• posted: Sep. 11, 2023
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Real Estate

Property ownership gives you the freedom and flexibility to make a piece of land your own. You may wish to add a garage, a shed, a fence or some hedges. Read More

• posted: Jul. 03, 2023
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Real Estate

In Connecticut as elsewhere in the northern climate, warm weather usually heats up the real estate market. Summer can be a great time to sell, as houses tend to show Read More

• posted: Jun. 19, 2023
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Real Estate

Residential real estate transactions are usually time-sensitive. Sellers are eager to get the proceeds of the sale, which may affect their purchase of another property. Buyers are anxious to move Read More

• posted: May 15, 2023
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Real Estate

If you’re selling your home, you may find yourself fielding multiple offers from buyers. Some of them can include contingencies, such as that the contract is valid only if the Read More

• posted: Dec. 26, 2022
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Real Estate

The pace of home sales might cool off in winter, but the Connecticut housing market doesn’t freeze up completely. Family housing needs change, people relocate, financial circumstances compel moving and Read More

• posted: Dec. 05, 2022
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Real Estate

Zoning and land use rulings affect individuals, commercial builders, homeowners associations and other stakeholders in profound ways. Zoning commissions, zoning boards of appeal and inland wetland agencies have the power Read More

• posted: Sep. 12, 2022
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Real Estate

When renters are living in a property you are interested in buying or selling, there are additional considerations you’ll need to keep in mind as the transaction progresses. Tenants have Read More

• posted: Aug. 08, 2022
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Real Estate

Buying or selling a property is a major transaction in most people’s lives. By the time a deal is ready to be made, people are often in a hurry to Read More

• posted: Dec. 13, 2021
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Real Estate

Boundary disputes can cause friction between adjoining landowners. Your neighbor might put up a fence right on, or over, the property line. Or they might build a deck, porch or Read More

• posted: Nov. 17, 2021
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Real Estate

As a business, finding the right commercial property and securing it on favorable terms is of paramount importance. Entering into a lease is a substantial commitment and you should carefully Read More

• posted: Aug. 13, 2021
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Real Estate

Home prices around the country have risen at a record pace throughout much of 2021 and Connecticut is no exception. Reduced house inventory coupled with near record low interest rates Read More

• posted: Mar. 31, 2020
• Paul H. Begemann
• Covid19,  Real Estate

  People all over the world are grappling with the daily, and even hourly, disruptions to our normal routines brought on by the coronavirus and the COVID-19 illness. These disruptions have Read More

• posted: Jan. 16, 2020
• Paul H. Begemann
• Real Estate

    Both the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), for FHA loans, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), for conforming loans purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Read More

• posted: Oct. 31, 2019
• Paul H. Begemann
• Real Estate,  Zoning,Planning & Land Use

 Opportunity Zones were implemented as part of the 2017 revisions to the Federal tax code, and are designed to stimulate investment in lower income or lower opportunity areas of the Read More

• posted: Oct. 09, 2019
• Paul H. Begemann
• Real Estate

  The United Stated Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administers the mortgage loan program offered under the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). FHA loans are generally easier to qualify for than Read More

• posted: Jun. 12, 2019
• Paul H. Begemann
• Real Estate

 Using an attorney to perform real estate closings is the norm in Connecticut, and many people assume that this is the case everywhere in the United States. However, in about Read More