is not really at all like how the
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Yesterday was the first session in a five-part series on public housing policy. Housing: The Hub of Public Policy 2010 is presented by The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, and The Partnership for Strong Communities; it is hosted by The Lyceum. The pre-event briefing memo touched on many issues and gave examples of what is happening in other parts of the country – it’s an interesting read. We
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