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Wait! Not Fenway Park! Not Yankee Stadium! Take Me To Vintage Baseball At Colt Meadows! Last summer, my husband and I saw our first Vintage Baseball games and we had a blast. We attended on Boost Hartford Day and saw Billy Barnie's Blue Boys play The Charter Oaks of Hartford according to 1860's r...
01/27/2011
It is never too early to get ready for boating season. After the record-breaking snowfall this winter, spring and summer cannot come fast enough. To whet your appetite, the CT Marine Trades Association is holding the 42nd Annual Hartford Boat Show at the Connecticut Convention Center this weekend...
01/27/2011
The number of closed sales, and median and average sales prices in Rocky Hill have increased for single family homes in 2010 over 2009 while the average days on market decreased in 2010 versus 2009! As we saw with the Wethersfield single family home market statistics, the First Time Home Buyer Ta...
01/11/2011
It is not uncommon for the number of new and active listings to decrease during the holidays. As with Rocky Hill condos, the average days on market and the percentage of listings with price reductions increased after June, 2010, the expiration of the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit (for most buy...
01/11/2011
Hartford is the BEST market in the nation to invest in homes according to a CNBC report, citing five metrics used by Zillow.com to identify the best investment markets : Price to income ratio is low Areas where buying is a better value than renting Declines in home values are slowing Foreclosure ...
12/27/2010
Each Thursday at noon, CHFA publishes the mortgage interest rate for its Homebuyer Mortgage Program for the upcoming week. CHFA interest rates are subject to change weekly but are "fixed" for the term of the mortgage once a buyer goes to contract on a property and the lender locks the interest ra...
12/27/2010
During November the inventory of single family homes in Wethersfield decreased slightly. This is typical for this time of year. Despite attractive low mortgage interest rates, new pending sales also decreased this month. Again this may be due to the time of year, but we should keep an eye on pend...
12/13/2010
  Have you ever thought about what Christmas was like during the Victorian period (late 1800′s)? Travel back in time and get a glimpse of a Victorian Christmas on Sunday, December 12 between 5pm and 8pm on Farmington Avenue in Hartford's West End. The Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain homes wi...
12/10/2010
2010 Hartford Festival of Light Continues My last stop this evening was at Bushnell Towers, a condominium complex across from Bushnell Park. Since I was so close to the park I decided to drive by on my way home. To my delight they were rehearsing the artistic light show for tomorrow's Festival o...
12/10/2010
  The Festival of Light Continues in Downtown Hartford     On Friday, December 10, 2010, the Festival of Light celebration continues at Bushnell Park. The "Lights, Skating, Santa Winter Festivities" will include the grand opening of the new ice rink, musical performances by The Hartford Public Hi...
12/10/2010
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