If you are selling a home in Fairfield County this year, even in the improving market you certainly know there is a great deal more to it than sticking a sign in your front yard. It will be a competition between like-minded homeowners — some with very competitive properties to offer. This is wher
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06/03/2013
If you’ve come across the term "zombie foreclosures" in recent months, it wasn’t referring to voodoo parlours whose priests couldn’t pay the mortgage. Not exactly dead, but not exactly alive, they are properties stuck in a kind of zombie-like limbo. They are homes that have been abandoned by thei
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05/27/2013
When it comes to a home sale in Stamford, adults automatically appreciate the importance of presenting a pristine property to potential buyers. Kids, on the other hand, would like a glass of apple juice, please. Parents are forever juggling their other adult responsibilities with the needs of the
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05/20/2013
Whether Norwalk residents are looking for a home equity line of credit, a refi, or a new mortgage, when it comes to getting a loan, everyone knows that it’s the credit score that ultimately determines the outcome. Yet when it comes to a working knowledge of what major factors affect your score, a
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05/20/2013
If you are readying your home for sale this spring or summer, one of my favorite tactics to set your property apart from other Bridgeport listings is to order a pre-inspection. If you’re not familiar with the term, a pre-inspection is a less detailed, less expensive visual inspection designed to
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05/13/2013
So the market’s recovering, interest rates are low, and you think you’re finally ready to buy a home? Not so fast. Buyers across the country are running into a new roadblock: there don’t seem to be enough homes for sale. Anyone who has looked at entry- to mid-level homes for sale in Stamford neig
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05/13/2013
Close to 70% of families say they have a dog or a cat in their household. If you are in that sizeable majority and are planning on relocating to Stamford, there are some planning steps you can take to help ease the move for your four-legged family members. Since the daily routine is going to be
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05/09/2013
With more than 43 million people relocating throughout the U.S. every year, you don’t have to wait until you are surrounded by stacks of cartons to realize how important it is to make your next move the right one. If you’re buying a house in Norwalk in the foreseeable future, it’s a particularly
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05/06/2013
Ah, spring is truly in the air…the traditional time when people can fall in love at first sight! I’ll try not to dampen those springtime spirits too much, but for anyone currently looking into the Stamford luxury home listings, some advice may be in order: Online love at first sight is a really b
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05/06/2013
Who would have thought we could learn so much from our dogs! The lesson on Persistence pays, and nobody knows that better than a dog is so true. 5 Management Secrets I Learned From my Dog April 30, 2013 Twelve years ago, I adopted my dog Mika from a shelter. She’s a big brown and black Rottwei
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05/03/2013