Connecticut

Prices fell and the number of single-family homes sold in Connecticut were essentially flat year-over-year, according to the latest report form The Warren Group.

Wayne Francis, the lawyer and real estate speculator captured while hiding in a Connecticut hotel room over the holiday weekend, was presented in court Tuesday on a larceny charge and held on a $2 million bond.

The loan comes due next month for a marquee office building in Stamford, Conn., but recent developments raise questions about the payoff of the debt.

The spring home buying season got off to a sluggish start in Greater Hartford with home sales and prices sliding in April compared with a year earlier.

Connecticut had 23% more foreclosure actions under way in April than a year earlier, according to a new study, with newly commenced foreclosures spiking 40%.