Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
There were 696 single-family contracts in July 2014, showing a significant drop in market activity from June of this year. The total was about 9% below the contract count for July of 2013. Summer months can be hit or miss, and on the whole this was a down month for the County. Our informal view was that the market felt active in July, which probably just means that the towns and price ranges that we
Hartford County single-family home sales continued to be strong in June, with about 2.7% more deals than in June of last year. June is usually a transition month for the real estate markets. It is rarely the peak of activity, but it’s not a slow summer month either. Buyers continued to be engaged all the way to the end of June, and even into the first few days of July. At this point it’s not
Last week we published some charts showing the direction of the overall single-family market in Hartford County for 2013. The quick summary was that sales activity has been increasing nicely for two years, but median prices have been stuck in a protracted valley. The data tells a variety of different stories when we zoom in to the individual towns. Before we get there though, a quick disclaimer. It’s difficult to take too strong a position
Hartford County finished the year with 397 single-family deals coming together during the month of December. The total was slightly ahead of December 2012, and a sharp decline from November of this year. For the full 12 months, the Hartford County market grew by a little over 7% in terms of signed single-family contracts. The result is well behind the 24% growth seen in 2012, yet still a positive step as the region’s housing market
September contract data for Hartford County single-family home sales showed a decrease in activity on both a month-over-month basis and a year-over-year basis. The final count was 620 contracts for September, which was slightly behind the 625 from September 2012. We were very surprised by how the month developed. After a flurry of activity at the end of August and the beginning of September, we were expecting a strong month and a step up in