The Town of Mansfield, CT has completed its 2024 property tax revaluation, and new home assessment notices will be mailed out by March 10, 2025. These updated assessments determine your property taxes, but what if your home’s value has been [...]
We have effectively eliminated almost 3 billion birds in North America in less than 50 years. As a bird watcher I have noticed less traffic at my feeders and less birds overall in the woods when hiking trails. I find it is sometimes eerily silent when there should be abundant singing in the warmer months.
At my home we love birds and do [...]
Looking for a beautiful mid-century modern home? HST Home Selling Team has listed one at 90 Hillyndale Road Mansfield Storrs CT. Contact us today for a private showing.
Your septic system is in most cases, unseen, unclean, and unloved. Septic repairs and replacements can be a huge expense that buyers and sellers are forced to confront after a septic inspection reveals issues that will need to be negotiated before a sale will take place. If you have city water and sewer you should still observe the [...]
As we kissed 2023 goodbye for it's hellacious buyer's market (inventory at a 28-year low) and an incredibly lucrative year for sellers who could find something to move to, (national median price of $389,900), it's time to reflect on the rollercoaster ride that was the real estate market in the Mansfield-Storrs-UConn, CT area. From soaring [...]
HST Home Selling Team is pleased to offer the last lot in Aurora Estates, 12 Jackson Lane in Mansfield Center. This lot is the last for sale in a 6-lot subdivision of New England-style attractive homes. Soils are great on this 2.25-acre lot, without ledge, water, or wetlands. The lot is lightly wooded with some larger trees to add [...]
I recently read about a CT homeowner who discovered that a $1.5 million dollar home was being built by a developer on a vacant lot that he owned for 70 years after a forged deed prompted a fraudulent sale. The developer, who claims he was unaware he was not buying the land from the real landowner, may be out hundreds of thousands of [...]
Coming in Hot! How to care for your paved driveway in the summer
I recently had the top part of my driveway replaced in front of the garage and because the remainder was still in excellent condition after 20 years, had an “overlay” over the remainder. Not once in the 12 years I have lived here have I thought about the driveway or [...]
Still searching for that perfect home? Inventory shortages have affected both first-time buyers and move-up buyers. You can't sell if there's nothing to buy! You can't buy if there's nothing for sale! HST Home Selling Team has 5 new listings Coming Soon in Willington, Eastford, Mansfield, Chaplin, & Lebanon and more coming on the market [...]
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