If you or someone you know is looking to buy a home in Connecticut, talk to a REALTOR! Using a professional home buying specialist will save you time, money and aggravation. Working with a home buying specialist like one of the many at CG Real Estate will allow you to find the home you are looking for in the time that is right for you. We are committed to the achievement of helping you match your needs to the house that fits you. We also help you negotiate that absolute best possible price so that you don’t overpay for the current market conditions. We will help you through the home buying process, ensuring a smooth transaction from finding the house to moving in.
There are many professionals that are involved with your purchase of a Connecticut home, such as lenders, appraisers, home inspectors, attorneys, contractors and utility companies. We are here to help you get informed and in touch with professionals that not only know how to get the job done, but that can get it done right.
When you are thinking about buying a home, start by talking to a REALTOR. You can reach anyone of our Home Buying Specialist to discuss your dreams about buying a home by going to our web at www.cgrealestate.net

One of the most important things you can do if you need to SELL your home is to pick the right price. A PROPERLY priced home is a SOLD home! To many times home owners in Connecticut list their home at a price that was perfect for the market a year ago. Know and understand what current market trends are for a home like yours with similar features in the same town. Remember that just because five of your neighbors have their houses for sale at a certain price, doesn’t mean that they will sell for that price. To gauge what the sales price is you need to look at what has SOLD in the last 6-12 months, this way you can know what buyers have been willing to pay for a home comparable to yours.
It is important that if you are thinking of selling, to get a Comparative Market Analysis from a REALTOR that has experience with selling homes. Make sure they are giving you accurate data for sales in your town and giving you honest advice about what your home could sell for. You may not like the suggested range the REALTOR gives you, however it is better to have the facts than just someone telling you what you want to hear so they can put up their sign in your front yard. Today more than ever it is important to stand out in the market when selling your Connecticut home as we are faced with many distress sales such as foreclosures (bank owned properties) and a rising number of short sales. You may find that unless you have a lot of equity built up or you are not short selling that it may be a very difficult time to sell.
At CG Real Estate we are committed to the achievement of your goals and want you to be armed with the facts when selling your home. Contact us today to get a Comparative Market Analysis and current market condition report by going to our website www.CGREALESTATE.net.

If you or someone you know that lives in Connecticut and are faced with a foreclosure, please know that CG Real Estate is here to help. Don’t give up! There are options for you. Ask us about the Short Sale process. If you have had circumstances happen in your life such as loss of job, divorce, bankruptcy or something else major that has prevented you from paying your mortgage, then a short sale may be right for you. A short sale is where the bank “MAY” take less than what they are owed and in most cases will do a full settlement of debt. It is important for you to know if you are considering doing a short sale on you Connecticut home to talk to professionals such as an attorney and accountant. When selecting an attorney, accountant or real estate professional, make sure that they have the knowledge and experience to help you through the process of a short sale. REMEMBER, just don’t walk away as that is the worst thing you could do.
Contact us today on the web at www.cgrealestate.net and click on contact us. We are here to help.

Are you looking for the perfect home in Windham, Connecticut! Well, look no further! Come see what could potentially be the perfect equine property! This property has over 14 acres of potentially sub-dividable land. It is currently zoned commercial, and can easily be converted to residential according to local town Assessor. The custom built 2007 cape has over 3000 sqft of living space. With 9′ cielings, custom trim work inside and out, 4-5 bedrooms, cathedral ceilings, gas fire place formal dining room and first floor master bedroom suite, options are endless. What is your real estate dream? To find out more about this amazing home and property visit www.50BricktopRd.com or www.cgrealestate.net.
There has never been a better time to purchase real estate in Connecticut. To find out how to start your home buying process, contact one the real estate specialist at CG Real Estate. Need help or advice, we are here to help. CG Real Estate is committed to the acheivement of your real estate goals. If you succeed, we succeed! Period!

CG Real Estate is excited to announce the new real estate series “If the house fits!” featured on the company’s new youtube channel CGREtv. The ongoing series features Connecticut Real Estate in towns such as Ashford, Mansfield, Windham, Coventry, Salem, East Berlin, Cromwell, Bolton as well as surrounding communities. The series also gives real estate advice to Buyers looking to purchase real estate in Connecticut. The host, Christopher Grant, Broker and founder of CG Real Estate will give you tips to get you through the buying and selling process. Also, local professionals, such as Connecticut mortgage lenders, Connecticut Home Inspectors, Connecticut Real Estate Attorney’s and Connecticut Insurance Agents will be interviewed bringing you up-to-date advice to ensure a stress free real estate process.
It’s important for you to know that CG Real Estate and its team of highly skilled and extremely motivated agents are committed to the achievement of your real estate goals. Our success is built on your success! We treat you like you were a member of our family and team, not just another transaction. CG Real Estate has three convenient locations in Windham, Salem and East Berlin, however it is important for you to know that most of our time is spent out on the roads with our clients all across Connecticut.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. If you want different results, if you want to achieve your real estate goals and you are looking for a company just as committed if not more committed to your goals than you, then try something different! Work with a company that treats you like a part of the team! For full service residential real estate in Connecticut, contact CG Real Estate. You can find us on the web at www.cgrealestate.net.

