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Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection:

  • New Home Construction Fact Sheet (pdf) 

  • New Home Construction Guaranty Fund

  • Consumer Complaints and the Real Estate Guaranty Fund

  • New Home Construction Information for Consumers

  • What consumers need to know about buying or selling real estate

  • Homework for homebuyers

  • Working with a Buyer's Agent

  • Working with a Seller's Agent

  • Real Estate Laws and Regulations

  • Real Estate Laws and Regulations Concerning the Conduct Of Appraisers, Brokers and Salespersons (pdf)

  • Real Estate and Real Estate Appraisal - Information for Real Estate Professional, Brokers and Salespersons

  • Occupational & Professional Licensing Division

Connecticut Insurance Department:

  • Homeowners Insurance FAQs
  • What is Home Insurance?

OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:

  • Home Improvement and New Home Construction Guaranty Fund Statistics - 2023-R-0170

  • State-Sponsored First-Time Homebuyer Assistance Programs - 2023-R-0268

  • Attorneys At Real Estate Closings In Connecticut - 2021-R-0222

  • Private Mortgage Insurance - 2021-R-0159  

  • Real Estate Conveyance Tax - 2020-R-0020

  • New Home Construction Contractor Requirements - 2019-R-0233

  • Smoke Detector Requirements for Residential Dwellings - 2016-R-0163

  • Home Improvement Guaranty Fund - 2015-R-0099

  • Short Sales - 2013-R-0400

  • Procedures for Installing Residential Renewable Energy Systems - 2011-R-0390

  • Providing Information on Schools to Prospective Homebuyers - 2011-R-0375

  • Statute of Limitations - Real Estate Sales - 2006-R-0585

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CATIC - formerly known as Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company: 

  • How Refinancing Affects Your Titleitle
  • Publication: Protecting the Title to Your Home
  • Why Use an Attorney
  • Title Insurance 101
  • 2025 Acts Affecting Housing and Real Estate
  • 2023 Acts Affecting Housing and Real Estate
  • 2021 Acts Affecting Housing and Real Estate
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Connecticut General Statutes

Selected Statutes:

  • Chapter 827. New Home Warranties

  • Chapter 390. Architects

  • Chapter 392. Real Estate Licensees

  • Chapter 393. Electricians, Plumbers, Solar, Heating, Piping and Cooling Contractors and Journeymen, Elevator and Fire Protection Sprinkler Craftsmen, Irrigation Contractors and Journeymen, and Gas Hearth Installer Contractors and Journeymen and Residential Stair Lift Technicians

  • Chapter 396a. Interior Designers

  • Chapter 399a. New Home Construction Contractors

  • Chapter 400. Home Improvement Contractors

  • Chapter 400f. Home Inspectors

  • Chapter 400g. Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies

Click on the following link to search the full-text of the statutes: https://search.cga.state.ct.us/r/statute

Attorney General Opinions
Office of the Attorney General

  • Formal Opinion 2007-025  - Should statutory interest be assessed when a contractor enters into an agreement to repay the Home Improvement or New Home Construction Guaranty Funds pursuant to Sections 20-432, subsection (o), and 20-417i, subsection (n), of the Connecticut General Statutes?

Connecticut Building Code

  • Building and Related Codes

 

 
 

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