Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found that U.S. adults ages 65 or older feel much better prepared to age in their own homes than those 50-64, who are mostly still in the final stretches of their working years.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation announced Wednesday it is making face masks optional on buses and commuter rail lines after the federal Transportation Security Administration this week ended enforcement of a mask mandate.
Critics say the plan could push the country back toward the see-no-evil days of mortgage lending that preceded the housing crash.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed an amicus brief in federal court on Friday, March 17, challenging the constitutionality of the structure of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
With just a few weeks to go until it’s over, real estate professionals are calling 2015 a good year. While prices dipped slightly year-over-year, the number of sales jump considerably.
Though the delay no doubt gave the industry a collective moment to catch its breath, the relief is short-lived: the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rules are still coming. But all the anxious anticipation may come to nothing; industry insiders say they think the transition will be easier than expected.
Milford-based Wareck D’Ostilio Real Estate has hired a new agent.
Everybody knows how important credit scores are to obtaining a home mortgage. But are lenders lately playing a numbers game with consumers – claiming they’re willing to accept lower scores while actually approving applicants with higher scores on average than they did last year or even earlier this year?
Six governors recently wrote to U.S. House and Senate authorization leaders regarding the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, urging lawmakers to secure the maximum funding level for low-income families within the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill.
When sellers overprice their property and receive an offer that is exactly where the agent predicted, many will then insist that you cut your commission to make the deal. What can you do to counter their demand?
The Centennial Inn Apartments of Farmington have been sold to Mystic Properties Management for $7.5 million.
Home prices are up 6.9 percent nationwide, according to a new report from property information provider CoreLogic.
Connecticut has been designated by the federal government as being the first state in the nation to have ended chronic homelessness among veterans, according to a recent announcement from the office of Governor Dannel P. Malloy.
Rapper 50 Cent’s bankruptcy attorney says he’ll try again to sell his 50,000-square-foot Connecticut mansion.
The state of Connecticut is awarding nearly $18 million in loans and grants to help fund 10 affordable housing developments, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Department of Housing (DOH) Commissioner Evonne M. Klein announced.
The U.S. housing market is probably strong enough to stand up against an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve this year, with stabilizing home prices supporting sales, a Reuters poll of top economists showed on Wednesday.
Hartford has been named one of the least healthy housing markets among American cities, according to a recent study.
