{"id":455913,"date":"2021-07-12T02:05:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T06:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/fairfield-conn-a-relaxed-beach-town-where-theres-plenty-to-do-the-new-york-times.php"},"modified":"2021-07-12T02:05:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T06:05:49","slug":"fairfield-conn-a-relaxed-beach-town-where-theres-plenty-to-do-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/beaches\/fairfield-conn-a-relaxed-beach-town-where-theres-plenty-to-do-the-new-york-times.php","title":{"rendered":"Fairfield, Conn.: A Relaxed Beach Town Where Theres Plenty to Do &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Judy Mitchell, an agent with William Pitt Sothebys International Realty, has noted a pandemic-based shift in demand. Pre-Covid, buyers were looking for in-town living with small yards and walkability, she said. But with more people working from home, were seeing a resurgence in Greenfield Hill. Before, nobody wanted two-acre zoning. Now people seem to crave privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Based on information provided to and compiled by SmartMLS, Inc., as of June 25 there were 130 single-family homes on the market, from a 980-square-foot, three-bedroom bungalow, built in 1918 on 0.14 acres and listed for $349,000, to a 17,735-square-foot, 10-bedroom colonial, built in 1990 on 2.5 acres, with a pool and guesthouse, for $17.9 million. There were five multifamily homes for sale, from a 2,070-square-foot five-bedroom for $575,000 to a 2,974-square-foot seven-bedroom for $950,000. There were 16 condominiums available, from a 608-square-foot one-bedroom for $199,000 to a 1,900-square-foot three-bedroom for $579,900.<\/p>\n<p>As for rentals, there were 47 properties on the market, from a 719-square-foot, one-bedroom unit for $1,800 a month, to a 1,200-square-foot, three-bedroom beachfront house for $80,000 a month.<\/p>\n<p>Prices are up across the board. For single-family homes, the median sale price during the 12-month period ending June 25 was $703,000, compared with $600,000 for the previous 12 months. The median for multifamily homes was $502,000, up from $410,000. And the median for condominiums was $400,000, up from $343,000. The median monthly rental was $2,900, compared with $2,700 during the previous 12 months.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>See the original post here: <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/07\/realestate\/fairfield-conn-a-relaxed-beach-town-where-theres-plenty-to-do.html\" title=\"Fairfield, Conn.: A Relaxed Beach Town Where Theres Plenty to Do - The New York Times\" rel=\"noopener\">Fairfield, Conn.: A Relaxed Beach Town Where Theres Plenty to Do - The New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Judy Mitchell, an agent with William Pitt Sothebys International Realty, has noted a pandemic-based shift in demand. Pre-Covid, buyers were looking for in-town living with small yards and walkability, she said.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/beaches\/fairfield-conn-a-relaxed-beach-town-where-theres-plenty-to-do-the-new-york-times.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-455913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beaches"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455913"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}