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Calcagni Celebrates 50 Years in Business

We as a culture associate particular years with particular events and trends.  2018 was a year of social movements and hashtags, a royal wedding, the Winter Olympics, and major Avengers cliff hangers.  It was such a dynamic stretch of time that we ask aloud how 2019 will match it? Grand events and worldwide markers like these are important, but we see equal value in news stories that are a little more...

JOHN RAMADEI OBTAINS BROKER DESIGNATION

Two weeks ago, we celebrated Southington’s Heidi Matusik on her attainment of the Real Estate Broker designation.  Today, we celebrate Cheshire’s John Ramadei on this same accomplishment. John has been a member of the Calcagni team since 2012, when he transitioned from a forty-year career in accounting and finance as a licensed CPA. When I decided to earn my Realtor's license and begin my career...

CALCAGNI RECIPIENTS OF THE 2019 CONNECTICUT MAGAZINE FIVE STAR PROFESSIONAL AWARD

Bridie Bradbury | Beth Cantor | Juanita Champagne | Sherri Ciotto Stacey DeAngelis | Sandy Fehrs | Laura Iorio | Dorothy Karska-Piech | Julie Luchina Nancy Lydell | Dave MacLennan | Mary Malin | Irma Nesson | Marilyn Rock | Sally Smirnoff Lisa Thompson | Cheryl Ulstad | Sandy Wagner | Beverly Welch   Congratulations to these nineteen Calcagni agents on their receipt of the 2019 Connecticut...

Why Should Home Buyers Be Represented?

 Prior to legislation creating Buyer Representation, the adage ‘Buyer Beware’ was in full force. When a Buyer was shown a property by a real estate Agent, the Buyer may have assumed that the Agent was working for him; in fact, the Agent was looking out for the Seller’s interest.    On June 1, 1997 Connecticut Real Estate Agency law changed to address this fundamental inadequacy of the existing...

Shades of Yesterday

Earlier this month I had a real estate counseling session with a young couple looking to purchase their first home and the term “PITI” came up in our conversation. We’ve all grown accustomed to asking our buyers to speak directly with a lender first to get “pre-qualified” for a mortgage and we’ve gotten away from having to explain this acronym, which stands for principal, interest, taxes and...

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