The brokers of Borden-Lombardi Realty, both UCONN grads, are thrilled that our UCONN womens basketball team won a 12th NCAA National Championship - congratulations UCONN! One of the players mentioned being in a “state of gratitude”, but perhaps the people of CT should be grateful to have our super UCONN women’s basketball team represent us. Like UConn, we...

These photos were photos taken at the UCONN ladies basketball game last night (3/24) at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs. The stadium was sold out and the crowd support for UCONN was super, but the players - including Paige Bueckers - were terrific! This could be another championship season for UCONN and we love March Madness for all the...

According to GOBankingRates research of “20 Housing Markets Where Homes will Skyrocket in Value Before the End of 2025”, which started with the 200 largest US Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), all 4 of CT’s MSAs were noted in the ranking of increases which follow: 4th highest was the Hartford/East Hartford/Middletown area, where ‘23-‘24 home values increased 9.4% or...

Many Things People Love: Family & Friends - Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. –Lao Tzu Dogs/Pets of all Kinds - National Rescue Dog Day is celebrated each year on May 20th. A Beautiful Home - Many people work very hard to maintain and decorate their homes. If you’d...

To All Our Clients, thank you for your loyalty and your confidence in working with us throughout the years! As a testament to her commitment to professional excellence, Broker Liane Lombardi has received the 2025 Five Star Professional Real Estate Award for the 8th time, including the past 7 years. Five Star Professional undertakes a thorough research process...

For the greater Hartford housing market, compared to November 2023, November 2024’s single family housing inventory remained basically the same with only a 0.1% increase, but the condo inventory increased 15.1%. November 2024’s median sales prices also increased over November 2023 … 3.6% for single family homes and 20.9% for condos. Increasing inventory is leading to more transactions...

At Borden-Lombardi Realty, we love college sports, including Every UCONN Sport (UCONN = the alma mater of both brokers), especially basketball, and University of Georgia football (Bulldogs), who just won the SEC championship game in overtime and will compete for the national championship! The UCONN men’s basketball team is great and the UCONN women’s basketball team is undefeated...

Our world-famous race will have ~11,000 registrants … Olympians, world class runners, and many more have run in this World Athletics Label Road Race, with a ~4.7 mile course starting and finishing on Main Street. Many sponsors and approximately 400 volunteers also participate, with Town of Manchester support. There are runners and walkers, and many cheering homeowners and...

A 3 day outdoor harvest feast in Plymouth, MA in 1621 began what we call Thanksgiving. At this feast, the English settlers were outnumbered by the natives from the Wampanoag Tribe, who brought most of the food. The menu included mostly venison (deer) and there were no mashed potatoes. Today, there are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes,...

The US Treasury Department, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is requiring many companies to report their company owners into a secure and non-public database (called Beneficial Ownership Information Report/BOIR), which only takes a few minutes. The required reporting was created to help the government protect our economic and national security, as corporate anonymity can put law abiding businesses...

Many people including politicians, race car drivers, gamblers, athletes, and competitors of all types believe in superstitions such as blowing out birthday cake candles and making a wish, crossing fingers for good luck, also wishing upon a shooting star and many people have a “lucky” item (including UCONN Basketball coach Dan Hurley) or carry a “lucky charm” of...

Very importantly, you’ll want to work with a real estate broker who understands the probate process. As probate real estate specialists, we work with executors/administrators - who have an extensive list of obligations - and will let you know what to expect and what is required in this difficult process, as there are very specific steps which need...