Brad Kimmelman's Blog

Ridgefield Real Estate Market Commentary May brought us into Ridgefield’s Spring real estate selling season. We continue to see a decline in the number of closed transactions from the previous year, down by almost half compared to May, 2007 and down about 35% year-to-date. After a few months of ...

I am about to share with you one of most important, yet most elusive, real estate market statistic: Days-On-Market (DOM). No one can miss the media hype about crashing real estate markets, the sub-prime lending mess, and foreclosures. What we’ve seen here in the current Ridgefield, CT real estate...

Many people who are looking for a home in Ridgefield, CT choose to start their search in popular South Ridgefield. Aside from the close proximity to Town Center, South Ridgefield is sought-after for the following reasons:1) South Ridgefield is close to other popular towns like Wilton, Westport an...

Every Ridgefield kid is offered one of the best public educations in Conecticut. Our schools help make Ridgefield Connecticut’s #1 Town year after year. As a town, we’ve got the optimal number of students (~1800 in the high school, ~5600 total) to provide a balanced education rich in curriculum, ...

February 21st, 2008 categories: Buying Your House, Eat, Drink and Be Amused, Recreation & Sports, Ridgefield, Talking Real Estate When you are looking to buy Real Estate in Ridgefield, “Ridgebury” is a section of town you should not miss! Located in the northwest corner of the Town of Ridgefield,...

February 27th, 2008 categories: Keep Your Kids Busy, Recreation & Sports, Ridgefield, Talking Real Estate Ridgefield, CT is serious about youth sports. Organized youth sports is key to keeping your children on the path to success. Development of our kids’ teamwork, sportsmanship and leadership s...

Data, data everywhere! Like any active market, there are thousands and thousands of data points generated each year about every square foot of every house sold in Ridgefield. The MLS (multiple listing service) is very efficient at storing all this data and spitting out listings (see our MLS searc...

  This is a great time to Trade-Up in Ridgefield Real Estate...Here's why:   Sell your existing home for a little less:Sell for a realistic priceIt's OK to sell for less than it could have last year, it's money you never had anywayYou been in it long enough to see great gain nonetheless Buy you d...

If your selling or buying a home right now and you have heard all of the opinions of everyone who knows everything about the current market...here's yet another take. If you need to sell your home or need to buy a new home this is the PERFECT time! Let's start with selling your home...first off a...

Last Saturday was Ridgefield's Bernese Mountain Dog Parade.  Over 100 of these special dogs parading down the sidewalks of Main Street... what a sight!  This annual event brings dogs (and their owners of course) from all over New England.  The parade is just one of the things that shows the world...