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 [...]

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 [...]

 

“I am really disappointed and quite frankly a little angry. My husband and I went to go look at 27 Snipsic Lake Road in Ellington, CT. We were going to make an offer, but thankfully my husband did some digging and found out the house has a foundation issue. I think it is sneaky and probably illegal not to disclose that information to

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Like many others, we had to skip our annual agent recognition event this year.  In the past we have visited different venues for a welcome one-day respite from the stress of a full-time sales career including an escape room, axe throwing, bowling and a painting class.  All these outings were great fun and revealed some surprising strengths [...]

2020 started with a bang!   January was strong and we scratched our heads at the demand, which is not typical in this neck of the woods just coming off the holidays and facing a couple of grim winter months.  February looked promising and we felt blessed with an early spring market.  In early March,  as COVID arrived in New England and many [...]

Seems as though housing has gone the way of toilet paper, hand sanitizer and canned goods at the tail end of 2020 and early into 2021.  The cupboards are bare.  Inventory was tight all year and wise [...]

There's not much a seller can do today to discourage a barrage of showings and multiple bids.  In a previous post I conceded that you could probably have the buyer do your breakfast dishes once you're out the door but I've thought of a few ways a seller could diminish their own returns even as the dominate player in the [...]

Typically in the fall most real estate agents will advise sellers on the best approach for selling in the fall—historically not the best market following the impetus to move late spring and summer to be settled by the start of school in the fall.  No so in 2020.  The buying frenzy is such that you may able to leave your breakfast dishes on [...]