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Should You Take Your Home Off The Market During The Holidays?

Should You Take Your Home Off The Market During The Holidays?  Check out this article. http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20111125_holidays.htm#.TtT8zaA5sVs.gmail

 

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Did You Know…38% of visitors on sothebysrealty.com are from OUTSIDE the US, which is up 12% in the past year?

Sotheby's Collections - Vol. VI/2011

I am pleased to provide you with the latest issue of Collections, a newsletter published for Sotheby’s International Realty affiliates. This issue includes features on your fellow affiliates and all the latest brand news. .

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The Business of Extraordinary Living

THE BUSINESS OF EXTRAORDINARY LIVING See the latest in news and information posted to our microsite at wsj.com/sothebysrealty 'Wine Country Real Estate' Life among the vines. Learn More > 'Sales Incentive' Nudging buyers to say yes. Learn More > 'Destination Investment' Europe, increasingly looking to real estate as a safe investment. Learn More > 'Desert Dreams' Kris La Croix, Russ Lyon Sotheby's International Realty, Scottsdale, Arizona. Learn More > Take a Virtual Tour Belvedere, California, United States $22,250,000 USD View Tour > An Extraordinary Home The Summer White House: Tour the Blue Heron Farm in Martha's Vineyard, which has played host to many notable guests including President Obama. View Property >

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2011 Third Quarter Market Watch

Third Quarter 2011 Housing Results Are In! Connecticut home sales continued to improve in the third quarter of 2011 despite this summer's challenging domestic and international news and the wrath of Hurricane Irene. The pace of recovery from the 2009 lows varies from town to town, but we are well on our way to a normalized market. For all the information you need on your local market, click here to read the entire Third Quarter 2011 Connecticut Market Watch. Carolyn Fugere Litchfield Hills Sotheby's International Realty 18 Titus Road Washington Depot, CT 06794 860-868-6600 Carolyn.Fugere@litchfieldhillssir.com This e-mail was sent by Rezora, LLC, located at 275 Main Street, Suite 210, Edwards, CO 81632. To not receive further e-mails from Carolyn Fugere at this address, please follow this link.

Sotheby's Realty Launches YouTube Channel

SothebysRealty.com luanched it's YouTube Channel (youtube.com/sothebysrealty).  YouTube is the #1 online video site, 2nd largest search engine and 3rd largest website in the world with more than 3 billion views per day!

Did you know?

 Did you  know that 73% of homes purchased in the US in 2010 were being used as primary residences? 17% were bought as investments and 10% as vacation homes.

Lake Waramaug House Tour Gala

A great photo from the Lake Waramaug House Tour Gala on 9/24.  From left Karen Silk, Kathryn Clair, Pat Lahoud & Ted Weiner of Litchfield Hills Sotheby's International Realty

 

Elizabeth MacDonald, New Work opening at New Arts Gallery on Oct 8

Great show coming up at New Arts Gallery in Milton CT on October 8th.  Artist Elizabeth MacDonald.

 

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Lake Waramaug House Tour

The volunteers did an amazing job yesterday at the Lake Waramaug House tour.  Gorgeous homes on the tour, everything ran smooth and on time!!! Great event.  Bravo!

Home Sales Rise

Total existing-home sales¹, which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, rose 7.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.03 million in August from an upwardly revised 4.67 million in July, and are 18.6 percent higher than the 4.24 million unit level in August 2010.

McMansions Are Out?

A Trulia survey showed, across the board the suburban McMansion trend of the housing boom is dying a quick death. Only 6% of those surveyed said their ideal home size is more than 3,200 square feet a 36.6% decrease from 9 percent in 2010.

 

Flooding in Washington Depot

Shepaug River nearly reaching the Sotheby's office on Titus Road in Washington Depot, picture from Tim Tierney 9AM.

Spotted In Goshen

I have not seen one of these guys in years!  Very cool!

