Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
Loyal readers and lurkers, I have a new listing that I’d like to tell you about. It’s located at 782 Asylum Avenue in Hartford’s Asylum Hill neighborhood. If you know anyone that’s looking for a nice condo near Downtown, please tell them about it. I’ll be having an Open House this Sunday, March 2 from 1:00-3:00. Feel free to stop by and learn more about it. It’s a 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath townhouse style, listed
The past two Sundays I have hosted open houses at two different homes in West Hartford. One was in Bishops Corner, the other was in the Elizabeth Park area. They were both fairly busy with 15 and 19 groups of people, respectively. The amount of pedestrian traffic was somewhat surprising given the fact that they occurred on both ends of the February school vacation week. The listing prices were in the ranges of $290,000-$330,000, right
Libby here. I like car rides but, frankly, I’m tired of going all the way to Wethersfield to play at the Dog Park. Why can’t there be one closer to my home? Parks are plentiful in Hartford and West Hartford. Couldn’t we section off an acre or so for dogs to run and play in a safe, legal environment? I have heard that a group of proactive dog owners have gotten together to explore the
There have been rumblings around the West Hartford community recently that the 5-year phase-in for property taxes may be phased-out for the 2008-2009 budget year. Two weeks ago I called the town’s Assessor’s office about this, but they claimed they had no indication that the 5 year phase-in would end. Well, today the Hartford Courant published an article about the possibility that West Hartford would end the phase-in, accelerating the tax increase, which would presumably
I see articles about interest rates going down every time I scan the business news. Either the Federal Reserve just cut rates or Wall Street is demanding further cuts. Yet after briefly going down, mortgage rates are again on the rise. What gives? The key to this mystery is that mortgage rates are based on long-term interest rates (like the 10-year Treasury rate) rather than the short term rates that Federal Reserve influences. Short-term and