Find! The REAL CT Real Estate Market
By now you probably know that over 90% of all home buyers start their search for CT real estate online. You might be surprised to learn that they are probably not getting the clearest picture of the CT real estate market, unless they are on CTReal.com. Let me explain. Let’s say you’re looking for a piece of property in Hartford. You start out at Trulia.com, a site that one of your friends told you about and they said that they had had luck on the site. You type Hartford, CT into the search box and voila you’ve got 544 results for Hartford CT homes for sale. Terrific right? It’s great, until you pick up the phone or click the e-mail button and find out from the listing agent that that house has already sold. It must’ve just sold Read more [...]
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Found A House I Might Like, But Baby It’s Cold Outside
One of my favorite holiday classic songs and a song that I listen to even after the holidays is “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” One of my favorite versions of the song was performed by James Taylor and Natalie Cole and you can watch it below. Why am I telling you about a holiday song that I really like on January 13th? Well, this weekend, baby it’s going to be COLD outside. If the forecast is to believed we might see temperatures in the single digits. This kind of brutal cold is really making it’s first appearance of the winter here in Connecticut. We’ve actually been pretty lucky that this winter has been fairly generous for those looking for CT homes for sale. You’re likely not going to have a lot of clients requesting showings this Read more [...]
The Five Most Significant Enhancements To CTMLS In 2011
As we prepare for the ball to drop in Times Square and to say goodbye to 2011, we thought it would be a good idea to look back at some of the exciting enhancements that came to CTMLS in 2011. Some of these enhancements will help grow your CT real estate business and some of them will simply make it easier to find the information that you need. All of them are significant and will have a lasting impact on your business. At the CTMLS, we are committed to keeping your fees at the same level as they have been since the inception of our organization and that did not change in 2011. With these significant enhancements to your member services and in a year of economic uncertainty we were thrilled to be able to keep your fees steady while improving Read more [...]
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Come Tour Connecticut With Us
This past fall, I was lucky enough to head out on the road to highlight some of the most beautiful Connecticut towns. This journey took me from the eastern part of the state to the shoreline and north of Hartford to get a glimpse of what our great state has to offer. Along the way I took highlight videos for some of my stops and we have added these videos to our Connecticut real estate public search site. There are many people looking at CT homes for sale and before they decide on a town to settle down in, they want to know a little bit more about the town. These videos will help them to do that. While I have not made the rounds to all 169 towns in the state, I will be making that trek throughout the next year and will be adding the Read more [...]
69% Of Consumers Find QR Scan A Waste of Time
In a recent study on QR codes done by the strategic marketing firm Russell Herder, consumers who had used QR codes overwhelmingly found the information after the “scan” to be not very useful to their needs. Here are some of the key numbers from the study: 72% of all consumers say they have seen a QR code 30% do not know what a QR code is QR code demographics: 18-24 y/o who have scanned a QR code – 24% 25-34 y/o who have scanned a QR code – 20% 35-44 y/o who have scanned a QR code – 11% 45-54 y/o who have scanned a QR code – 6% 55+ y/o who have scanned a QR code – 2% Consumers who have scanned a QR code: 31% said it is always or usually worth their time 52% said it is sometimes worth their time 17% said it was never Read more [...]
11 Star-Studded Sites For Celebrity Homes
Just look at your grocery store check out and you’ll discover our obsession with celebrities. I don’t always pick up the tabloids because who knows what you can believe these days, but I’ll admit to be a little interested in how the stars live. After all, if Brad Pitt was living in a 2 bedroom ranch, he’d be slightly less interesting. As we do on Friday’s around here, it’s time for a little fun, so I thought I would give you a list of 11 websites (you know 11, because it’s 11/11/11) that always or often feature celebrity homes. That way when you see Jennifer Aniston in re-runs of Friends this weekend, you’ll know just where she lives. 1.) Hooked on Houses: I just discovered this site the other day and while it doesn’t always focus Read more [...]
