April Contracts: Better Than Last Year

Hartford County Single Family Contracts in April 2013

The Hartford County single-family housing market continued its strong spring. Overall, buyers and sellers agreed to 845 deals during the month, which is nearly 15% higher than April of 2012. The year-to-date number of contracts is more than 5% ahead of where it was at this point last year. Strong April performance helps support our view that the February result was an aberration. Both March and April finished with higher contract totals than any individual

March Contracts: And We’re Back

Hartford County Single Family Contracts in March 2013

February was slow. March bounced back to above the 2012 trend with 773 deals coming together. This is about 4% over the March 2012 result. Since the market continues to be very active, we still believe that February was an aberration and should not be interpreted as weakness in the single-family real estate market in Hartford County. Buyers in many towns, and at a variety of price points, are frustrated by the low number of

On the Fourth Day of Cancelled School

Oxford Street, Hartford on Sunday

Today is the fourth day that the City of Hartford has cancelled school due to the recent blizzard. As the cleanup has progressed (or not, depending on your point of view), there has been discussion about how the whole thing has been handled. I am not privy to inside information, or a big picture view of the entire operation. But I am a City resident, have a child in the school system, and live within

Walking to Work

Maybe you noticed. We had a large snowstorm come through on Friday. Hopefully by now you and your street are shoveled out. Many people remain stuck though. Help them if you can. Be neighborly. There was plenty of advance warning that the storm was coming, but of course no one really knew just how much snow we would get. Most agents realized that showings on Saturday would be a waste of time, so if they

2013 Predictions

We never made any official predictions for the 2012 real estate market. I’m stunned that we didn’t do it because it’s a fun thing to think about, and after analyzing the year-end data we always have thoughts and ideas. We won’t make that mistake again this year … here are our predictions for the coming year. Amy 1. Low inventory in the early months of the year is going to result in more multiple offer