A Apply

B Be proactive

C Complete the application

D Determine Your Type of Claim

E Evaluate/Estimate Your Out of Pocket Expenses

F Find a Foundation Replacement Contractor

G Gather documents

H Home Inspector

I Insurance Claim (denial or acceptance)

J Jump on Collaborating Insurers Website/CROG Gap Funding to establish eligibility

K Know 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 [...]

2022 was an exciting and prosperous year at HST.  We worked, we collaborated, we learned, we worked some more.  2021 was a different year:  we masked, we gloved, we cleaned, we zoomed, we learned, and worked a lot, sometimes with stressed clients and stressed agents.   In 2022, as the COVID pandemic has slowly lessened its stranglehold on [...]

It is said that one for the first things a buyer imagines when they look at a home is where they can put their Christmas tree.  Yet, this is the season when many homeowners contemplate removing their currently active listing from the real estate market or are hesitant about [...]

 

We’ve seen an uptick in Homelight referrals, which means that local sellers are deferring to an algorithm to choose their real estate agent.  I get it.  You’re exhausted, stressed and on top of that,  contemplating selling your home.  There’s so much to do.  Can someone please just choose for me?  Cue the monkeys.

The flying monkey reference is from an email response we received from a [...]