Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
I was just messing around with some data in the Multiple Listing Service. If you’re a real estate investor, toying with the idea of becoming a real estate investor, or a home buyer that would consider purchasing and living in a multi-family- you should take a very strong look at Hartford right now. Year-to-date, multi-family homes sales are down 24% in Hartford, compared to the same timeframe in 2007. The median price for multi-families in
Short sales are becoming more common these days, whether we like it or not. A short sale occurs when the sale of a property will not generate enough proceeds to cover what the seller owes their mortgage lender(s). Offers on short sale properties must be approved by the seller’s lender before they can be officially accepted. And when a short sale property is listed in the Multiple Listing Service, the agent must call out language
In my neighborhood of the West End of Hartford, we take trees seriously. Gigantic trees loom over many of the houses, providing shade in the summer, beauty in the fall, and homes for animals and birds throughout the year. Here’s a look at just a few of these beauties as I step out my side door… Sometimes the trees are cut down, usually for a variety of reasons; they get diseased, a storm damages them,
The lazy days of summer are here. But at the Greater Hartford Real Estate Blog, we’re not lazy, we’re market focused! So just what the heck happened out there in July? Let’s look at the lastest real estate statistics, straight from the CT Multiple Listing Service… My takeaways… 1. If you’re a buyer and looking for a deal, you might want to concentrate on the markets with their inventory numbers highlighted yellow. Those are all
I’ve always wanted one of those miniature rooms on the top of my house. You’ve seen them before, usually on larger houses or down by the shore. It turns out they’re called cupolas and pronounced CUPE-o-la. Technically the term covers protrusions of all sizes, from the capital dome to little vents on barns.  I would definitely want one with windows that I could go up and sit in. Like this one here in the West End. It’s