The Harriman Team

As expected at its Wednesday meeting, the Fed made no change in the fed funds rate...

Funny what you find out by listening to the radio… While listening to a local radio station today (DRC 102.9 FM), we heard DJ Larry Wells mention during a commercial that The Steve Miller band would be at the Oakdale Theater tonight, November 7th. ...

I know, for the past 48 hours or so you’ve been seeing blogs all across the Interwebs shouting from the rooftops that the $8000 Homebuyer Tax Credit has been extended, expanded, retooled, rebuilt and pretty much made into the Six Million Dollar Man (actually, it’s closer to 10.8 Billion Dol...

Affordable ranch with open floor plan and windows galore. Parquet floors, updated bath, furnace, gutters, hot water heater, electrical and roof all done within last 5-10 years. Large deck and nice corner lot on Wallingford’s East side. Home needs some TLC and is sold as-is. ...

While daily volatility was high this week, mortgage rates ended just slightly lower than last week. The primary factors influencing mortgage rates were offsetting. The economic growth data released this week was stronger than expected, but inflation remained low...

The Wallingford housing market again reflected the same activity as the Meriden market for September. Both single family home and condo sales were down for the second straight month, and it’s likely that the uncertainty of the tax credit had a lot to do with this. ...

The Meriden housing market continued on a slight downward trend for September. New listings, pending sales and sold homes were again down slightly, but average days on market managed a significant drop...

As we advance in age, our bodies become more susceptible to the ravages of injury and disease. Some ailments make themselves known immediately: broken bones, sprains, head and muscle aches, etc...

The sun is setting earlier and earlier every night; a chill has crept into the morning and evening air; the crystalline, white jacket of frost has coated cars, grass and roads, and even snow has graced us with its presence already. These things can be the signal of just one thing: Halloween...

There were few major surprises in the economic news this week, and little change in the stock market. While there was a great deal of daily volatility, mortgage rates ended the week unchanged...

Stronger than expected economic data, solid earnings reports, and upward revisions to the Fed’s growth forecast propelled the Dow stock index above the 10,000 level for the first time since October 2008. ...