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

Keeping Secrets in Real Estate

Real estate agents often have access to a lot of personal information about people that they don’t necessarily want shared with others. For example, sometimes people call me because they are getting a divorce. They want to sell their home, but they don’t want anyone to know why they’re moving. Other people are in the process of a job search and would like to be ready to move quickly if the right opportunity comes along,