Connecticut
The best offer is not always the biggest one
Sellers looking at five offers are weighing contingencies as carefully as price. Here is what that means if you are the one writing.
Covers September 2026
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Market Briefings
Every monthly briefing for both markets, in one place. Permanent links, never overwritten, and every figure carries the report it came from.
October 2026
North Alabama
Priced for a market we left two or three years ago
There are some tremendous homes sitting in North Alabama right now. I think most of them are sitting for one reason.
Covers September 2026
September 2026
Connecticut
The instant online estimate is often guessing
Why an algorithm put $330,000 on a house that sold for more than $415,000, and what that gap costs.
Covers August 2026
North Alabama
42 days is an average hiding two markets
Madison County's headline looks fast. The number underneath it is doing something else.
Covers August 2026
August 2026
Connecticut
The affordability squeeze is real
Three Connecticut buyers this month, three different ways the monthly number ended the conversation.
Covers July 2026
North Alabama
The photos lied. Buyers noticed.
AI-staged listing photos are costing sellers showings in Madison County, and buyers are walking out the door annoyed.
Covers July 2026
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