If you are a seller, be prepared to vacate the home for the duration of the inspection.  A typical inspection will take 2-3 hours for an averaged sized (2,000 square feet +/-) home.  The buyer(s) will meet the home inspector of their choice at the home.  The home inspector must be licensed, registered with the state and [...]

As a local real estate company in Mansfield we are experiencing increasing contact with homeowners new to the pending claimant status at Connecticut Foundation Solutions Idemnity Company (CFSIC).   Confusion abounds about the meaning of this status and the implications for sellers and buyers. 

Although CFSIC has been very clear about what a pending claimant is and is not, it seems people are either not reading or failing to grasp the concise and plentiful information that flows [...]

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 [...]

We are looking for a good realtor to sell our home. Would prefer your best agent. Home is very well maintained, we've been prepping for sale for a while. Our foundation is perfect (with engineers report) but we do have a low percentage of pyrrhotite in the core samples. The Realtor we have been planning to use told me today we'd have to

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Sellers are facing life changing decisions as they navigate the crumbling basement epidemic plaguing their homes and their neighbors.  Many homeowners with homes just 10-15 years old are testing positive for pyrrhotite via a core test or a visual inspection and are undecided about what to do next.  Some owners can stay and hope for more [...]