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 [...]

Home prices are climbing in Tolland & Windham counties thanks to plunging inventory in 2020 and 2021 year-to-date and a surplus of buyers willing to engage in a bidding war for the few homes available.  If you are a seller in Tolland County, days on the market has been halved from 42 days in 2020 to 21 as of February 2021, likewise for [...]

What Makes A Buyer A Loser?     Beware the Alien Agent!

Alien:

: belonging or relating to another person, place or thing.  

: relating belonging or owing allegiance to another country or government. 

: differing in nature or character typically to the point of incompatibility.

Check.  Check.  Check. 

 

 

The proliferation of cloud based real [...]

Twice this week a seller said to me, “We are selling as is.”  Upon further questioning in both instances, I realized their intent was not only not to repair potentially big ticket items that a buyer would fully expect to be functioning at time of purchase but they also did not think this would significantly impact their sales price.   What?  

 

 

Wallpaper:  Wallpaper & borders, old and new, even if it is tolerable and to the buyer’s taste (not likely) it is usually very difficult to remove and painting over it is not really a good option.  It could require a steamer, a scraper, and a sander and sometimes the sheet rock comes with it.  Hiring it out could be a costly expense that the [...]

Spring is upon us.  Every year the spring real estate market arrives armed with new challenges, new competition, and new ideas about the best way to sell your home quickly and for top dollar.   Most of the advice populating blogs and real estate sites today has been regurgitated  year after year with few adjustments to accommodate some of [...]