Sales of single-family houses in Connecticut in January posted the highest volume for the month since 2008 and prices rose for the fourth consecutive month on a year-over-year basis, according to a new report today.

House sales rose to 1,519 in January, a 14-percent jump compared with 1,332 for the same month a year ago, [...]

Homeowners with properties to sell in Hartford, New Haven and Fairfield counties appear to be more optimistic about what their homes are worth, a new report today shows.

Asking prices for homes in the three counties in 2012 were still below the previous year, but the annual declines appear to be slowing, according to the [...]

Sales of single-family houses and condominiums are picking up in the Hartford metro area but not enough to make much of a dent in the properties on the market, a new study today says.

The Hartford metro area saw just a 4.6 percent overall decline in inventory compared with a year ago, ranking it dead [...]

Permits issued for new housing units in Connecticut rose again in July, pushing totals so far this year nearly 40 percent higher than the same period in 2011, according to a new report today.

The new construction provides a bit of relief from last year when residential building hit its lowest levels in decades, as [...]

One in four homes with a mortgage in Connecticut had a loan balance that is higher than what the property was worth in the second quarter, according to new figures released today.

Zillow.com reported that 24.8 percent of homes with mortgages in the state had loans that were “underwater” as of June 30, totaling [...]

The $38,000-a-plate Obama campaign fundraiser at the waterfront, Westport home of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is out of reach for most of us.

But the 50 expected to attend will find the surroundings of Weinstein’s sprawling $15.5 million estate equally as lavish, including a two-story, 8,900-square-foot colonial manse, built in 1909.

In addition to the [...]