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A local developer wants to retrofit the circa-1962 school building with age-restricted units.
Eastern Connecticut towns like Voluntown and Ledyard are attracting homebuyers with lower prices, family appeal and Electric Boat jobs.
There are cities in Massachusetts that will take everything you earn and hand you back a studio apartment and a vague sense of financial anxiety, and then there’s Gardner. Gardner, Massachusetts is the city that quietly decided affordability and quality of life weren’t mutually exclusive, and it has been proving that point for years while the rest of the state wasn’t watching.
Five Springfield families are one step closer to becoming homeowners after being selected in an affordable housing lottery Friday, with newly constructed homes being offered for $215,000 each.
Scott Francis and Mike Fabbri own this Litchfield County home, along with their two dogs Dart and Daeny. When two real estate agents buy a house for over asking, willingly removing inspection and appraisal, you know it’s good. That’s what Mike Fabbri and Scott Francis did to lock down their Litchfield County home, as seen in the pages of CTC&G.
"This project shows what’s possible when the public and private sectors pull in the same direction."
Unresolved ownership can leave vacant homes stalled, making repairs or sales difficult to pursue. Gerry McCafferty, who works on Springfield's housing policy, said unresolved ownership issues are complicating the Maynard Street property's path forward, according to MassLive. Dina Fein, a former Massachusetts Housing Court judge who began helping nonprofits and municipalities redevelop vacant homes in 2021, described a recurring connection between vacancy, deterioration, and complicated ownership. “There seems to be overlap between vacant, abandoned, deteriorated properties” and homes tied up in probate, informal family ownership, or poorly documented transfers, Fein said, per the same report.
A much-anticipated construction project in West Hartford is progressing nicely, according to its high-end developer, Garden Communities. When The Residences at Heritage Park opens, it will make 322 luxury rental units available. The projected leasing launch is scheduled for late spring 2027. The multifamily development at 1360 Trout Brook Drive...
Connecticut homeowners gained $33,000 in equity on average, Cotality says, reflecting escalating values and mortgage payments they are making.
Advocates say the Section-8 system has led to significant housing segregation, where most voucher holders have to live in cheaper areas.
Rents rose 79% in a Connecticut town, while incomes only grew 20%. Here are 5 takeaways from Connecticut housing data.
Hartford list prices stayed flat while homes spent a bit more time on the market, giving buyers a touch more room to decide.
Connecticut home sales are down in Stamford, Fairfield and other key markets as higher mortgage rates sideline some buyers.
New Haven’s Atticus Bookstore & Café and Atticus Market plans April opening for Westville location, Charlie Negaro Jr., Atticus president, says.
The Blasius Auto Group is in the process of closing two dealerships, a spokesman for the Waterbury-based company said. The group is closing its Mitsubishi dealership in Brookfield and its used-car dealership in Torrington, according to Bill Palomba, the group's marketing director. He said the stores had not performed as well as the company had hoped when they opened.
A long awaited opening at West Hartford's Corbin Collection tops this week's list of retail opening and closings as reported by Hearst Connecticut Media. High-tech entertainment venue Level99 will open its first Connecticut location in a 43,000-square-foot space in the West Hartford retail center on Nov. 20. The Connecticut location marks the fifth Level 99 in the country, following openings in Natick, Massachusetts; Tysons, Virginia; Providence, Rhode Island; and Disney Springs at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
Over 75 feet away from the Benjamin Jepson School polling place Tuesday, campaigners connected across party lines over the experience of struggling to afford rent in New Haven. Supporters of both Democratic Party nominee Wildaliz Bermúdez and Republican Party nominee Anthony Acri greeted prospective voters on the sidewalk there and...
Democrats swept the elections in Connecticut Tuesday and the state’s housing crisis was top of mind for voters and candidates alike leading up to, and after, the election. With Democrats in various levels of government winning handily, Gov. Ned Lamont is set to take on a historic third term as only the second Connecticut governor to be elected to three consecutive terms.
