Where Does Your State Land in Property Tax Rankings?
Who Pays the Highest Property Taxes? The average median property tax rate across the nation is 1.31 percent. That means a home owner with a home valued at $200,000, on average, pays an annual amount of $2,620 in property taxes, ...
Warning: Telephone Scams
A new telephone scam is making the rounds in our area. Please be aware and conscious of anyone demanding money over the phone especially if they are asking you to pay a third party. The latest telephone scam is from ...
Eastern Connecticut REALTORS will be going to Hartford
Hundreds of REALTORS® from all around Connecticut will gather together to meet with legislators to share our views on the issues that affect our business at REALTORS at the Capitol on April 6, 2016. ECAR will be well represented. The ...
May Shows Rise in Single-Family Connecticut Home Sales, Decline in Eastern Connecticut
Connecticut REALTORS® reports that single-family residential home sales in Connecticut increased 3.7 percent comparing May 2015 to May 2014. The median sales price of $262,000 represents a 0.4 percent decrease from $263,000 in that same time period. Median indicates that ...
Connecticut Legislative Wrap Up for 2015
The Connecticut Legislative session has ended. What effect did it have on real estate? Connecticut REALTORS® has prepared a report, updated on July 6, 2015, about what the state Legislature did (and didn’t) do. To read the report, click here.
Do you know who your 2015 state senator and representative will be?
Here’s a list of eastern Connecticut candidates that were elected on November 4. We will be updating legislator contact information on our web site at https://easternctrealtors.com/assets/files/StateSenatorsReps.pdf We will be updating that page as soon as the state makes the information ...
Election Day, November 4, is only 14 days away
Election Day, November 4, is only 14 days away. Please be sure to vote on November 4. In addition to the state constitutional officers,Congressional Representatives, and Judges of Probate, the following candidates for state Senate and House are running for ...
Do You Know who’s running for the Statehouse?
The November elections will be here before you know it. All the Eastern Connecticut senate and house candidates that we are currently aware of are shown below. Candidates with nominating petitions can file up to August 6, 2014. There is, ...
Revised Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Detector law in effect
The Governor has signed into law revisions to the smoke and carbon monoxide detector law, effective July 1, 2014. There is a new affidavit that complies with those statutory changes. Connecticut REALTORS® have provided the following for your review: - ...
ECAR hosting state legislator breakfast on September 10
Members of the Eastern Connecticut Association of REALTORS® know that if real estate is their profession, then politics is their business. Our members look forward to discussing current issues that affect the real estate industry every two years with the ...
