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Things You Buy When You Buy a Home in Fairfield. #1. You Get A Little Bit of Everything!
There’s a saying out there that speaks to my living here in Fairfield, CT. ‘Every Rebel comes home to roost.’ My wife and I lived in the city. We lived in Manhattan when we got married and we thought we were going to settle in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. We looked at places [...]
Things You Buy When You Buy a Home in Fairfield. #3. Two GREAT Toy Stores
We used to live on the Westport line here in Fairfield. It was great! You could walk to the train station, the gym, the beach, the grocery store and even Friendly’s. What was the best, though, was the fact that Toys R Us was also walking distance. Until it closed, that is. If that didn’t [...]
Things You Buy When You Buy a Home in Fairfield…#4 Religious Diversity
I appreciate the town where I grew up. I had a great childhood and have many fond memories, but it was pretty homogeneous. As a matter of fact, the most pronounced minority in the town was Catholics, of which I was one! Funny, isn’t it? When I grew up, I told myself that I’d raise my [...]
I Was Busy Selling Homes But Now I’m Back…
Writing is a bit like going to the gym. You get into the habit of it. Then, something can happen, from time to time, and you fall out of the habit. Some time passes. You wonder why you’re not feeling like yourself. Maybe your moods are swinging a bit more or maybe you’re a bit more [...]
What 2009 Has Meant, So Far, in Real Estate Here In Fairfield
Three out of four quarters done in the year and there are some numbers to consider. YTD to September 30th, 343 single family homes have sold in Fairfield vs 434 in 2008. The average listing price of these homes was $794,655 this year vs $857,172 in 2008 The average sale [...]
Tony’s Top Ten List of Things You Buy When You Buy a Home in Fairfield, CT
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 [...]
Don’t Let The Economy Put A Damper On Your Dreams
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 [...]
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