Connecticut Shoreline Living

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Shoreline Living: Hawk’s Nest Beach, Old Lyme, CT — Part 1 of a 3-Part Series

Shoreline Living: What It’s Really Like to Own in a Waterfront Community

By Jodi | Seaport Real Estate Services | Old Lyme, CT

The views and experiences shared in this post are personal and reflect life in the Hawk’s Nest Beach community of Old Lyme, CT. Real estate values, association rules, and community details vary — always consult with a local expert before making purchasing decisions.

The Rhythm You Don’t Understand Until You’re In It

There’s a rhythm to living in a shoreline community that you don’t fully understand until you’re in it. I…

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Town Meeting Minute • Issue #13: Towns Are Taking Control of the Housing Conversation

Town Meeting Minute • Issue #13

Towns Are Taking Control of the Housing Conversation

Across New London County, Middlesex County, Washington County, and Newport County, the next real estate story is not just private development pressure. It is how municipalities are rewriting, refining, adopting, resisting, and redirecting the rules that determine what can actually be built.

Real estate value is shaped long before a listing hits the market. It changes when a town initiates its own zoning map amendment, when a follow-up text amendment appears, when a POCD moves to public hearing, when subdivision regulations are rewritten, when housing-growth…

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Relocation Guide to Southeast Connecticut

Which Towns Near Electric Boat and the Submarine Base Are Good to Buy In? A Local's Guide

By Gino Penasa, Seaport Real Estate Services

If you're relocating to Southeastern Connecticut for a job at Electric Boat or Naval Submarine Base New London, you've probably already discovered that the internet's answer to "where should I live?" is a list of five town names and the word "depends." That's not a guide. That's a shrug.

I live in Waterford, right in the middle of this corridor, and I work this market every day, so I thought I'd weigh in with an actual answer — one with real drive times, real price ranges, and the honest trade-offs of each town. This is the guide I'd give a friend transferring in.

First, what's your reporting location?

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How to Establish a Fair Market Value of Your Home During Divorce

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Navigating Divorce & the Marital Home — Part 2

How to Establish a Fair Market Value of Your Home During Divorce

By the Seaport Real Estate Services Team | Mystic, CT

This article is educational and does not constitute legal, tax, or financial advice. Always work alongside a qualified family law attorney, CPA, and financial advisor for guidance specific to your situation.

Introduction

Welcome back to Navigating Divorce & the Marital Home. In Part 1, we explored the four primary paths forward for the marital home — selling, buying out, co-owning, or deferring a sale. Every one of those paths shares a critical foundation: an…

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Town Meeting Minute Issue #12: The Rules Are Starting to Move in Southeastern Connecticut

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The Rules Are Starting to Move

Over the past two weeks, Southeastern Connecticut towns have moved from planning language into real regulatory consequences: Groton approved a major open-space development framework, Waterford rejected a large housing rezoning request, Stonington advanced its POCD review, East Lyme continued housing-growth implementation, Norwich processed incremental infill, and Ledyard studied whether its land-use governance structure needs to change.

Real estate value is often shaped before a property ever hits the market. It changes when a text amendment passes, when a rezoning fails, when a subdivision hearing is scheduled, when a POCD moves to public review, or when a town…

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Community Calendar: July 13 – July 26 Events Across New London County, Middlesex County, South County RI & Newport County

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Community Calendar: July 13 – July 26, 2026

A coastal guide to events across New London County, Middlesex County, South County Rhode Island, and Newport County — including concerts, festivals, theater, beach events, farmers markets, art, family programming, food, and summer traditions.

A Wider Coastal Calendar for Mid-July

Welcome to the next Seaport Real Estate Services Community Calendar, covering Monday, July 13 through Sunday, July 26, 2026.

This issue expands beyond New London County and South County Rhode Island to include Middlesex County, Connecticut and Newport County, Rhode Island. The result is a broader coastal guide for readers looking for summer…

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Rhode Island’s “Taylor Swift Tax”: What Coastal Homeowners Need to Know

Rhode Island Property Tax · 2026

It’s nicknamed for a pop star’s Watch Hill mansion, but Rhode Island’s new second-home tax reaches far beyond the ultra-wealthy — all the way to century-old family cottages on the shoreline. If you own, or are buying, a coastal property in Rhode Island, here’s what you need to understand.

What is the “Taylor Swift Tax”?

Officially, it’s Rhode Island’s Non-Owner Occupied Property Tax (R.I. General Law § 44-72). It picked up the nickname because Taylor Swift owns a roughly $28-million oceanfront estate in Westerly’s Watch Hill — but the law itself has nothing to do with celebrities. It’s a new state-level surcharge, separate from and on top of the property tax you already pay your city or town.

The…

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2026 Rhode Island Property Tax & Mill Rate Report

2026 Property Tax Report · Rhode Island

The list price tells you what a home costs to buy. It says nothing about what it costs to own — and in Rhode Island, that second number swings hard from one town to the next. The same home can cost three times as much to hold depending on which side of a town line it sits on.

The number most buyers never check

Everyone shopping for a home watches the price. Far fewer ask the question that actually sets the monthly payment: what’s the property tax? In Rhode Island, that answer comes from your town’s tax rate —…

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Who Is Your Agent Really Working For?

Changing Markets — Issue 13

Who Is Your Agent Really Working For?

The Quiet Cost of Pay-to-Play Real Estate

A Seaport Advisory perspective on lead-generation portals, misaligned incentives, and what it should actually mean to hire a real estate professional.

There is a business model quietly reshaping how most Americans meet their real estate agent, and almost no consumer understands how it works.

It deserves scrutiny, because the person you trust with the largest financial decision of your life may have been sold to you — literally — before you ever spoke.

The person you trust with one of the largest financial decisions of your life may have been sold to you before you ever spoke.

I want to be direct about my…

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Community Calendar: June 28 – July 12 Events Across New London County & South County RI

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Community Calendar: June 28 - July 12, 2026

A detailed shoreline guide to upcoming events across New London County, Connecticut and South County Rhode Island, including Independence Day traditions, fireworks, farmers markets, beach concerts, family programming, food events, theater, arts, and local summer gatherings.

Your Two-Week Guide to Shoreline Summer Events

Welcome to the next Seaport Real Estate Services Community Calendar, covering the heart of early summer from Sunday, June 28 through Sunday, July 12, 2026.

This issue leans into the energy of Independence Day week while keeping the broader community calendar intact. You will find parades, fireworks, town concerts,…

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