New Milford, CT

New Milford CT Holiday Tree Lighting Festival of Lights.

Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 5:30 pm will be the annual Holiday Tree Lighting Festival of Lights in New Milford, CT. Come to the south end of the green by the gazebo and enjoy the fun! The Festival of Lights includes of course tree lighting, Santa will be there, singing and holiday readings.

Our picturesque Village Green in New Milford CT is certainly beautiful all year round but the holidays do dress it up quite a bit. This tradition dates back 43 years, to 1966. You can read a great account of how this tradition came into being here, it involves a $700 mistake, an angry Walter Shutte and a plastic Christmas Tree.

Our beautiful Village Green has been the inspiration for many artists. Woldemar Neufeld gave us his Festival of Lights, David Merrils' rendition of the west side of our Village Green as it appeared in 1893, as well as the many others whom the beauty of our town inspired in their favorite medium! Painters, photographers, (myself included), have felt the call to preserve the beauty in an art form.

The New Milford CT Holiday Tree Lighting Festival of Lights is sponsored by the New Milford CT Chamber of Commerce, Village Center Organization, The Housatonic Times and the Greater New Milford Spectrum. A big thank you to everyone that makes this display and event a reality!

New Milford CT gets ready for the holidays!

Soon the trees will be lit to usher in the holiday season! I can hardly wait, I love this time of year! (I feel more photo ops coming on, stay tuned!)

New Milford Connecticut Market Watch, Real Estate Statistics for New Milford CT.

Current Activity in New Milford CT:

Active Single Family Home Listings
249 homes
Average List Price: $491,875, Minimum Price: $65,000, Maximum Price: $5,900,0000
Average Market Time
151 days

Homes Under Deposit
13 homes
Average List Price: $333,692, Minimum Price: $179,000, Maximum Price: $569,900
Average Market Time
106 days

Homes in Pending Sale Status
17 homes
Average List Price: $352,906, Minimum Price: $79,200, Maximum Price: $1,475,000
Average Market Time
110 days

Although the following statistics say that the average sale price has continued to drop, we are seeing more activity as evidenced by the home that are currently in the "under deposit" and "pending" status. Most of the activity that agents have noted is the first time home buyer market. Pricing well is KEY, as well as preparing a home to enter the market! We are seeing an increase in foreclosures and short sales, we are a bit behind other parts of the country with this. I am thinking we have only just begun in this aspect.

September 2008/September 2009 Sales, New Milford, CT

October 2008/October 2009 Sales, New Milford, CT

Information is deemed reliable but not necessarily accurate, all statistics are gathered from the Greater Fairfield County Multiple Listing Service. (CMLS).

Wordless (almost, yeah right) Wednesday, Hanging on despite the odds! This is the view from my office on Route 7 in New Milford, CT, which overlooks Candlewood Valley Country Club, a public golf course. We have been watching the colors come and go, the leaves are pretty much gone all over the area, but this tough little guy just doesn't want to give up the ghost! (Yet one more HDR photo, no retouch).

Open House in New Milford, CT

$259,900,-

In the spring or summer 1707, John Noble, Sr., and his eight year old daughter, Sarah, made their way through the wilderness to New Milford. He built a fortified hut among the Native Americans at the foot of Fort Hill for them to live in while he worked on a house across the river where the town would be. The first house was erected in the town in 1707 or 1708. About 193 years later house on 64 West Street was built. It was redone in 1995-1997. Do you want to see it inside?

Directions: RT 7 TO BRIDGE ST, RIGHT ON WEST ST TO #64 ON RIGHT

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