An Exciting Email

Last week I received an email from a person inquiring about one of our listings. They wondered if it was still for sale. We get these sorts of messages every now and then. They’re exciting – a new lead and opportunity for our seller. I responded that it was and said that I’d be happy to answer any questions for them or take them for a visit, if they’d like. A few days later they

Levels of Awesomeness

We’ve already taken a look back at how the real estate markets did in 2010, but there’s another review we can do that is just as exciting. How did the local agents do? And more importantly (to us), how did we do compared to everyone else? Before going any further, we have to define the ground rules. We like to keep it simple. We look at sold dollar volume in the Connecticut Multiple Listing Service

Is Snow Slowing the Real Estate Market?

I don’t know about you, but we got 19 inches of snow in Hartford last Wednesday. I chronicled it here and here and here. It was a nice day to kind of lay low and then shovel out. Since then we’ve had a few more inches of snow added and we are apparently supposed to get 3″-6″ more on Friday. Sheesh, that’s a lot of shoveling. We’re at the point at our house where we’re

Happy New Year Greater Hartford!

Our apologies for the radio silence during the past 10 days. Maybe you thought something happened to us. Not really. We went to Vermont for a few days and then returned to CT before the snow arrived. We’ve been doing quite a bit of client work during the last two weeks of the year, somewhat surprisingly, but quite happily. Look for a super monster spectacular data blog post in the upcoming week, as well as

eHarmony, I Am Not

Due to the nature of my job, I know a lot of people. I meet a lot of new people too. I guess I could be considered a hub in the wheel of various social networks. Need an inspector? I got that. An attorney? I got that too. A good pediatrician? Sure. How about someone that can give you a quality haircut? Yep, no problem. A reasonable dry cleaner? Of course. I’ve never really thought