Stratford Home Values Down 4.1 Percent in Q2

According to new data from the School of Business's Center for Real Estate and Urban Economic Studies, the value of a single-family home Stratford fell 4.1 percent in the second quarter of 2012.

The year-over-year drop -- from $157,872 to $151,435 for a so-called "mid-tier" home -- continues a trend in Stratford, which hasn't seen a rise in home values since the second quarter of 2006, according to the UConn center.

The center defines a "mid-tier" home in Stratford as 49 years old and with 1,348 square feet. Each quarter, the center produces "constant quality indices" that track the changing value of homes in Connecticut towns by minimizing variables such as inflation and seasonality, as well as the effect a low-volume sales quarter has on average prices.

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The decline in Stratford is typical of Fairfield County.

Among 18 towns in the county whose data is tracked by the center, just five municipalities -- Bridgeport, Darien, Greenwich, Stamford and Trumbull -- saw single-family home values increase year-over-year for Q2. On average, the value of single-family homes in those 18 towns fell 4.8 percent from 2011 to 2012 in the second quarter, according to the center.

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