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By Tony Derbyshire on August 12, 2009
Is it me or are there a TON of places to get Pizza here in Fairfield? No matter where you live, there’s a Pizza place close by. And the variety of different types of pizza is pretty wide. Many of them deliver, and just as many are places where you can sit down and eat or pick up [...]
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By Tony Derbyshire on August 3, 2009
In the last year, I’ve had two clients that are relatively new professors. The first was from Sacred Heart University. The latest is from Fairfield University. The Sacred Heart professor teaches in the area of Human Movement and Sports Science. The Fairfield University professor teaches English. The professor from Sacred Heart University, although he doesn’t know it, didn’t [...]
Posted in Around Town, opinion | Tagged Fairfield University, home ownership, home purchasing, home sales, real estate, Sacred Heart University, Tony Derbyshire |
By Tony Derbyshire on July 31, 2009
I remember being in Junior High School one morning back in the early 70s in Darien. We were all in the auditorium, listening to our First Selectman, William Patrick, talk to us about politics. Bill was an affable fellow. Always smiling and with a bushy mustache, he reminded me of a good natured version of [...]
Posted in Around Town, opinion | Tagged buying a home, CT, Fairfield, Homeownership, Real Estate Sales, Tony Derbyshire |
By Tony Derbyshire on July 30, 2009
When you buy a home, you buy so much more than the shingles brick and mortar. You buy the dry cleaners where you take your shirts. You buy the gym where you have a membership. You buy the grocery store where you do your shopping and bump into your friends and neighbors. When I work with people [...]
Posted in Around Town, opinion | Tagged Fairfield CT Homes, first time home buyers, Home buyers, Homeownership, Tony Derbyshire |
By Tony Derbyshire on July 28, 2009
Real Estate, Hopes and Dreams. Real Estate Observations on the Fairfield, CT Area by Tony Derbyshire Last week, I asked people that I knew to share with me their list of ten things that they liked about Fairfield and appreciated even more once they moved here. I got some very interesting responses, and I will [...]
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By Tony Derbyshire on July 15, 2009
Today’s blog post is from Tony Derbyshire. Tony is a Real Estate Agent with William Raveis and lives in Fairfield. He’ll be dropping in from time to time to keep us updated on the local real estate market. (Ed) Ok, here’s a news flash! In Fairfield, the housing market is down! Does anybody NOT know [...]
Posted in real estate | Tagged CT Real Estate, Fairfield, Homes, real estate, Tony Derbyshire |
By Tony Derbyshire on June 28, 2009
My second Open House in my career as a Realtor was here in the neighborhood of Stratfield, where I live. It was before I had any listings of my own and I was helping the listing agent. The day before the Open House, I visited the home and found that the grass was up to [...]
Posted in real estate | Tagged Buying homes, Fairfield Homes, Homes, Open Houses, real estate, selling homes |
By Tony Derbyshire on June 24, 2009
I’m a Realtor, and this is my first blog. I love what I do for a living. I also like to write so this seemed like it was worth a shot. I’d like to spend my time writing to you about Real Estate. Don’t worry. I won’t overwhelm you with mind numbing stats though numbers [...]
Posted in real estate | Tagged Beach Living, Commuting to NYC, CT, Fairfield, Home buyers, real estate |
By Tony Derbyshire on April 8, 2009
I thank the Board of Education for their decision to delay action on dealing with potential overcrowding issues at Stratfield School. If there was nothing else to be learned from this, it is that haste makes waste. It is my sincere belief that the acrimony in all of this, at all levels, was the fear [...]
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