Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
We had an office meeting today and several agents in my office were commenting on how slow the market has been recently. I’ve noticed that the activity in the MLS has slowed in the towns that I typically monitor. So, this afternoon I decided to run some searches in the MLS to see how real estate markets in the Greater Hartford area are fairing. First, how is the current inventory level of homes calculated? The
After a long and quiet winter, the West End buyers have re-emerged to get the neighborhood real estate market rolling. Over the past couple weeks we’ve seen a number of homes go under contract, including properties on North Beacon, Cone and Elizabeth Streets. The significant difference between the winter markets in the West End and West Hartford has been interesting to watch. While the West End has been hibernating, homes continued to sell at a
The past two Sundays I have hosted open houses at two different homes in West Hartford. One was in Bishops Corner, the other was in the Elizabeth Park area. They were both fairly busy with 15 and 19 groups of people, respectively. The amount of pedestrian traffic was somewhat surprising given the fact that they occurred on both ends of the February school vacation week. The listing prices were in the ranges of $290,000-$330,000, right
Libby here. I like car rides but, frankly, I’m tired of going all the way to Wethersfield to play at the Dog Park. Why can’t there be one closer to my home? Parks are plentiful in Hartford and West Hartford. Couldn’t we section off an acre or so for dogs to run and play in a safe, legal environment? I have heard that a group of proactive dog owners have gotten together to explore the
There have been rumblings around the West Hartford community recently that the 5-year phase-in for property taxes may be phased-out for the 2008-2009 budget year. Two weeks ago I called the town’s Assessor’s office about this, but they claimed they had no indication that the 5 year phase-in would end. Well, today the Hartford Courant published an article about the possibility that West Hartford would end the phase-in, accelerating the tax increase, which would presumably