Farmington Valley Residential Year in Review

As a continuation from yesterday’s West Hartford 2007 residential real estate review, here is the data for the Farmington Valley. Again, all data is for single family homes only that were listed and transacted in the Multiple Listing Service. I’m also including the current inventory levels which indicate how the market is currently doing. Historically, 0-3 months of inventory is a seller’s market, 3-6 months of inventory is a neutral market, and 6+ months of

West Hartford Residential Year in Review

Everyone and their uncle seems to be offering their thoughts and predictions for the national housing market in 2008. Let’s take a look and see how West Hartford did when comparing 2006 to 2007. Because, as we all know, housing is local. This is not Phoenix or Vegas or Miami. All data was pulled from the Multiple Listing Service (insert the standard “deemed reliable but not guaranteed” disclaimer here…) and represents single family homes sales

The Books are Back!

This Sunday, January 6, the central branch of the West Hartford Public Library will re-open after a year(plus)-long renovation. Stop by the Main Street location between 1PM and 4PM to check out the new digs. The ribbon cutting will be at 2PM, if you care for pomp and circumstance. The kiddos can engage with balloon artists and magicians and the dueling Conard and Hall high school jazz bands. They’ve added 17,000 square feet of space

Smart Buy on Prospect Avenue

One of my favorite houses on Prospect Avenue in West Hartford recently sold. I typically walk by it on a daily basis while walking my dog. Well, in July, it went up for sale. It was bank owned and being sold As Is, originally listed at $769,900, which was about $100 a square foot. Not bad considering that houses on Prospect Avenue typically sell for $150-$225 a square foot. I went to take a look

New Blogs on my BlogRoll

I’ve been cruising around the web looking for some new local blogs to visit on a daily basis. I found a few winners and I’d like to share them. I’ve also added them to my BlogRoll for your convenience. Enjoy! Hartford Scoop is a relatively new blog and focuses on “all things related to Hartford.” They have a good mix of suggestions for hip, social things to do and opinion pieces. They seem a little