Real Estate

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The end of the year is always busy with professionals relocating for work, as hiring managers rush to use the remainder of their budget or as they prepare for new budget funds that will be available with...

4 hours ago | 7 comments

A Voluntown family’s tragic year is getting a little brighter. The Girard family is getting an “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” Ty and his group will build there new home on Preston City Road.

Dec 4, 2008

The family to be selected for “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” will be announced today.   The ABC reality TV show builds homes for families that have faced great adversity within a...

Dec 3, 2008

I don’t know what’s going on lately, but in the past few months I’ve gotten several calls from real estate agents that have clients interested in my listings and they’d like me to present verbal offers to my sellers.

Dec 1, 2008

November and December are traditionally slow months for real estate sales. People would rather focus on the various holidays, rather than think about buying and selling houses.

Dec 1, 2008

As more residents lose their homes, Ansonia officials are sending out the forces. Police are patrolling in areas with vacant homes to make sure crime does not happen.

Dec 2, 2008 | 1 comment

The shovels hit ground in New Haven late Monday morning and work began on what just might be the largest residential building to ever be built in Connecticut.

Dec 1, 2008

People have been coming forward in droves to volunteer to help an "Extreme Moreover: Home Edition" project in Connecticut.

Nov 26, 2008 | 2 comments

The turkey is burning, the sink is backed up, and dad's screaming for a plunger. It's going to be a long night.

Nov 25, 2008

Gallup recently released the 2008 results of their annual Honesty and Ethics of Professions poll. Real estate agents came out in the middle of the pack of the polled professions, with the majority of...

Nov 23, 2008

If there’s one mantra that you’ll hear from the real estate community, it’s that “Real Estate is local.” We don’t want you looking at what’s going on in California...

Nov 18, 2008

The people who build for a living are bracing for even tougher financial times but there is still hope.

Nov 22, 2008

My husband, Kyle, makes me laugh. He likes to think of himself as a handy type of guy and prides himself on being able to do things around the house, rather than having to hire others.

Nov 22, 2008

Connecticut towns are feeling the effects of the recent demolition trend. Homeowners are tearing down their old homes to make way for "McMansions". The idea draws controversy in some towns.

Nov 19, 2008

This post will probably solidify my standing as a big house dork, but frankly, I don’t care. This is how much I admire, and envy those that have, PEX water piping. Unless you live in a new construction...

Nov 18, 2008

I think the cold weather is finally here to stay and the 10 pages of Macy’s ads in the Courant today were also a not-so-blunt reminder that the shopping season is upon us.

Nov 16, 2008

One of a real estate agent’s jobs is to act as an intermediary between buyers and sellers. This part of the job becomes particularly difficult when the buyers and sellers don’t appear to be on the same page.

Nov 14, 2008

The winter season may do a number on your property's landscape, but it doesn't have to.

Nov 20, 2008 | 1 comment

New resort in CT is a combination of decadence and dreamland.

Nov 13, 2008

NOTE: This is going to be a long post, but hopefully informative. Grab a snack as you dive in… This morning I attended a Key Issues Forum focusing on the idea of regionalism, held at the University of Hartford.

Nov 12, 2008

Right now, many sellers are finding that they’re not exactly getting what they thought they would when they try to sell their homes. In some cases, sellers are deciding to forego an immediate sale...

Nov 12, 2008 | 2 comments

BusinessWeek names best places to bring up a family. Find out if your CT town made the list.

Nov 10, 2008

I went out for my run this morning and zipped past this sign down the street from my house. It wasn’t there a few days ago. The homeowner of the house is making a request to the Zoning Board of...

Nov 13, 2008

Malaysian marionettes inspire for a jet setting West Hartford couple. The beloved puppets became the center of their interior design plan.