Company Meeting Today

Company meeting today, 9:30 at Gunn Memorial Library in Washington CT

Collections - Vol. IV/2011

 

Dear Sotheby’s International Realty® Network Members, I am pleased to provide you with the latest issue of Collections, a newsletter published for Sotheby’s International Realty affiliates. This issue includes features on your fellow affiliates and all the latest brand news. This and all editions of Collections also can be found on our members Web site at members.sothebysrealty.com. To your continued success,

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2011 Second Quarter Market Watch

 

Second Quarter 2011 Housing Results Are In! Single family home pending sales improved sharply in May and June, while prices continue to stabilize at new lower levels. For all the information you need on your local market, click here to read the entire Second Quarter 2011 Connecticut Market Watch. Carolyn Fugere Litchfield Hills Sotheby's International Realty 18 Titus Road Washington Depot, CT 06794 860-868-6600 Carolyn.Fugere@litchfieldhillssir.com This e-mail was sent by Rezora, LLC, located at 275 Main Street, Suite 210, Edwards, CO 81632. To not receive further e-mails from Carolyn Fugere at this address, please follow this link.

Lake Waramaug Benefit House Tour

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Lake Waramaug Benefit House Tour and Gala, September 24, 2011, Organized and Sponsored by Litchfield Hills Sotheby’s International Realty

Washington Depot, Connecticut (August 8, 2011). Five beautiful homes will be exclusively showcased for an event benefitting The New Milford Hospital Foundation and the Lake Waramaug Task Force -- “for the health of the community, for the health of the lake.” The event will be held Saturday, September 24, 2011 from 9:30AM to 5:00PM. The Cocktail Gala will be held that evening at Lake Waramaug Country Club from 5:30 to 7:30. It will feature music, open bar, and live and silent auctions of fabulous items including a dinner reservation at famed Rao’s for eight, a private Momix performance with a cocktail party before or after the performance for up to fifty guests courtesy of Michael Ackerman of The Pantry in Washington Depot, Conn., Big Wave Entertainment will provide an outdoor movie evening at the highest bidder’s home, floor tickets to a Miami Heat basketball game with two nights at the W Hotel in Miami, and a behind the scenes tour of the exclusive Sotheby’s Auction House treasures and a lunch for 6 people in New York City.

The tours will begin at 9:30, 12:00 and 2:30. Small, luxury vans will leave the State Park at the northwest end of the lake at the above times. There is ample parking. Please plan to arrive one half hour before the tour’s scheduled departure.

The homes on the Tour have never before been open to the public. They represent the finest in historic and modern architecture with gardens and views. This is a rare opportunity to participate in a festive event benefiting two important organizations performing service to our community. Stephen Sondheim is the Honorary Chair of the Tour and Gala.

In addition to Litchfield Hills Sotheby’s International Realty and the auction donors,  other community-minded businesses who have committed their support at this time are:  Litchfield Magazine-Morris Media Group, Ericson Insurance with Ace Insurance, J and J Printing, and Pineman Signs. Sponsorship opportunities are still available and welcome.

Tickets to the Tour are $55.00; the Gala, $75.00. They may be purchased online at www.lakewaramaugbenefithousetour.eventbrite.com or by calling 860.868.6600.

 

Litchfield Hills Sotheby’s International Realty serves the fine home market throughout Litchfield County, Connecticut with 50 full-time sales associates in offices located in Washington Depot, Lakeville, Kent and Litchfield.  It is part of William Pitt Sotheby's International Realty, the largest Sotheby's International Realty affiliate globally and the 3rd fastest growing real estate company nationally.  Visit them on the web at www.litchfieldhillssir.com

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Contacts: Patty Lahoud, Kathryn Clair, Karen Silk at Litchfield Hills Sotheby’s International Realty

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The Five Villages of Washington, CT Get Another Voice........or Two

The Five Villages of Washington, Connecticut, Get Another Voice........or Two

 

 

Washington Green, CT, July 30, 2011.........................................................,Writer, publicist and real estate broker Joseph A.  Mustich of Washington Green has started 2 new social diaries for the five villages of Washington, Connecticut:  one generated by him:   http://akafitch.blogspot.com  - and more private,

and  another one generated for him by Hearst:   http://blog.ctnews.com/mustich/   - and more public.

 

 

Please send Mr Mustich, aka Fitch,  your happenings for his consideration, and don't forget photographs from your events  too......think: NY Social Diary

http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com .....with a Yankee twist...

 

Please send them to: cornetmustich@gmail.com    AKA Fitch's primary focus is on fund raising events for cultural and educational institutions in NW CT.

