This summer’s housing market was less about sizzle and more about cooling, giving buyers some relief and sparking enough demand to hint at what fall could bring.
Slowing home price growth, builder incentives, rising inventory in some regions and easing mortgage rates are giving buyers more options and purchasing power. Yet, despite this advantage, many are still putting homeownership on hold.
Read MoreThe growing nationwide revolt against property taxes has spread to Connecticut, with Republican lawmakers proposing the largest expansion of property tax credits in the state’s history.
Read MoreThe Connecticut General Assembly 2025 Regular Session concluded on June 4, 2025, and with it came the passage of several public acts of interest to real estate professionals. Below is a summary of some of those newly enacted laws.
Read MoreWallingford, Connecticut homes for sale (ZIP 06492) rank No. 18 on Realtor.com®'s 2025 Hottest ZIP Codes list . This central Connecticut town offers a blend of historic charm, commuter access, and relative affordability in a region known for high housing costs.
Read MoreThe cost of housing is a key concern among Americans and a political talking point. US President Donald Trump had raised hopes that interest rate cuts from the Fed would help Americans get mortgages.
Read MoreRealtor.com has put out its Hottest Zip Codes of 2025 list and two of the top 10 are in Connecticut and four are in the top 50.
Read MoreThe real estate game is changing. After years of the market largely favoring sellers, the country as a whole has shifted into “neutral” territory this summer, Zillow found in its updated Market Heat Index.
Read MoreThe U.S. housing market in 2025 is locked in a paradox: record-low inventory coexists with historically high mortgage rates, creating a stagnant environment that amplifies long-term asset risk exposure for real estate and financial sectors.
Read MoreThe much-anticipated spring home-buying season never bloomed. In truth, it hardly even budded.
Now, housing market stakeholders are looking to summer for a potential rebound, hoping that growing inventory and slower home price appreciation will entice buyers off the sidelines by offering more options and greater negotiating power.
Read MoreHome sales were up in just over 90 Connecticut cities and towns in the first six months of 2025 compared to a year earlier, according to Berkshire Hathaway HomesServices New England Properties, versus 70 locales with declines from a year earlier and the rest at break-even.
Read MoreThe state legislature approved a sweeping housing bill this week and some leaders in Connecticut – and particularly in affluent Fairfield County – see the changes to local zoning as the beginning of the end of their beloved communities.
Read MoreAs we move into spring, the housing market remains challenging, with record-high home prices and stubbornly elevated mortgage rates prolonging buyer struggles.
Yet, positive signals have emerged in the form of a deceleration in home price growth and decreasing mortgage rates.
Read MoreThe average cost of homes sold in Connecticut increased by more than 8% at the end of last year, hinting at the projected market outlook this year.
Read MoreThis week’s properties are three-bedroom homes in Glen Cove, N.Y., and Norwalk, Conn.
Read MoreIn Stamford and West Hartford, home buyers continue to pay more than what sellers are asking just as the spring market looms larger — but buyers are chipping away at prices in some other Connecticut cities and towns, according to Zillow transaction records.
Read MoreThe start of spring historically means the housing market heats up in Connecticut. However, for those looking, there’re not a lot of options out there.
Read MoreThe town of Avon jumped out as one of the hottest real estate markets in the country in the first two months of 2025, with two other Hartford-area locals ranking high on Redfin's list of neighborhoods where houses are generating the most bidding wars.
Read MoreConnecticut has the third-highest real estate property taxes in the country, according to a new study from WalletHub.
The study shows Connecticut’s annual taxes on a home priced at the state’s media value of $343,200 is $6,575 annually.
Read MoreThe U.S. residential real estate market is showing signs of thawing after the deep freeze of the early winter months—and some neighborhoods are drawing more attention than others.
Read MoreAs the calendar flips to 2025, will real estate pick up the pace in more Connecticut locales? That depends on homeowner decisions on whether to cash out while buyers are on the hunt — and on interest rates that impact both sides of the real estate equation.
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