Raeann Cost, Realtor

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Raeann Cost, Realtor Buying or selling a home is one of life's biggest decisions. My goal is to make sure you have the knowledge, strategy, and guidance to make the right one.

🏡 Connecticut Realtor serving the Farmington Valley & Highland Lake
✨ Helping buyers & sellers move with confidence

🤝 Local guidance, honest communication and support from start to finish
📲 Reach out anytime if you have questions about real estate As a Connecticut Realtor with more than 20 years of real estate experience and an MBA degree, I combine market expertise, strong negotiation skills, and data-driven strategies to help my clients achieve the best possible outcome. I proudly serve buyers and sellers throughout Connecticut focusing on Avon, Canton, Farmington, Simsbury, West Hartford, New Hartford, Winsted, Torrington, Barkhamsted and Highland Lake, with a specialty in lake homes and waterfront properties. As a Connecticut native who grew up at Highland Lake and has called Avon home for more than a decade, I understand what makes each community unique and enjoy helping clients find the place that fits their lifestyle. Whether you're buying your first home, upgrading, downsizing, relocating, investing, or searching for the perfect lake property, I'm here to guide you through every step with honest advice, clear communication, and a strategy built around your goals.

📍 Serving Connecticut with a focus on:
• Avon
• Canton
• Farmington
• Simsbury
• West Hartford
• New Hartford
• Winsted
• Torrington
• Barkhamsted
• Hartford County
• Highland Lake & Waterfront Homes

Let's make your next move a confident one. Feel free to reach out anytime - I'm always happy to help with questions about buying or selling.

☕️ In honor of National Coffee Day, here’s a little appreciation for all the coffee shops that get us through our days. ...
09/29/2026

☕️ In honor of National Coffee Day, here’s a little appreciation for all the coffee shops that get us through our days.

I start my day with coffee from home, but as a Mom and a realtor who is on the road a lot, being able to stop and grab coffee keeps me going.

Client meeting? Coffee shop
Early showing? Coffee first
Emails between appointments? Coffee shop
Racing to one of the kids games? Quick coffee stop on the way
Meeting a friend? Coffee shop

Thank you to all of the business owners providing great coffee, a welcoming space and a sense of community 🩷

Looking for something to do this weekend? 🍂From Friday night lights and local high school games to community events, liv...
09/25/2026

Looking for something to do this weekend? 🍂

From Friday night lights and local high school games to community events, live music, the River Run and a fun fair worth the drive, there’s plenty happening around this weekend!

Save this post for your weekend plans and share it with someone looking for something to do.

☔ With the weather, be sure to double-check with the school, event or venue before heading out for any last-minute changes or cancellations.

Have a great weekend! 🤎

🏡 Offer accepted! This home has been beautifully updated with quality upgrades and is PRISTINE. I’m so excited for my cl...
09/21/2026

🏡 Offer accepted! This home has been beautifully updated with quality upgrades and is PRISTINE. I’m so excited for my clients. It’s the perfect house for them!

How did we get our offer accepted in multiple offers? Strategy absolutely matters but I also believe that when something is meant to be, all the stars align and it happens 🩷

09/17/2026

🏡 Many buyers are still paying over asking price even with home prices increasing.

Why do these numbers matter?

For sellers, these numbers help determine list price and strategy. To get top dollar, sellers need to price right the first time.

For buyers, these numbers help you craft a competitive offer.

These are averages, of course. Some homes sell well above asking, some sell below. Every property is different. The town, the price point, the condition, even the street of the home all matter.

But so far this year, buyers in many of our local towns have generally been paying over, at, or very close to asking price.

And there’s another important piece of the picture. Sale prices have also increased in most of these markets this year.

What happened from January through August doesn’t guarantee what happens next.

Affordability is facing additional pressure right now and market conditions can (and most likely will) change.

Source: SmartMLS | 2026 YTD through August

The fall market is here and there’s one number I’ll be watching closely: 12 o’clock. ⏰🍂Realtor.com’s Market Clock had th...
09/09/2026

The fall market is here and there’s one number I’ll be watching closely: 12 o’clock. ⏰🍂

Realtor.com’s Market Clock had the Hartford Metro Area sitting at 12 o’clock, Peak Seller, while much of the country has been moving in the opposite direction.

