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A Few Thoughts On 2009 Fairfield CT Real Estate
In 2008, 521 single family homes sold in Fairfield. In 2009, 464 sold. In 2008, the average sale price of a single family home was $781,750. In 2009, it was $706,654. In 2008, the average number of days on the market for a single family home in Fairfield was 99 days. In 2009, it [...]
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 [...]
Things You Buy When You Buy a Home In Fairfield. #7. TWO Universities and All That TWO Universities Bring
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 [...]
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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