Comping Hartford: What is Hartford?

Pricing a house is all about using “comparable sales.” We always try to compare similar properties and the more similar the better. There is rarely a perfect match, but we can usually get pretty close. It seems to me that in evaluating a city we should be using a similar approach. When comparing our area to others around the country, we need to be comparing like to like. The current dust-up about Hartford being a

210 Terry Road, Hartford's West End

This grand Colonial in Hartford’s West End has great spaces and amazing potential. The home offers 6 bedrooms and 3.5 baths over 3,812 sqft. The gracious foyer welcomes you with its ornate turned staircase, arched doorway and shiny hardwood floors. Adjacent to the foyer, the formal living room offers plenty of space for entertaining and features a wood burning fireplace, access to the screened-in 3-season porch and beautiful original moldings. A cozy sitting room with

Forbes: Hartford a Top City for Working Mothers

ForbesWoman recently released a study identifying the “Best Cities for Working Mothers” in 2010. Hartford finished 7th out of the top 50 metropolitan regions in the country. The magazine ranked each city based on six factors: Women’s Income, Living Cost, Pediatricians, Unemployment, Violent Crimes, and Spending per Pupil. Their idea was to try to capture a variety of issues that all play into mysterious phrases like “quality of life” and “work-life balance.” Some may debate

Where is the Real Estate Market Going?

The question we get more than anything else is, “Where is the real estate market going?” We try to answer with a quick recap of the current situation, and maybe some thoughts on the near future, but that’s often not enough for the questioner. They want to know the long-term direction of the real estate market. They understand that we can’t predict the future, but they ask anyway. The real answer is that nobody knows,

Our Kitchen Remodel- Revisited

Our kitchen remodel finished up a little over 3 months ago, so we thought it would be a good idea to revisit our decisions to see if we’re still happy with them after actually using the kitchen for a bit. Planning everything out on paper and watching it be built is one thing. Living with it is another… The Good… 1. The layout is working out really well. We are easily able to both work