CG Real Estate Buyer Clients Home in Windham CT as featured in Hartford Courant

BEDROOMS: 4; BATHS: 2.5; SQUARE FEET: 2,288; YEAR BUILT: 1965; LIST PRICE: $228,500; PRICE PAID: $200,000; LOT SIZE: 1.63 acres; TAXES: $5,395; DAYS ON MARKET: 28 (MLS / December 22, 2011)

December 24, 2011

Deborah Bubela gave herself an early Christmas present this year — a yellow Dutch Colonial in a rural setting with an easy drive to her job as an assistant professor of physical therapy at the University of Connecticut.

“I decided because of the great interest rates that if I was going to buy a house, now was the time,” Bubela, 52, said.

With her 86-year-old mother moving in with her soon, accessibility and a first-floor bedroom and bath were priorities. The house also has a ramp in the back.

“I know my Mom can be with me for a long time,” Bubela said. The house, which is in move-in condition, also has some “unique and welcoming” features, she said.

“There’s a beautiful large screened-in back porch,” Bubela said. “I could envision my Mom and I having dinners out there on summer evenings, and sitting on the porch swing and spending time together.”

The previous owner was an elderly woman, now deceased, whose family cared for her as she grew older. Bubela says this shared value of caring for an aging parent helped both parties in their negotiations.

Bubela credits her real estate broker, Chris Grant of CG Real Estate in North Windham, for helping her stay focused, even as his family of four grew to six with the arrival of twin girls this fall. “He never missed a beat,” she said after the closing on Dec. 9, just 30 days after signing the contract.

“When we finally found this house, in every sense, it fit her needs,” Grant said.

The house has some elements Bubela had loved in her previous homes, including a gambrel roof and yellow exterior. It also has a brick fireplace that opens to the living room and serves as a brick wall in the dining room — just like the one her father built in the home where she grew up.

She plans to light a fire in that fireplace as she celebrates the holidays with her mother, two grown children and her brother and his family, and enjoy the comforts of her new home.

“There’s a feeling you get when you’re in the house you’re meant to be in,” Bubela said.

Cheryl Fialkoff, Special to The Courant

19 OAKWOOD DRIVE

BEDROOMS: 4

BATHS: 2.5

SQUARE FEET: 2,288

YEAR BUILT: 1965

LIST PRICE: $228,500

PRICE PAID: $200,000

LOT SIZE: 1.63 acres

TAXES: $5,395

DAYS ON MARKET: 28

Copyright © 2012, The Hartford Courant

CG Real Estate is happy to announce its third location in East Berlin, CT. Our office is located at 1224 Mill Street, Building B in East Berlin, CT, 06023. We are here to serve all your Real Estate needs to not only East Berlin, but in Cromwell, Middletown, Wethersfield and all the surrounding towns. This location is open 5 days a week Monday-Friday from 8-5. We have someone there to direct your call to the right person to fit your needs. You can leave a message 24 hours a day 7 days a week and someone will get right back to you.
This location as well as our North Windham and Salem offices allow us maximum flexibility throughout the State of Connecticut to help people with all of their Real Estate needs. Whether you are looking to buy real estate, sell real estate or invest in real estate in the East Berlin area or surrounding towns please give us a call. We specialize in residential real estate and have Connecticut’s top short sale specialist. If you are facing foreclosure and don’t want to lose your home in this fashion, contact our company to help you through the short sale process. With two of Connecticut’s premier short sale specialist Minna Reid and Patrick James, along with Broker Christopher Grant, there is no short sale in Connecticut we can not handle.
CG Real Estate is currently looking for Connecticut Licensed Real Estate Salesperson that have a desire to succeed and want to be part of a team that is not only dedicated to the achievements of our clients real estate goals, but the goals of its team as well.
To contact one of our East Berlin real estate agents that can help you accomplish the goals you have set out to meet, give us a call at 860-348-8872 or visit us online at www.cgrealestate.net

Recently I have heard (all too often actually), “I have bad credit.”  When I mentioned this recently to a loan officer, here is what she said, in so many words.  Credit does not stand still.  Just as good credit can worsen, so can poor credit improve.  Furthermore, it improves as soon as the consumer pays something on time.  Obviously, how quickly credit scores improve are a matter of how long and how deep the negative credit lasted.  However, according to loan officers, potential home buyers should not be deterred by THEIR own knowledge of their credit.  Credit can improve, and many loan programs exist to help many kinds of consumers purchase a home.  At worst, in pursuing the course of action — seeking a loan, the potential buyer will learn just what he or she needs to do in order to become credit-ready.  In sum, let the experts guide you the potential home buyer.  Seek to achieve your goal, but understand that even great athletes and musicians and artists did not go it alone.  They too were coached and advised.  You the home buyer owe yourself the spirited chance to achieve your goal.