May Contracts: Peak Spring
Hartford County finished May with 943 single-family home deals coming together. The month was 4% more active than May of 2014, and it took over from April of this year as the most active month since...
View ArticleJune Contracts: Bonus Spring
Hartford County had 994 single-family deals come together during the month of June. The total represented an 18% increase over June 2014, and a 5% increase over May of 2015. Last month we titled our...
View ArticleThe Hartford Primary Battle: Real Estate
We’re not the political sorts, but every now and then real estate and politics intersect. Last week someone made a real estate based attack on one of the Democrats running for Mayor in Hartford. It was...
View ArticleSeptember Contracts: A Busy Summer
It’s been a few months since we published an update on contract activity, and the local markets were rather active over that time. Hartford County finished September with 739 single-family contracts,...
View ArticleOctober Contracts: Fall Market Peak
The Hartford County single-family home market turned in another strong month in October. A total of 758 contracts came together during the month, which was nearly 18% higher than October of 2014. On a...
View ArticleNovember Contracts: Winding Down
The Hartford County single-family real estate market finished November with 574 contracts. The total was 7% higher than November 2014, and was 13% ahead of 2014 on a year-to-date basis. Trends that we...
View ArticleAgents, Take Your Own Damn Photos
Tonight Kyle was looking through the MLS and discovered that another agent is using one of our property photos for their listing. He knew this because it’s a rare listing photo that he took on his own....
View ArticleDecember Contracts: Sunny and Warm
The Hartford County single-family market finished December with 529 contracts, an increase of 23% over the 429 observed in December of 2014. For the full year there were 8.980 total contracts, which...
View ArticleJanuary Contracts: Where’s Winter?
It’s a balmy 50 degree day as I report on the January contracts. The weather so far in 2016 has not followed traditional winter patterns. One meager snow storm so far, with about 3 inches of snow at...
View ArticleFebruary Contracts: An Active Start to 2016
February 2016 strongly outperformed 2015 in terms of Hartford County single-family contracts. There was a 24% jump in activity versus the prior year, putting the year-to-date tally at nearly 22% ahead...
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