Peter Caruso
Connecticut is the #1 hottest real estate market in the country right now. Hartford County — my market — is Zillow's #1 hottest county nationally. Inventory is at a 23-year low. More than half of CT homes sell above list price. Median time to pending is 11 days.
That's the market you're walking into. I'm not going to sugarcoat that.
What I will tell you is that you don't have to figure it out alone.
I'm Peter Caruso, a Realtor® with BHGRE® | Executive Real Estate and Team Rio, based in Glastonbury, CT. Nine years specializing in buyer representation across Hartford County. I'm an advisor, not a salesman — and that distinction matters.
Before real estate, I was a pastry chef. Cheney Tech for culinary arts. New England Culinary Institute in Vermont. An internship at the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland. Years running a high-end kitchen in Florida before burnout sent me looking for a different way to do meaningful work. The kitchen taught me precision, zero margin for error, and how to perform under pressure without showing it. That all translates better to real estate than you'd think.
Here's how I work. Honest guidance. Realistic expectations. A clear plan at every step. I'll tell you what the market is actually doing — not what you want to hear. We'll find houses you love. We'll get told No, probably more than once. And when that Yes comes, it's going to be the right one.
A home isn't a transaction. It's where your life actually happens.
If that's the kind of representation you're looking for, let's talk....
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