 

AKA Fitch is named after Ezra Fitch, the co-founder of http://www.abercrombie.com  who had a country home where the Bantam and Shepaug rivers cross in the Romford Valley, is buried in the Washington Green Cemetery, with his wife, daughter and son-in-law. The Rumsey Hall School http://www.rumseyhall.org  is where Ezra's home Little Rivers stands today.

 

 

The  five villages of Washington, CT:  http://www.washingtonbusinessassociation.com consists of Washington Green, Washington Depot, New Preston, Marble Dale, and Woodville, in the northwestern corner of Connecticut.

 

 

Joseph A. Mustich,

Writer, Publicist, Real Estate Broker, Producer, Officiant, Story Teller, Social Activist

CORNET MUSTICH GROUP

Red Studio Farm

404 Nettleton Hollow Rd

Washington Green, Connecticut, USA 06793-1801

 

T: 860.868.7355  F: 860.868.7356  (C: 860.248.9480)

 

This Week At Litchfield Hills Sotheby's International Realty

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THIS WEEK AT LITCHFIELD HILLS SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY,  860.868.6600 | 860.567.8095 | 860.927.1141 | 860.435.2400 | WASHINGTON DEPOT | LITCHFIELD | KENT | LAKEVILLE NEW TO THE MARKET       For Sale For Rent 16 BIG BEAR HILL NEW MILFORD $324,500 | Beautifully restored antique 2BR/2.5BA Cape 202 BALDWIN HILL WASHINGTON $335,900 | Lovely setting, prime location.  4BR/2BA 63 WYKEHAM RD WASHINGTON $298,000 | 1910 Arts & Crafts Colonial, 2BR/2BA 280 WOODBURY RD WASHINGTON $474,000 | Early post & beam on over 12 acres w/stream. 50 SOUTHBURY RD ROXBURY $555,000 | Stunning antique, 2BR/2BA meticulous property, a gem. 9 GREENE AVE NORTH CANAAN $1,200 MONTHLY RENTAL | Ranch with 3BR/2BA 1682 sq.ft. 1184 A BASSET RD WATERTOWN $1,285 MONTHLY RENTAL | Spacious 2/3BR-1BA converted barn. 108 WYKEHAM RD WASHINGTON $3,500 MONTHLY RENTAL | Charming 5BR/3BA 2,799 sq.ft. Colonial NEWLY PRICED HOMES        50 CUNNINGHAM RD WARREN $399,000 | Farmhouse on 10 acres, 4BR/2BA chaming detail. 50 CANFIELD BRIDGEWATER $479,000 | Lovely stone & clapboard 3BR/2.5BA w/inground pool. 4 HICKORY LN CORNWAL $249,000 | Motivated seller, one level living, 3BR/1BA on 1.3 acres. 88 THOMSON RD BETHLEHEM $259,900 | Great views! Ranch, 3BR/2BA on 15 acres. 313 KENT RD CORNWALL $329,000 | Privately set 3BR/2BA Contemp. w/beautiful views. 16 MACEDONIA BRK RD KENT $397,500 | 3BR/2BA 2021 sq.ft. on 1.74 acres 167 ISAIAH SMITH LN MORRIS $595,000 | Expansive home 5BR/5BA over 5000 sq.ft 20 FLIRTATION WASHINGTON $599,000 | Renovated early American barn 2BR/4BA great character.  MORE NEWLY PRICED FEATURED PROPERTIES        108 WYKEHAM RD WASHINGTON $650,000 | Lovely 1940's 5BR Colonial, spacious rooms beautiful property. 40 LITCHFIELD HLW LITCHFIELD $1,349,000 | Magnificent new construction 4BR/5.5BA gourmet kitchen & more. 5 GREENE AVE CANAAN $199,000 | Almost new ranch 2BR/1BA low maintenance! 200 HUNTER DRIVE LITCHFIELD $549,900| Luxury condo living 3BR/3.5BA 2765 sq.ft. Turn key! 48 TAPPING REEVE LITCHFIELD $165,900 | Townhome 3BR/2.5BA near Litchfield Center. 127 BELGO RD SALISBURY $399,000 | Spacious 3BR/2.5BA open floor plan 2595 sq.ft. 83 NEWTON RD LITCHFIELD $499,000 | Spectacular home 3461 sq.ft. 3BR/2.5BA w/pool. POND RIDGE GOSHEN $AGENT SELLING BONUS | A price point for every budget, gorgeous building lots.

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