Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
Just about every day I drove by Larry’s Service Station at the corner of Prospect and Boulevard, on the West Hartford border. Then late last week the trucks were gone and there was a chain link fence surrounding the property. Where’d Larry go? Apparently to Farmington Avenue in Hartford. And yesterday the demolition commenced on Larry’s old locale. Steel beams swung around by a crane, dropped onto a pile of rubble below. Larry’s old home
These days approximately 80% of home buyers use the internet to research homes. An important part of that research is pictures, as it allows the prospective buyer to get a sense of updates, layout, and room sizes in the home. However, often these pictures can be deceiving, or at least deliver a message. Here are some patterns I’ve seen after looking at hundreds of pictures online, and then actually viewing those homes in person. 1.
Mortgage rates have been on the rise over the past couple of weeks. They have been the subject of numerous articles, but authors rarely take the time to translate the increase to something we can all understand – an actual cost in dollars. Let’s fire up Excel! We’re going to look at homes at two price points; a starter home at $250,000 and a mid-level home at $500,000. Both are very common in Greater Hartford.
Less than 30% of West Hartford’s eligible voters turned out yesterday to vote on the Budget Referendum. Sad. The budget was soundly defeated, as 73% of those that did vote sent the message “Nice try, but go back to the drawing board, we don’t want to be taxed this much.” So now the question is “What exactly will be cut in order to reduce the budget?” Education will most likely be the main target, as
Please remember that today is the Budget Referendum vote in West Hartford. Make it to the polls if you can…