Greater Hartford October 2009 Real Estate Market Statistics

October is closed out, so here’s the latest data from the CT Multiple Listing Service for single family homes, deemed reliable, but not guaranteed… My Observations… 1. Overall, the number of Closed Sales are up again, 2.6% this month, when comparing to October 2008. It will be interesting to see the results of November, as I feel they will also show an increase over last year as people try to jam in their closing by

2009 Greater Hartford Condo Review

All the data we typically look at is related to single family homes. But how are condos doing this year? I recently pulled the CT Multiple Listing Service data for condo sales in the Greater Hartford area. As with the single family home data, it’s deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Here’s how things are doing for the first 9 months of this year compared to the same time period for 2008… My Observations… 1. The

Greater Hartford Q3 2009 Real Estate Market Statistics

We’ve moved into the last quarter of the year and you can tell fall is here; the leaves are changing, it’s apple picking time, and I’m wearing long sleeves on my morning runs. How did the Greater Hartford real estate market do in the third quarter of 2009? Here’s the latest data from the CT Multiple Listing Service for single family homes, deemed reliable, but not guaranteed… My Observations… 1. The number of closed sales

Revisiting Greater Hartford's 2009 Spring Real Estate Market

The summer is essentially over, so we’re closing the books on the spring/summer real estate market. How did we compare to last year? As always, data came from the CT Multiple Listing Service for single family homes only and is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed… My observations… 1. Aggregating the towns, closings this year were just about even with June through August 2008, up just 1.1%. Some towns saw wild fluctuations though. South Windsor, Vernon,

Greater Hartford July 2009 Real Estate Market Statistics

The July real estate market statistics for Greater Hartford are ready and they look better than they have in many months. As always, data came from the CT Multiple Listing Service for single family homes only and is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed… My observations… 1. Twelve of the seventeen towns covered actually saw an increase in the number of closed sales when comparing July 2008 to July 2009. Also, when aggregating these towns, the