The Engel Team
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Friends! Find out the state of Connecticut real estate by clicking on the links to the right. Of note: * New Canaan July closings rebounded 7% August closings from 18 to 26, a 44% gain. * New Canaan annual $ volume was down 16%, now down 9.2%. Inventory up to 313. * Rowayton closings down 55% Median price down 32% this […]
Chairman’s View: Improve our planning for Town building maintenance OCTOBER 18, 2018 BY NEW CANAAN ADVERTISER New Canaan Town Council Chairman John Engel’s weekly guest column. New Canaan Town Council Chairman John Engel First, let’s talk about the 100-point Pavement Condition Index (PCI). When a road scores above 86% PCI it’s excellent, requiring only corrective maintenance: crack […]
Chairman’s View: Council faces cost of debt, capital projects and lower property values OCTOBER 4, 2018 BY NEW CANAAN ADVERTISER A guest column from New Canaan Town Council Chairman John Engel. New Canaan has the highest per-capita debt in Connecticut at $5,800, double that of Darien because we are a larger town with many more miles of […]
Chairman’s View: Town inconsistent when partnering with private funding SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 BY NEW CANAAN ADVERTISER [UPDATED WITH CORRECTION Sept. 14.] Town councilman Bill Bach gave us the Bach amendment in 1997 (Article 2, Chap. 125 of the Town Code) outlining how New Canaan should think about capital projects. In short: “Take no donation that comes with an […]
Chairman’s View: Do the projects that do not increase debt AUGUST 23, 2018 BY NEW CANAAN TOWN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN JOHN ENGEL Affordable housing, senior housing, workforce housing are all needed in New Canaan. Should housing be a concern of the Town Council? Yes, repurposing old buildings as housing begins an intricate calculus getting the Town out of […]
Chairman’s View: Connecticut needs team of rivals to outrun the bear AUGUST 9, 2018 BY JOHN ENGEL. CHAIRMAN, TOWN COUNCIL To borrow from an old joke, “How fast do you need to run to survive a charging bear?” Connecticut does not need to outrun the bear. We need to outrun New York and New Jersey. Signs of […]
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