Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
The warm weather is SO over. It’s about time to turn the heat on. Some of you may use your fireplace for ambiance, some of you may use it for warmth. Whatever its purpose, please make sure your chimney is inspected on a yearly basis if you plan on using your fireplace. The chimney professional will tell you if it needs to be cleaned or if more extensive corrective work needs to be done. The
This is my friend Grant. He is a West Hartford resident and likes the whole Blue Back Square concept. A lot. So, when Grant approached me about being a guest writer and reviewing the new Crate & Barrel at Blue Back Square, I said “Sweet! I can take a day off!” And without further ado, here are Grant’s ramblings… The newest addition to West Hartford Center has arrived…say hello to Crate & Barrel. As one
My favorite mantra in residential real estate is “the market is local.” You can read all of the national news reports you want about how foreclosures are overwhelming Ohio and Michigan and how housing prices are dropping faster than Britney’s fan base. But if you live in an economy like Connecticut with a stable job market and reasonably paced home construction, you shouldn’t expect the sky to fall on the housing market. And after doing
I love data! More real estate statistics, this time for the Farmington Valley. All data is from the MLS for single family residential sales… Tomorrow I’ll give a summary of how the market is doing West of the River. It’s really not that bad, surprisingly positive in fact.
Continuing on with real estate statistics for local areas, here are the most recent stats for Hartford’s West End… All of the data is pulled from the Multiple Listing Service and “while deemed reliable, is not guaranteed.” This includes public, MLS transactions only, no private sale data is included. My observations: 1. The median sales price is down 8% when comparing 2007 to 2006. 2. Homes are selling, on average, approximately 3 weeks faster when