Now comes fall.

This is typically when we see a new wave of homes hit the market, buyers refocus after summer, and the market begins to tell us what the final stretch of the year may look like.

Looking around our local towns right now, there are new listings coming, but overall inventory remains tight in many communities. That continues to give sellers an advantage, while buyers are still waiting for more choices.

The question is, will that be enough to keep us at 12 o’clock?

That’s what I’ll be watching as we move through September and into the rest of the fall market.

Real estate conditions can change quickly, and they can look completely different from one town, neighborhood or price point to the next.

For now, the clock still tells a pretty remarkable story about our area of Connecticut.

Let’s see where it goes next. ⏰🏡🍂

Labor Day weekend is here 🇺🇸If you’re looking for something to do around Connecticut, there’s plenty happening this week...
09/04/2026

Labor Day weekend is here 🇺🇸

If you’re looking for something to do around Connecticut, there’s plenty happening this weekend, from local favorites here in the Farmington Valley to fairs and festivals worth the drive.

Save this for the weekend, send it to someone looking for plans, and enjoy the last unofficial weekend of summer! ☀️

Congratulations to my buyers 🎉
09/04/2026

Congratulations to my buyers 🎉

Monday Market Update with a twist 🐟🌊These two Connecticut homes both sold for $925,000.Same price. Different water. 🌊On...
08/31/2026

Monday Market Update with a twist 🐟🌊

These two Connecticut homes both sold for $925,000.

Same price. Different water. 🌊

One puts you directly on Highland Lake with a private dock, swimming and boating from your backyard.

The other gives you nearly twice the living space, five times the land and a tidal waterfront setting minutes from the Old Saybrook shoreline.

Neither is necessarily the “better” buy.

That’s what makes waterfront real estate so interesting.

Square footage and bedrooms only tell part of the story. Frontage, water access, docks, views, exposure, lot characteristics and the type of waterfront can completely change how a property is valued.

So let’s settle this one:

You have $925K that you have to spend at either:

🚤 Highland Lake
or
🌊 Old Saybrook?

Which one are you choosing?

For me, we all know my choice is Highland Lake hands down 🩷

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here’s what’s happening around CT 🎡🐷✈️
08/29/2026

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here’s what’s happening around CT 🎡🐷✈️

Throwing it back to the 1900s! 😂. June 27, 1997 to be exact. The day I became a homeowner for the very first time. I bou...
08/27/2026

Throwing it back to the 1900s! 😂. June 27, 1997 to be exact. The day I became a homeowner for the very first time.

I bought a 1904 Victorian with 7 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms and small kitchen for $105,000. Which, at the time, felt like a lot! 

It’s funny to think about how much our expectations of a home have changed. Today we want bathrooms for almost every bedroom, big bright white kitchens, open floor plans and energy efficiency.

This house had none of that. 😂

It could be dark because of all the original wood. The walls were plaster, the windows were original, and it had two furnaces - an absolute beast to heat.

But what it lacked in modern conveniences, it made up for in character.

Gorgeous original woodwork. Pocket doors. Butler stairs. A beautiful window seat. An amazing front porch. A solid wood Dutch front door that I loved.

It was definitely a project house. Don’t get me started on that kitchen. 😂 There was always something to fix, update or figure out.

And It wasn’t always easy to make such a big, old, dark house feel warm and homey. But I made it mine.

Kids were constantly running in and out. It was the kind of neighborhood where kids wandered from house to house all day. No Life360. No texts. They just knew to check in every once in a while.

There was a lot of blood, sweat and tears put into that house, but there was also a whole lot of life lived there too.

Maybe that’s part of what makes a first home so special. It doesn’t have to be perfect. It becomes part of your story because of the life you build there.

Buying this house influenced my life in a way I never could have predicted when I signed those papers in 1997.

That purchase was a big part of the reason I eventually became a Realtor.

But that story is for Part 2.

Stay tuned next week. 🏡

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